May 5, 2008

BALTIMORE, MD - Tickets for the Johns Hopkins-Hofstra NCAA Men's Lacrosse game at Homewood Field will go on sale on Tuesday, May 6 at 9 am. Ticket prices are $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students at Johns Hopkins or Hofstra (with proper ID), kids 12 and under and senior citizens (62 and over). Children under two are admitted free. Tickets can be ordered in advance by calling the Johns Hopkins Department of Athletics at 410/516-7490 during regular business hours (May 6-9). Tickets will go on sale on Sunday at 1:00 pm at Homewood Field. Tickets will not be available for sale on Saturday, May 10 or on Sunday prior to 1:00 pm. Game time is set for 2:30 pm.

The Johns Hopkins-Hofstra game will be the second of four first-round games on Sunday with four games also being played on Saturday, May 10. All first-round games will take place on the campus of one of the participating institutions and all eight games will air live on ESPNU.

Fifth-seeded Johns Hopkins (8-5) and Hofstra (10-5) are meeting for the 21st time in a series that dates to an 18-10 Johns Hopkins win in the 1974 NCAA Quarterfinals. The Blue Jays have won 16 of the previous 20 meetings, including all three matchups in the NCAA Tournament (1974, 1978, 1999). Hofstra has won two of the last three meetings, including an 8-7 decision in overtime earlier this season.

The winner of the Johns Hopkins-Hofstra game will play the winner of the North Carolina-Navy game in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Saturday, May 17 at Navy. The time of that game will be announced on Monday, May 12.

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