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Battle of Long Island (college rivalry)

The Battle of Long Island refers to a collegiate sports rivalry between the Hofstra Pride and the Stony Brook Seawolves, who both are located on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. Hofstra University is the largest private university on Long Island and is located in Hempstead, New York in Nassau County, while Stony Brook University is the largest public university in the state of New York by area and is located in Suffolk County.[1][2] Since 2022, both schools have been members of the Colonial Athletic Association, with Stony Brook playing in the America East Conference from 2001 to 2022.[3][4]

Battle of Long Island
Hofstra Pride
Stony Brook Seawolves
First meetingFebruary 16, 1973
Hofstra, 103–80
Latest meetingDecember 9, 2021
Stony Brook, 79–62
Next meetingTBD, 2022 in Hempstead
Statistics
Meetings total30
All-time seriesHofstra leads, 24–6
Largest victoryHofstra, 102–60 (1981)
Longest win streakHofstra, 8 (1993–2001)
Current win streakStony Brook, 1 (2021–present)

Until the merger of the LIU Brooklyn and LIU Post athletic programs into the singular LIU Sharks program in 2019, Hofstra and Stony Brook represented the only Division I universities located on Long Island.[5][6][a] The two schools are separated by a distance of 28 miles (45 km).

The sports rivalry has traditionally revolved around men's basketball, with the first meeting between the two schools in 1973.[7] Hofstra first fielded a basketball team in 1935 and joined the East Coast Conference in 1974 when the NCAA created the Division I classification.[8] Stony Brook first fielded a basketball team in 1960 but remained at the Division III level before elevating to Division I in 1999.[9]

Hofstra leads the all-time series 24–6. Hofstra leads the series 13–5 since both schools became Division I in 1999.

The two schools used to play each other every year in football from 1984 to 1990 and 2004 to 2009 as well before Hofstra eliminated its football program in 2009.[10] When Hofstra dropped football, Stony Brook became the only Division I football team on Long Island until the LIU Post football team, previously Division II, became the D-I LIU team.[11][b]

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Men's basketball

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History

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Hofstra and Stony Brook first faced off in 1973, with Hofstra winning 103–80. The two schools played every year from 1973 to 1975 before taking a six-year break and playing one game in 1981 and two games in 1982. Then, the matchup did not happen until 1985, when Stony Brook won its first Battle of Long Island 86–75 after Hofstra won all of the first six games. It was the only meeting until 1993. From 1973 to 1997, when Hofstra was in Division I and Stony Brook was in Division III or II, Hofstra won the series 11–1.

Stony Brook moved to Division I in 1999. In the late 1990s, Hofstra was led by head coach Jay Wright, who went on to even greater success at Villanova before retiring in the 2022 offseason, and won back-to-back America East titles at the turn of the century.[12] Future first-round NBA draft pick Speedy Claxton would reach a career-high game with 13 assists in one Battle of Long Island matchup.[13] Upon Hofstra's departure from the America East to the CAA, Stony Brook would take one of the vacant spots in Hofstra's former conference.

Stony Brook won the Battle of Long Island three times in the 2000s, but the rivalry was halted after 2008 and resumed in 2014.[14] Upon the resumption, Hofstra has owned the rivalry again. Jameel Warney scored 22 points to give Stony Brook a 71–68 win in 2015, but then Hofstra won the next six games, including a 96–58 beatdown in 2016.[15] In 2017 Justin Wright-Foreman, who would be drafted by the Utah Jazz in the second round of the 2019 NBA draft, scored 33 points to give Hofstra an 84–81 comeback win.[16] Stony Brook snapped a five-game losing streak in the series with a 79–62 win in 2021.[17]

 
Stony Brook's Island Federal Arena for basketball
 
Hofstra's Mack Sports Complex for basketball

Game results

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Hofstra victoriesStony Brook victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 February 16, 1973A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 103–80
2 February 19, 1974A Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 69–57
3 February 22, 1975A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 85–61
4 January 31, 1981A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 102–60
5 January 30, 1982A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 80–59
6 December 2, 1982A Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 97–70
7 November 30, 1985A Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 86–75
8 January 30, 1993A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 78–57
9 January 19, 1995A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 79–60
10 November 28, 1995A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 91–72
11 November 22, 1996A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 55–42
12 December 20, 1997A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 82–59
13 November 27, 1999 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 68–53
14 November 25, 2000 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 72–60
15 December 8, 2001 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 76–67
16 December 21, 2002 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 65–52
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
17 December 13, 2003 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 70–69
18 December 27, 2004 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 66–54
19 December 14, 2005 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 73–56
20 December 5, 2006 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 73–57
21 December 12, 2007 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 77–74
22 December 10, 2008 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 61–56
23 November 24, 2014 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 66–65
24 December 20, 2015 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 71–68
25 December 13, 2016 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 96–58
26 December 12, 2017 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 84–81
27 December 19, 2018 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 71–64
28 December 10, 2019 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 71–63
29 December 9, 2020 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 72–67
30 December 8, 2021 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 79–62
Series: Hofstra leads 24–6[18]
Note:A Before Stony Brook was Division I

Football

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Hofstra and Stony Brook played each other in football every season from 1984 to 1990 and from 2004 to 2009, when Hofstra eliminated its football program. Hofstra beat Stony Brook in all 13 of its contests together, often in blowout fashion.[19]

Following the dissolution of Hofstra's football program, running backs Miguel Maysonet and Brock Jackolski both transferred to Stony Brook. Maysonet would become Stony Brook's all-time leading rusher, the 2011 and 2012 Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Year and the runner-up for the 2012 Walter Payton Award behind Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke, given to the top FCS player in the country.[20] Jackolski would become Stony Brook's fifth all-time leading rusher. He rushed for 1,418 yards in 2011, third-most in a single season at Stony Brook, in the same year that Maysonet ran for 1,633 yards, the second-most in a single season. Maysonet's 1,964 rushing yards in 2012 is the program's single-season record.[21]

Game results

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Hofstra victoriesStony Brook victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 September 21, 1984A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 45–0
2 September 20, 1985A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 17–15
3 September 20, 1986A Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 13–3
4 September 18, 1987A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 24–3
5 September 17, 1988A Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 8–3
6 September 15, 1989A Hempstead, NY Hofstra 28–6
7 September 15, 1990A Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 48–0
8 October 9, 2004 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 61–21
9 September 17, 2005 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 55–0
10 August 31, 2006 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 17–8
11 September 29, 2007 Hempstead, NY #14 Hofstra 33–28
12 September 26, 2008 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 43–3
13 September 5, 2009 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 17–10
Series: Hofstra leads 13–0[22]
Note:A Pre-Division I

Other sports

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Women's basketball

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Precise date and location data does not exist for many of the earliest contests.

Hofstra victoriesStony Brook victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1969–70 Unknown Hofstra 34–24
2 1970–71 Unknown Hofstra 30–26OT
3 1971–72 Unknown Hofstra 25–18
4 1973–74 Unknown Stony Brook 32–21
5 1974–75 Unknown Stony Brook 52–20
6 1975–76 Unknown Hofstra 62–56
7 1976–77 Unknown Hofstra 60–44
8 1978–79 Unknown Hofstra 84–66
9 March 6, 2006 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 92–65A
10 December 9, 2006 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 82–67
11 December 4, 2007 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 64–48
12 December 21, 2009 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 67–61
13 November 18, 2010 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 84–72
14 November 17, 2015 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 71–66
15 November 14, 2016 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 67–64
16 November 14, 2017 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 73–49
17 November 13, 2018 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 77–49
18 November 13, 2019 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 81–38
19 December 14, 2020 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 63–52
Series: Hofstra leads 12–7[23][24]
Note:A WNIT

Men's soccer

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Hofstra victoriesStony Brook victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 October 26, 1965 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 3–0
2 October 8, 1966 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 2–1
3 October 17, 1967 Stony Brook, NY Tie0–0
4 September 30, 1968 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 4–1
5 September 19, 1973 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 1–0
6 September 16, 1974 Hempstead, NY Tie1–1
7 October 8, 1975 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 4–1
8 October 6, 1976 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 3–0
9 October 5, 1977 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 2–0
10 October 1978 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 2–0
11 October 3, 1979 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 3–2
12 October 1980 Hempstead, NY Tie2–2
13 September 30, 1981 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 4–0
14 September 29, 1982 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 1–0
15 September 27, 1983 Stony Brook, NY Tie1–1
16 1984 Unknown Hofstra 4–1
17 September 30, 1991 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 5–1
18 September 30, 1992 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 4–0
19 October 3, 1993 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 2–1
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
20 October 5, 1994 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 2–0
21 October 26, 2001 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 1–0
22 September 20, 2003 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 3–0
23 September 19, 2004 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 2–0
24 September 1, 2005 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 2–1
25 September 3, 2006 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 2–1
26 September 7, 2007 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 3–1
27 August 29, 2008 Hempstead, NY Tie2–2
28 September 1, 2009 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 1–0
29 September 1, 2010 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 1–0
30 October 27, 2015 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 3–0
31 August 26, 2016 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 3–1
32 September 9, 2017 Hempstead, NY Tie1–1
33 September 12, 2018 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 2–0
34 September 18, 2019 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 2–1
35 February 28, 2021 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 4–1
36 August 30, 2021 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 1–0
Series: Hofstra leads 20–10–6[25]

Women's soccer

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Current Stony Brook women's soccer head coach Tobias Bischof was hired after spending eight seasons as an assistant coach at Hofstra.[26]

Hofstra victoriesStony Brook victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1993 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 3–0
2 1994 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 4–1
3 1995 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 2–1
4 1997 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 3–1
5 1998 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 2–1OT
6 1999 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 3–1
7 October 18, 2000 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 4–3
8 October 28, 2001 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 3–2
9 September 10, 2002 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 6–0
10 October 14, 2003 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 1–0
11 September 18, 2008 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 1–02OT
12 September 11, 2015 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 2–1
13 September 14, 2017 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 1–0
14 September 16, 2018 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 1–0
15 September 8, 2019 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 2–1OT
16 February 21, 2021 Hempstead, NY #23 Hofstra 4–3
17 August 19, 2021 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 5–1
Series: Hofstra leads 14–3[27]

Men's lacrosse

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Hofstra victoriesStony Brook victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 April 27, 2004 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 9–6
2 April 26, 2005 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 13–5
3 April 25, 2006 Stony Brook, NY #2 Hofstra 18–8
4 April 24, 2007 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 13–12OT
5 April 22, 2008 Stony Brook, NY #20 Hofstra 14–13
6 April 21, 2009 Hempstead, NY #9 Hofstra 12–11
7 March 15, 2016 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 13–5
8 March 21, 2017 Hempstead, NY #7 Hofstra 11–9
9 February 27, 2018 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 14–2
10 February 26, 2019 Hempstead, NY Stony Brook 11–10
11 February 25, 2020 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 14–11
12 February 27, 2021 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 20–17
Series: Hofstra leads 7–5[28]

Women's lacrosse

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Hofstra victoriesStony Brook victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 March 29, 2005 Hempstead, NY #15 Hofstra 16–6
2 April 25, 2006 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 16–8
3 April 24, 2007 Hempstead, NY #17 Hofstra 15–14
4 April 22, 2008 Stony Brook, NY Stony Brook 14–10
5 March 25, 2009 Hempstead, NY Hofstra 15–7
6 March 17, 2010 Stony Brook, NY Hofstra 17–7
7 April 21, 2015 Hempstead, NY #6 Stony Brook 12–8
8 April 22, 2016 Stony Brook, NY #7 Stony Brook 16–5
9 April 28, 2017 Hempstead, NY #4 Stony Brook 19–4
10 March 25, 2021 Stony Brook, NY #6 Stony Brook 12–8
Series: Tied 5–5[29]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Defined here as universities located in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. While Brooklyn (home to LIU's Brooklyn campus and St. Francis Brooklyn) and Queens (home to St. John's) are physically on Long Island, local usage of the term "Long Island" typically excludes those two New York City boroughs. LIU itself bases some sports (most notably basketball) at the Brooklyn campus and others (most notably football) at the Post campus in Nassau County.
  2. ^ At the time of the LIU athletic merger, only the Post campus sponsored football; the Brooklyn campus dropped the sport after the 1940 season (before the Post campus existed). St. Francis Brooklyn dropped football after the 1935 season, and St. John's did the same after the 2002 season.

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