By Alex Mitchell - STAFF WRITER
Brittain Altomare is leading the Hofstra Women’s Lacrosse team to victory.
Over her four-year career at Hofstra, she has been named to the first team All Colonial Athletic Association twice, CAA player of the week twice and also led the CAA in assists per game in 2014. This year, in seven games, she has registered three four-goal games and is currently on a 44-game point streak.
Altomare is a dual major in linguistics and early childhood and childhood education. She intends to pursue a career in special education when she graduates this spring.
During high school, Altomare was recruited by both James Madison and Boston University. Prior to making decisions she also visited Hofstra.
“I came up and fell in love with everything and I committed the day after I visited,” said Altomare.
She also recalled that some of her favorite playing moments were during her sophomore year when Hofstra defeated James Madison in the CAA conference tournament, saying, “There’s no better feeling than beating a team while being an underdog and coming up with the big W.”
The senior attacker expressed her admiration for her teammates and the chemistry between them. She said, “It’s hard to pinpoint one person that I’ve had the most chemistry with. I love playing with the other six attackers we have out there now.”
Altomare is most looking forward to playing in the Long Island against Stony Brook this season, as well as the typical opponents in CAA play. During CAA play, the Pride will face their rivals Delaware and James Madison. For Altomare it is her last regular season meeting against them.
More than anything, Altomare wants to see her squad make it to the NCAA tournament.
“Obviously it’s hard to look way forward to May like that,” said Altomare. “But the CAAs are a lot closer than any of us realized and we only have a few more games until CAA play starts. We’re taking it one game at a time and especially us seniors, we want a ring more than anything, so that CAA championship would mean everything to us.”
So far, Hofstra is 4-3 on the season. Altomare is leading in both goals (17) and assists (19) for the Pride. Hofstra will be away to face both Rutgers and Ohio State University prior to starting the conference schedule. Following those two games, Altomare will have a last chance to face James Madison University at home on April 3 at 7 p.m.
