FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 7 (12-3, 6-0 MAAC)
Manhattan 3 (3-12, 0-6 MAAC)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University men's lacrosse team closed its 2017 regular season schedule with a strong defensive effort in a 7-3 victory over Manhattan on Friday afternoon at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.

The Hawks captured their ninth consecutive victory and finished the MAAC portion of their schedule with an unblemished 6-0 record.  

Monmouth forced Manhattan into 20 turnovers and led wire-to-wire in the four-goal triumph. Offensively, Bryce Wasserman and Eamon Campbell each scored twice, while Chris Daly, Dylan Schulte and Gordon Phillips added tallies.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Whenever you hold a team to a low number of goals, you have to feel good about the effort. There's still some things we need to clean up as we get ready for the conference tournament this week. It was a good, strong defensive performance, Nick Hreshko was pretty good today, and we have come to learn from our guys that they are tough, gritty and even when we aren't playing our best, we are going to grind and be hard to beat."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

"We knew our opponent, we scouted them well and we did a good job executing our game plan. When you have a goalie like Nick Hreshko in the cage, you have the ability to go out and pressure guys and try to make certain plays because you are confident he will make saves like he did all day."
- Senior Reed Zak

- Monmouth's victory extends the program-record winning streak to nine games.
- Monmouth's nine-game winning streak is tied with Syracuse for the longest in the nation.
- Monmouth improved to 12-3 on the season, its best start in four seasons.
- The Hawks reached 12 overall victories and finished 6-0 in the MAAC for the first time ever.
- MU won its seventh straight MAAC regular season game dating back to last season.
- The Hawks remained unbeaten at 6-0 at home this season.
- The Hawks wore chrome helmets with midnight blue jerseys and white shorts. Monmouth is 5-0 with that combination this season.
- Monmouth's defense has held opponents under double digits in 11 straight games.
- The Hawks are 11-1 when holding an opponent to nine goals or less.
- MU held Manhattan scoreless in the first quarter. It was the ninth time this season Monmouth has held an opponent scoreless in a quarter.
- Monmouth is now 3-1 against Manhattan in four all-time meetings. It was the third straight win for Monmouth against the Jaspers.
- The Hawks wore lime green helmet stickers and leg bands in support of the USILA/HEADstrong Foundation Cancer Awareness Month in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer. For more information, visit headstrong.org.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Senior Reed Zak set a Monmouth single-game record with five caused turnovers.
- As a team, Monmouth is outscoring its opponents 95-55 over the nine-game winning streak.
- In its six home victories, Monmouth has outscored its opposition 67-40.
- Bryce Wasserman extended his team-best goal-scoring streak to 13 games with his seventh multi-goal game of the season. The junior has a team-high 27 goals this season and 63 for his career.
- Wasserman became the first Monmouth player to reach 40 points in a season (27 goals, 13 assists).
- Eamon Campbell extended his goal-scoring streak to seven games with his seventh multi-goal game of the season. Campbell has 17 goals and 12 assists on the year after his four-point night.
- Chris Daly had a goal in the third quarter and has 14 this season and 69 for his career.
- Sophomore Gordon Phillips scored his first goal of the year and the fourth of his career.
- Nick Hreshko made 11 saves in goal for Monmouth. It was his ninth double-digit save performance of the season for Hreshko.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will be the top seed in the MAAC Tournament, which will be played on the campus of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY on May 5 and 7. The Hawks will play the No. 4 seed on Friday, May 5.