FINAL SCORE
- / RV Delaware 15 (3-0)
Monmouth 11 (1-2)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University men's lacrosse team dropped its 2018 home opener to Delaware, 15-11, on Saturday afternoon at Kessler Stadium.

Monmouth scored first on a goal by Bryce Wasserman, before Delaware reeled off a run of six straight goals to end the opening quarter. Wasserman scored his second goal to end the run, but Delaware took an 8-2 lead into halftime.

The Blue Hens, who are receiving votes in the latest Maverik Men's Lacrosse Division I Media Poll, led by as many as 10 goals (14-4) early in the fourth quarter, before Monmouth trimmed the deficit with seven of the game's final eight goals. Zach Clemente scored a hat trick during the run, which included two assists and a goal by Dylan Schulte.

Charlie Kitchen led Delaware's offensive attack with four goals and two assists, while Will Hirschmann scored three goals for the Blue Hens.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Delaware played well today and we did not have our best stuff.  The effort was there but we lacked focus and execution all over the field and when you play good teams they capitalize on those mistakes. While we played really hard and picked up the pace in the second half to pull within striking distance late in the game, the hole we dug ourselves in the first half was just too deep to pull ourselves out of."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

- Delaware leads the all-time series against Monmouth, 2-0.
- The loss snapped Monmouth's six-game home winning streak.
- Monmouth is 2-1 all-time when wearing white helmets with white jerseys and shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth scored seven goals in the fourth quarter, its most goals in a quarter since April 30, 2016 when it scored eight in the second quarter at Siena.
- Monmouth dropped to 18-3 all-time when scoring 10+ goals. Two of the Hawks' three losses have come against Delaware.  
- Zach Clemente recorded his first-career hat trick.
- Bryce Wasserman extended his team-best points streak to 19 games with two goals.
- Wasserman tied Chris Daly's '17 team record for career goals (72).  
- Hunter Jones scored two goals for the second time this season and the third time in his career.
- Dylan scored a goal and added two assists in the game. Schulte has at least one goal in all three games this year.
- Casey Kimmel scored for the second consecutive game.
- Rudy Beck scored his first-career goal and also earned his first-career assist in the game.
- Gordon Phillips had a goal and an assist for his first points of the 2018 season.
- Chandler Vanderbeek went 7-for-11 at the faceoff X and tied Garrett Pfeifer with a team high four ground balls.
- Noah Lode started in goal and made eight saves, Mike Yanovitch made two saves in 10:35 in relief of Lode.

UP NEXT
Monmouth travels to UMass Lowell next Saturday, March 3, to meet the River Hawks. Opening faceoff is set for 1 PM.