FINAL SCORE
Saint Joseph's 11 (1-3)
Monmouth 5 (2-3)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University men's lacrosse team dropped a non-conference matchup with Saint Joseph's, 11-5, on Saturday afternoon at Kessler Stadium.

The visitors took control early and jumped out to a 7-3 halftime lead behind four first-half goals by Chris Blewitt. Blewitt scored as time expired in the first half and took the momentum into the locker room.

Saint Joseph's completed a 5-0 run late in the third quarter to extend its lead to 10-3 in the eventual 11-5 victory.

NOTES & QUOTES
"It was a tough day for us overall with a lot of bad breaks that went against us and sloppy play which St Joes capitalized on. We are still trying to find our identity, develop some chemistry with our midfield groups and put all the pieces together to play a full 60 minutes. It's a big week for us as we have to prepare for a good Hofstra Team on Tuesday night and then get ready for our conference opener on the weekend."
– Head Coach Brian Fisher

- Saint Joseph's leads the all-time series with Monmouth, 5-0.
- Monmouth is 4-8 all-time against Northeast Conference opponents.
- Monmouth fell to 2-2 all-time when wearing its white helmets with white jerseys and shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Wasserman scored his ninth goal of the season, which is tied for the team lead with Hunter Jones and netted his 74^th career goal.
- Bryce Wasserman extended his team-best points streak to 21 games and his goals streak to seven games.
- Dan Bloodgood scored twice to increase his season total to six and his career total to 45.
- Dylan Schulte scored his seventh goal of the season and 36^th of his career. Schulte has a point in every game this year.
- Griffin Figel scored once and added one assist. The junior has a point in every game this season and a total of 11.
- Chandler Vanderbeek tied his career high with two caused turnovers.
- Max Brooks picked up his first-career assist. 
- Zach Clemente made his first-career start in the midfield for Monmouth.
- Noah Lode made 12 saves in goal for Monmouth, while Mike Adler totaled 13 for Saint Joseph's.
- Saint Joseph's won 13 of the game's 19 faceoffs and held a 27-15 advantage in ground balls.

UP NEXT
Monmouth faces a quick turnaround as its next game is scheduled for Tuesday at Hofstra. The Hawks and Pride face off from Hempstead, NY at 7 p.m.