POUGHKEEPSIE, NY- Monmouth University's women's lacrosse team (3-8, 1-1 MAAC) fell to Marist (5-4, 1-0 MAAC) on Saturday by a final score of 14-3.
 
Marist controlled the final 40 minutes of play, using solid goaltending to keep the Hawks off the board. Monmouth's Allison Turturro's (Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place) goal with 10:14 left in the first half tied the defensive battle up at 3-3 but Red Fox Samantha Mehalik scored her second of four goals just three minutes later to regain the lead. Alexa Smith (Westhampton Beach, NY/Westhampton Beach) appeared to tie the game up moments later but her goal was waived off due to a crease violation. From there on out it was all Red Foxes, who scored three more to take a 6-3 lead into the break.
 
The Red Foxes dominated the final 30 minutes of play, led by Galvin Delaney's 17 saves in net. Marist tallied three goals in the first five minutes of play to take a commanding 9-3 lead, which was too much for the Hawks to overcome. Monmouth had its chances but couldn't muster a goal on nine free position shots.

NOTES & QUOTES
"I'm really pleased with the effort the team showed for 60 minutes despite the situation we were in. It was 60 minutes of tough and gritty play and although the X's and O's weren't there we do have some positives to take away from this game and I know we can build some momentum from this experience."
Monmouth Head Coach Jordan Trautman

• Smith kept her consecutive games with a goal streak going with the first goal of the game. The senior has now scored in 17 straight games.
• Earlier this week Smith was named Pepsi MAAC Student-Athlete of the Week
• Monmouth is now 5-3 all-time against Marist
• The three goals scored by the Hawks is the least since Monmouth scored three in last year's game against Canisius
• Freshman Michelle Armstrong had a career-high five draw controls in the game, going against Marist's Haley Wagner who led the NCAA in draws last season
• Stephanie Delliturri got her first action in net this season, playing the final 5:59 of the contest
• Defender Mackenzie Rendich had three caused turnovers and four ground balls in the loss

 
NUMBERS CRUNCH

• Marist held a slight 30-27 edge in shots
• The Hawks registered 19 ground balls in the game, compared to 16 for the Red Foxes
• Marist held a 11-8 advantage in draw controls
• The Red Foxes had 19 turnovers, compared to 17 for MU

 
UP NEXT

• Monmouth returns home to host conference leading Fairfield on Wednesday at 3 PM. That game will air on ESPN3