FINAL SCORE
Lafayette 11 (3-9)
Monmouth 10 (4-6)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University men's lacrosse team dropped a tight non-conference matchup to Lafayette on Tuesday afternoon at Kessler Stadium.

Senior Bryce Wasserman netted four goals and an assist to lead Monmouth offensively, while Lafayette was led by Bryan Hess' four-goal effort.

The game, which was close throughout, was tied on five occasions and featured a nine-goal fourth quarter. Lafayette built a 5-2 lead in the second before Monmouth reeled off four straight to take a 6-5 advantage at the midpoint of the third. From there, Lafayette responded with a pair of goals to regain the lead and then broke an 8-8 tie with three goals in the fourth quarter to make it 11-8 with 2:12 to play.

Monmouth made it interesting as Gordon Phillips and Zach Clemente each scored less than a minute later, but Lafayette held on for the 11-10 win.

NOTES & QUOTES
- Lafayette leads the all-time series with Monmouth, 4-1.
- The last four meetings between Monmouth and Lafayette have been decided by one goal.
- Last season, Monmouth defeated Lafayette 9-8.
- The Hawks wore their chrome helmets with white jerseys and white shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Bryce Wasserman scored four goals and added one assist in the game.
- Wasserman leads Monmouth with 26 goals this season and has 91 for his career.
- Wasserman extended his program-best points streak to 26 games and his goals streak to 12 straight games.
- Wasserman now has 13 career hat tricks and at least three goals in four consecutive games.
- Hunter Jones scored once and added an assist to increase his season total to 15 goals.
- Griffin Figel scored his 25^th career goal. Figel has at least one point in every game this season.
- Zach Clemente netted the seventh goal of his season and 10^th of his career. Clemente has back-to-back multi-point performances after also adding an assist in the loss.
- Sean Tornetta, Max Brooks and Gordon Phillips each also scored for Monmouth. Both of Phillips' goals in 2018 have come on the man-up unit.
- Chandler Vanderbeek went 9-for-14 at the faceoff X and led the Hawks with eight ground balls. Both totals were career highs for Vanderbeek.
- Freshman Noah Lode made 10 saves in goal for Monmouth. It was Lode's seventh double-digit save performance.

UP NEXT
Monmouth returns home to Kessler Stadium on Saturday for its final non-conference game against NJIT. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.