FINAL SCORE
Quinnipiac 10 (7-5, 4-2 MAAC)
Monmouth 9 (3-8, 2-4 MAAC)

HAMDEN, CT – Quinnipiac jumped out to a 4-0 lead and continued to answer multiple comeback attempts by the Monmouth University men's lacrosse team in a 10-9 decision on Saturday afternoon at Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium.

The result ends Monmouth's pursuit of a berth in the MAAC Tournament, while Quinnipiac remains one of five teams in contention for postseason play.

Facing a 4-0 hole late in the first quarter, Monmouth's Cade Stratton scored the first of his four goals on the day to put the Hawks on the board. Monmouth scored three straight and four of the next five to go into halftime down 5-4.

Quinnipiac outscored Monmouth 4-2 in the third quarter and never relinquished the lead. The Bobcats led 10-7 early in the fourth quarter before Stratton scored with eight minutes remaining and Figel's late tally gave Monmouth a glimmer of hope with 15 seconds remaining.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"The guys played hard today and showed some resilience in battling back after putting ourselves in an early hole again. In tight games, so many little things can cost you and we made our share of mistakes today. The disappointment stems from doing a lot of positive things throughout the game and having a chance in the fourth quarter, but still coming up a little short in the end."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

- Quinnipiac leads the all-time series against Monmouth, 5-1.
- Monmouth fell to 2-4 this season in MAAC play.
- The loss snapped Monmouth's two-game winning streak.
- Monmouth used its ninth different starting lineup combination of the season.
- The Hawks wore their midnight blue chrome helmets with midnight blue jerseys and white shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth outshot Quinnipiac 40-29, including 23-15 in shots on goal.
- Monmouth picked up 23 ground balls to Quinnipiac's 17.
- Freshman Scooter Whiteside picked up a team and career-high five ground balls and recorded his second-career assist.
- Cade Stratton scored a career-high four goals. He became the second Monmouth player to score four goals in a game this season.
- Stratton has four multi-goal games this season and a team-high 11 goals.
- Griffin Figel equaled his career high with four points, the sixth time in his career he has had four points a game.
- The senior now has 81 career points, with 44 goals and 38 assists.
- Dillon Smart scored his first-career goal.
- Max Brooks contributed one goal and one assist. Brooks has six goals on the year.
- Brock Anderson scored once and has nine goals on the season and 14 for his career.
- Zach Clemente scored his ninth goal of the year. Clemente now has 25 goals in his career.   

UP NEXT
Monmouth closes its regular season next Saturday when it hosts Siena for Senior Day at Kessler Stadium. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.