PRINCETON, NJ – Princeton handed the Monmouth University men's lacrosse team its first loss of the 2020 season on Saturday afternoon at Sherrerd Field. The Tigers came out on the winning end of a 20-9 decision.

Brock Anderson registered his second-career hat trick and Rudy Beck scored twice for Monmouth in the loss. The Hawks were unable to overcome Michael Sowers' 11-point afternoon as Princeton led from start to finish.

The Tigers led 6-1 before Anderson and Casey Kimmel scored consecutive goals to close the first quarter. Princeton responded with five straight goals before Anderson and Beck made it 11-5 at halftime. Monmouth made it 13-7 five minutes into the third, but Princeton put the game away with a 4-0 run.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Today was a learning experience for us. We made some mistakes early on and put ourselves in a hole that was going to be tough to climb out of. Princeton is a really good offensive team and they certainly made us pay for our bad decisions and mistakes. There were stretches during the game where we were really good and went toe to toe with them, but we have to learn from this outing, put together a good week of practice and play smarter for a full 60 minutes to be successful against good teams."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

"When you play such a talented team like Princeton, you have to put together a close to perfect 60 minutes and we lacked discipline and focus throughout. We're optimistic because it is still early in the season and we can learn a lot about ourselves from this game."
- Junior Captain Chris Hervada

- Monmouth fell to 0-3 all-time against Princeton, including 0-2 on the road.
- The Hawks dropped to 3-4 all-time in their first road game of the season.
- Monmouth is 1-1 this season against New Jersey opponents.
- The Hawks wore their blue chrome helmets with midnight blue jerseys and shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Brock Anderson recorded his sixth-career multi-goal game, second-career hat trick and he now has 19 goals in his career.
- Rudy Beck registered his first-career multi-goal game. Beck had a man-up goal, giving him three in his career and five-career total goals.
- Max Brooks and Casey Kimmel each scored their first goals of 2020. Brooks has 11 goals in his career and Kimmel reached the 20-goal mark.
- Mike McIntyre had two points for the second straight game, with a goal and his first career assist. McIntyre has three goals on the year.
- Eamon Campbell scored the 40^th goal of his career and his second of the season. He became the eighth player in program history to reach the 40-goal mark and is tied with Dan Bloodgood '18 for fourth in program history with 68 career points.
- Ethan Masucci and David Cormack each added assists in the game.
- Dillon Smart and Jack Gertie led Monmouth with five ground balls apiece. Gertie and Conor Tuturice each had two caused turnovers.
- Noah Lode totaled 11 saves in the loss.

UP NEXT
Monmouth returns home to Kessler Stadium next Saturday for a matchup with Delaware at 11 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at MonmouthHawks.com/tickets