Poughkeepsie, NY- Marist College (2-0) outscored Monmouth University (1-1) 7-5 in the second half to upset the preseason favorite Hawks, 15-11 at Tenney Stadium on Friday night.
 
Monmouth senior Nicole Ceraso (Massapequa, NY/Plainedge) became Monmouth's all-time leader in points at 252 after tallying a trio of goals and an assist. Ceraso surpassed former All-American and Hall of Famer Heather Bryan who held the record for 20 years.
 
The Red Foxes brought a two-goal lead into the second half and despite battling the entire 30 minutes, Monmouth would get no closer. Three unanswered goals by Marist gave them a 14-9 lead with 6:57 remaining. The Hawks would score twice more but Red Fox goalie Delaney Galvin turned away shot after shot while Monmouth repeatedly squandered free position opportunities. Galvin finished with 13 saves in the win.
 
Marist pulled ahead first 1-0 on an extra man advantage early in the game but Monmouth answered and eventually built a 4-2 lead. The Red Foxes returned the favor, outscoring Monmouth 6-1 in 17 of the last 18 minutes of the half, using two extra-player opportunities to build an 8-5 lead. Ally Turturro scored her second goal of the half with 31 seconds remaining to cut the Marist lead to two heading into halftime.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
 
"Tonight was just not our night," said Interim Head Coach Christie Kaestner. "Credit to Marist for playing hard and wanting it. We will take this early season loss as a teaching moment and make sure Monmouth women's lacrosse gets better together moving forward. Our goal remains the same and this loss is a piece of our journey together."
 

• Monmouth was 3-of-14 on 8-meter shots, including 0-for-10 in the second half
• The Hawks slip to 6-4 all-time against Marist, including a 1-3 record at Tenney Stadium
• Seven different Hawks scored, led by Turturro and Ceraso whom eached scored three times
• Turturro also added five ground balls and three draw controls

 
NUMBERS CRUNCH

• Monmouth led in shots 34-31 but each team had 24 shots on goal
• The Hawks also led in ground balls 20-18
• Marist had 18 turnovers, 11 of which were caused by MU
• Rachel Mills led the team in draw controls with seven
• Mills also had a career-high five caused turnovers
• Marist's Kelly George had seven points on three goals and four assists
• MU senior goalie Steph Delliturri had nine saves

 
UP NEXT
 Monmouth will host Iona on Sunday at Kessler Stadium at 12 PM. That game will air on Monmouth's YouTube channel and is free to all users.