FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 13 (3-0, 2-0 MAAC)
St. Bonaventure 12 (1-2, 0-2 MAAC)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Facing a 10-7 deficit midway through the third quarter, the Monmouth University men's lacrosse team scored six of the next seven goals to take the lead for good in a 13-12 victory over Saint Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon at Kessler Stadium. 

The Hawks earned their second straight comeback win in conference play and have secured their first 3-0 start in program history. Monmouth jumped out to a 7-3 lead before St. Bonaventure reeled off seven straight goals to take the three-goal advantage. From there, Monmouth answered with its closing run that featured three goals from Cade Stratton as he tied the program record with six goals on the day.

The record setting day also included Matt Soutar at the faceoff X. The sophomore delivered an outstanding performance, winning 24-of-29 faceoffs, to aid in Monmouth's victory. His 24 faceoff wins were eight more than the previous program record.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Another week where we faced adversity and had to find a way to win. I'm proud of the guys and the way which we responded today to earn another hard-fought conference win. We got and needed a Herculean effort from Matt Soutar, and Cade Stratton was excellent as was our entire attack unit. Hopefully we can learn from this game and shorten some of those rough stretches that gave them momentum, and put together a solid 60 minutes of lacrosse next week. All things considered, we will take it and feel good about another conference win, especially given that we had a schedule change mid-week, had an opportunity to play today and came away with the win."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

"This was a gritty comeback win for the second week in a row and it shows the competitiveness of this league, but even more so the toughness and resilience of our team. We are ecstatic to be 3-0 and moving into a new week."
- Senior Captain Chris Hervada

- Monmouth has its first 3-0 start in program history.
- The Hawks are 2-0 in conference play for the first time since 2017.
- Monmouth moved to 2-0 all-time against St. Bonaventure. 
- Monmouth remains tied for first place in the MAAC with Manhattan.
- The Hawks wore their blue chrome helmets with white jerseys and midnight blue shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Matt Soutar went 24-for-29 at the faceoff X to set a program record for faceoff wins in a single game. 
- Soutar's record beat Justin Schwenk's previous high of 16, set on March 25, 2017 against Siena.
- Soutar also picked up a school-record 10 ground balls in the win, one more than Chris Hervada's previous best of nine set against Detroit Mercy on March 23, 2019.
- Soutar scored his first-career goal, which tied the game at 10-10 early in the fourth quarter.
- Cade Stratton tied Bryce Wasserman's program record with six goals in the game. 
- Stratton leads the team with seven goals on the year and now has 22 in his career.
- Connor Macrae registered the first hat trick of his career and he now has four goals this season. 
- Dwayne Mattushik has scored in each of Monmouth's three games and has five goals on the season. 
- Zach Clemente and Mike McIntyre each added goals in the win. Clemente scored his fourth of the season and 33rd of his career, while McIntyre got his first of the year and the eighth of his career.
- David Cormack contributed a career-high three assists. 
- Max Brooks, Rudy Beck, Garrett Klurman and Brock Anderson each added one assist for the Hawks. 
- Brooks has at least one point in his last four games and 24 career points. 
- Noah Lode made seven saves in goal.
- Chris Hervada became the fifth player in program history to reach 100 career ground balls. 
- Dillon Smart collected seven ground balls and remains in sixth in team history with 97 for his career.
- Monmouth outshot St. Bonaventure 42-26 in the game, including 25-19 in shots on goal. 

UP NEXT
Monmouth will travel to Riverdale, N.Y. on Friday, March 26 for a 4 p.m. matchup with Manhattan.