FINAL SCORE
Manhattan 9 (3-1, 3-0 MAAC)
Monmouth 8  (3-1, 2-1 MAAC)

RIVERDALE, NY – Scooter Whiteside's goal with 11 seconds left in regulation time sent the game to overtime, but Manhattan ultimately came away with the 9-8 victory over the Monmouth University men's lacrosse team on Friday night at Gaelic Park.

The Hawks leveled the score at 4-4 early in the third quarter, but were unable to get over the hump and take the lead as Manhattan responded with a goal each time Monmouth found a way to tie it. 

Matt Soutar delivered another outstanding performance at the faceoff X, winning 17-of-21, but the Hawks were held back by 23 turnovers on the night. Max Brooks scored twice as seven different Hawks found the back of the net for Monmouth. 

NOTES & QUOTES
"I have to begin by giving Manhattan and their coaching staff a ton of credit. We didn't have our best stuff and they were great tonight earning the win. We've found some ways to win these past few weeks overcoming a lot of mistakes on the way and tonight we just were not able to. As tonight's game sinks in we'll have an opportunity to learn and grow from this next week when we get back to work.  While it is disappointing any time you lose, our staff is once again proud of the fight we displayed to come back and tie the game late in the fourth just to force overtime and give ourselves a chance."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher 

"The toughness of this team to fight our way back into games when we aren't playing our best is very promising. Unfortunately, this time it didn't go our way in the end but we are looking forward to putting the right foot forward going into the work week so we can improve and be ready for our next opponent next Saturday."
- Senior Captain Chris Hervada 

- The Hawks dropped to 3-1 on the year and 2-1 in conference play.
- Monmouth is now 6-2 all-time against Manhattan.
- The loss snapped Monmouth's six-game winning streak against the Jaspers.
- Monmouth is now 1-1 in overtime games this season.  
- The Hawks wore their blue chrome helmets with midnight blue jerseys and white shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Matt Soutar went 17-for-21 at the faceoff X, the second most victories in a single game in team history. - Soutar also picked up nine ground balls, one shy of his team record.
- Cade Stratton led the Hawks with three assists. Stratton leads the Hawks with 10 points this season. 
- Max Brooks scored twice and had one assist to lead Monmouth offensively. 
- Brooks has at least one point in his last five games, eight points on the year (3G, 5A) and 27 for his career. 
- Zach Clemente scored his fifth goal of the season and the 34th of his career.
- Scooter Whiteside's goal with 11 seconds left in the fourth quarter was Monmouth's first man-down goal since Hunter Jones' against Delaware on Feb. 24, 2018. It was Whiteside's second goal of 2021.
- David Cormack contributed a goal and an assist for his second-straight multi-point game. Cormack is third on the team with 7 points this season. 
- Rudy Beck and Ethan Masucci each put in their first goals of the year. 
- Anthony Sardo scored his third goal of the season and the 28th of his career.
- Noah Lode made 10 saves in goal.
- Dillon Smart collected three ground balls and became the sixth Hawk in school history to collect 100 career ground balls. 
- Smart and Chris Hervada each had two caused turnovers on the night. 

UP NEXT
Monmouth will host Quinnipiac at Kessler Stadium on Saturday, April 3 at 4 p.m.