FINAL SCORE
Canisius 8 (4-4, 3-3 MAAC)
Monmouth 7 (5-2, 4-2 MAAC)

BUFFALO, NY – A close game throughout the entire second half went Canisius' way as the Golden Griffins topped the Monmouth University men's lacrosse team, 8-7, on Friday afternoon at the Demske Sports Complex.

Monmouth jumped out to a 3-0 lead and was ahead 4-1 after the first quarter, but Canisius responded to tie the game heading into intermission. After scoring to tie the game on four separate occasions, the Griffs took their first lead with 3:24 to play and ultimately were victorious with that decisive goal.

It was Monmouth's fourth one-goal decision during conference play as the Hawks closed the regular season with six games decided by two goals or less.

NOTES & QUOTES
"A lot of credit to Canisius for playing a good game this afternoon, but unfortunately we did not do enough of the little things that you need to do in order to win a close game. It's not that we played poorly in any one area but we just had way too many little mistakes pop up across the board that hurt us and prevented us from gaining momentum. Fortunately, we have a week to clean up things up before heading into the conference tournament next Friday."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

- The Hawks dropped to 5-2 on the year and 4-2 in conference play.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series with Canisius, 4-3.
- The Hawks are now 2-2 on the road in 2021.
- Monmouth is 2-2 in one-goal games this season.
- The Hawks wore their blue chrome helmets with midnight blue jerseys and white shorts.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Mike McIntyre scored two goals for the second straight game. He has six goals this season. 
- Connor Macrae put in two goals to increase his season total to eight.
- Brock Anderson scored his first two goals of the season. Anderson now has 24 career goals to his name.
- Max Brooks scored once to extend his point streak to eight games. Brooks has 13 points on the year (7 G, 6 A) and 32 for his career (18 G, 14 A).
- Matt Soutar had a strong day at the faceoff X by winning 12-of-18 and he also led the team with eight ground balls.
- Noah Lode totaled 11 saves in goal for Monmouth.
- Cade Stratton had an assist to give him a team-best 16 points on the year. Stratton now has 41 career points. 
- Conor Tuturice led Monmouth with two caused turnovers.

UP NEXT
Monmouth, who is 4-0 at Kessler Stadium in 2021, will host a quarterfinal game to start the MAAC Tournament next Friday, April 30.