FINAL SCORE
2/1 North Carolina 16 (12-2)
RV/RV Monmouth 4 (8-3) 

CHAPEL HILL, NC - The Monmouth University men's lacrosse team's 2021 championship season came to a close in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Saturday afternoon at Dorrance Field. The Hawks fell to the No. 1 overall seed North Carolina by a final score of 16-4.

Monmouth goalie Noah Lode made 13 saves and the Hawks had four different players find the back of the cage on the other end. Mike McIntyre, Dwayne Mattushik, Matt Karsian and Connor Macrae scored for Monmouth in the loss. 

NOTES & QUOTES
"We ran into a really good North Carolina team. They are well coached, excellent in so many areas of the game and they have so many veteran players. I am disappointed that the season is over for us, but I am happy for the season we had in this environment. I am proud of everything we accomplished and how hard we fought today through the end of the game."

"Coming into the game I think we felt we had to play a clean game with how lethal they are on the offensive end. We did play really good defense at times and it is disappointing they put up the number of goals they did, but it is complex. All things are connected, some of the things that happened on the offensive end led to easy goals for them. There were some times when we just didn't finish the play and a good team (North Carolina) made us pay. I thought we got better as the game went on and adjusted a bit to the speed of the game."  
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

- The Hawks fell to 8-3 on the year. 
- The Hawks are now 2-3 on the road in 2021.
- Monmouth dropped to 5-5 all-time in the postseason and 0-2 in the NCAA Tournament.
- The game was the first ever meeting between the two sides.
- The Hawks wore their white helmets with midnight blue jerseys and white shorts.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Noah Lode made 13 saves in goal for Monmouth.
- Colin Bosak went 8-for-13 at the faceoff X with three ground balls in his Monmouth debut. 
 - Connor Macrae, Dwayne Mattushik, Matt Karsian and Mike McIntyre each put in one goal.
- Macrae finished second on the team in scoring in 2021 after putting in his 14th goal of the year.
- Mattushik finished his season with 12 goals.
- McIntyre's goal was his ninth of the season and the 16th of his career.
- Karsian netted his second goal of the year.
- Cade Stratton contributed one assist in the game. 
- Stratton totaled 30 points on the year (17 G, 13 A) to lead the Hawks.
- Stratton increased his career totals to 55 points on 32 goals and 23 assists. 
- Matt Soutar finished his season with 73 ground balls, good for second on Monmouth's single-season list. 
- Soutar ended the year by winning 152-of-222 at the faceoff X, good for 68.4 percent. His performance is the best single-season in program history. 
- Dillon Smart led Monmouth with six ground balls and two caused turnovers.