FINAL SCORE
#17/17 Delaware 17 (4-1)
Monmouth 6 (0-2)

NEWARK, DE – The Monmouth University men's lacrosse team dropped a 17-6 decision at No. 17 Delaware on Saturday afternoon at Delaware Stadium.

The Blue Hens built a 3-0 lead after the first quarter and led by double digits at halftime following Andrew Duswalt's goal right before the intermission.

The two sides played a more even game after halftime with Delaware outscoring Monmouth 6-5 over the final 30 minutes.

NOTES & QUOTES
"It's still early in the season for us and we've played two tough teams thus far.  We are still learning and figuring things out, but have to minimize mistakes, play smarter and together as a team in order to improve. We'll learn from this one and look to bounce back on Tuesday."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

- The matchup featured a pair of future Colonial Athletic Association opponents.
- Monmouth fell to 1-9 all-time against ranked opponents.
- The Hawks are 1-5 on the road against ranked teams.
- Monmouth fell to 0-5 all-time against Delaware.
- Richie Bianchi made his first-career start on defense.
- The Hawks wore their white helmets with midnight blue jerseys and white shorts.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Noah Lode set a new career high and program single-game record with 17 saves.
- Matt Soutar broke his own program record with 11 ground balls in the game.
- Andrew Duswalt scored his first goal of the season and the sixth goal of his career. Duswalt added his first-career assist.
- Matt Karsian put in his first goal of the year and the third of his career.
- Nick Teets and Sean Ketchen each scored their first-career goals. Teets added an assist in the game.
- Max Brooks scored his 25^th career goal and his second of the season.
- Jack Daly contributed his first goal of 2022.
- Connor Macrae and Devin Pipher each had assists in the game. Pipher's assist was the first of his Monmouth career.
- Andrew Kuhlman played the final 9:04 in relief of Lode. Kuhlman made three saves.
- Matt Soutar went 13-for-26 at the faceoff X.
- Garrett Klurman led the Hawks with two caused turnovers.
- Delaware forced Monmouth into 20 turnovers.
- The Hawks were 2-for-2 on man-up opportunities.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will host Wagner in its 2022 home opener on Tuesday afternoon at Kessler Stadium. Opening faceoff is set for 2:30 p.m.