FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 15 (2-3)
NJIT 7 (0-6)

NEWARK, NJ – The Monmouth University men's lacrosse team built a 6-0 lead to open the game and cruised to a 15-7 victory over NJIT on Friday night at Lubetkin Field.

Connor Macrae scored five goals and handed out three assists to set the Monmouth single-game program record with eight total points. In total, seven different Hawks had at least two points in the win, with five multi-goal scorers.

In goal, Noah Lode held NJIT to six goals and racked up 13 saves to lead one of Monmouth's best defensive efforts of the year.

NOTES & QUOTES
"It felt great to get a win tonight at the start of Spring break. The focus this week and energy building to the game was awesome and the energy on the sideline kept us going throughout the game. We are looking forward to getting back to work and playing at home in a few days."
- Head Coach Brian Fisher

- Monmouth earned its second consecutive win against NJIT.
- Monmouth moved to 6-1 all-time against the Highlanders.
- The Hawks picked up their first road win of the season.
- The Hawks wore their white helmets with midnight blue jerseys and shorts.
- The game was originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon, but was moved due to weather.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Connor Macrae broke the Monmouth program single-game record with eight points on the strength of five goals and three assists.
- Macrae broke the record previously held by Bryce Wasserman, who had three seven-point performances in his career.
- Macrae scored his fifth career hat trick and his 13th goal in his last three games. He leads the team with 14 goals this season and has 28 for his career.
- Noah Lode totaled 13 saves in 53:45 in goal for the Hawks.
- Cade Stratton, Sean Ketchen, Devin Pipher and David Cormack each scored two goals.
- Stratton has nine points this season.
- Pipher added two assists for a four-point effort, a season-high.
- Ketchen scored his fourth goal of the year.
- Cormack registered his fourth goal of the season and his 19^th of his career.
- Luke Cole and Jack Daly each had a goal and an assist.
- Nick Teets, Andrew Duswalt and Ryan Morris added assists in the win.
- Macrae and Matt Soutar led Monmouth with five ground balls apiece. Soutar moved into second in program history with 124 career ground balls, passing Dylan Schulte and Chris Hervada.
- Garrett Klurman led the Hawks with two caused turnovers.

NEXT UP
Monmouth returns to Kessler Stadium on Tuesday when it hosts VMI at 1 p.m.