FINAL SCORE 
Monmouth 19 (5-10)
FDU 4 (2-14)

TEANECK, NJ. – Jay Bant and Trey Porter combined for 10 hits, seven RBIs and seven runs scored to lead the Monmouth University baseball team to a 19-4 win at FDU on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Hawks went to work in the top of the first, sending 12 men to the plate and scoring eight runs. 
 
On just the second pitch of the game, Harry Padden launched a home run to left center. After the Hawks loaded the bases, Trey Porter had a bases clearing double. Chris Walsh followed with his first career home run, a two-run shot. All of those runs were scored before FDU recorded an out. The Hawks added two more runs on a Bant RBI single. 
 
After FDU scored two in the bottom of the first, the Hawks went right back to work. Wyatt Hunt had a two-run single that made it 10-2.
 
A two-run single from Shane Dux in the third made it a 12-2 game. 
 
Leading 13-3 heading to the sixth, the Hawks got their first two runners on. Jake Howlett connected on his first career home run and increased the lead to 16-3. 
 
After FDU scored one in the bottom of the sixth, the Hawks capped the scoring with three runs in the top of the seventh. Jay Bant had a two-run triple before Aidan Bretschneider had an RBI single. 
 
That made the final score 19-4.

NOTES 
- It was the 101st meeting all time between the two schools but the first since the 2023 season. Monmouth leads the series 60-41.
- Monmouth moves to 2-0 this season against schools in New Jersey (NJIT, FDU).
- Tuesday's win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Hawks. 
- Graedon Finarelli and Colin Scherer both made their first appearances of their career.
- Nick Hios made his season debut for the Hawks in the contest. 
- Harry Padden and Casey Caufield each extended their hit streaks to 11 straight games. 
- The 19 runs scored are the most run scored in a game since last year's season finale (30-at Hofstra) and are tied for the fourth most runs scored in a game since 2015.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Jay Bant's five hits, four RBIs and four runs scored were all career-highs for the senior.   
- All nine members of the starting lineup for the Hawks had at least one hit.
- Trey Porter's five hits and three runs scored were career-highs while his three RBIs tied his career-high. 
- The first six hitters in the Hawks' lineup all scored at least two runs in the game. 
- Five Monmouth pitchers combined for a season-high 10 strikeouts in the game. 
- Nick Tamburro and Brendan Kenneally each had four strikeouts in the contest. 

NEXT UP
Monmouth is right back to work when it travels to Villanova on Wednesday, Mar. 12 at 3:15 p.m.