FINAL SCORE 
Monmouth 8 (4-7)
NJIT 3 (5-6)

LITTLE FALLS, NJ. – NJIT scored first but the Monmouth University baseball team responded with the next seven as the Hawks picked up an 8-3 road win on Tuesday afternoon. The Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory.
 
NJIT got the scoring started with an RBI single in the bottom of the first.
 
Monmouth tied the game at 1-1 as Wyatt Hunt reached on an error and came around to score on Harry Padden's sac fly. 
 
The Hawks took the lead for good in the fifth as Andrew Schmid drew a leadoff walk and touched the plate on Jay Bant's sac fly. 
 
The was the start of the Hawks scoring in each of the final five innings of the contest. 
 
An RBI single from Hunt and a sac fly from Shane Dux in the sixth inning increased the Monmouth advantage to 4-1. 
 
After scoring one in the seventh, the Hawks tacked on two more in the eighth and made it a 7-1 game. Schmid had an RBI double before Bant contributed an RBI single in the frame.
 
NJIT reached the Hawks pitching staff for two runs in the bottom of the eighth and made it an 7-3 game.
 
The Hawks struck for one more run in the top of the ninth as Chris Walsh reached on a single and came around to score on a double steal and an error. 
 
Jimmy Wigo picked up a pair of strikeouts in the bottom of the ninth to close out the 8-3 win for the Hawks.

NOTES 
- Monmouth moves to 12-1 all-time against NJIT. 
- Tuesday's game was the first of two between the Hawks and Highlanders this season. It was also the first of nine games for the Hawks this season against an in-state opponent (NJIT-2, FDU-2, Rider, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Princeton, St. Peter's).
- Harry Padden and Casey Caufield each extended their hit streaks to seven straight games. 
- The Hawks improved to 4-1 when they score at least five runs in a game. 

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- The 13 hits in the game were a season-high for the Hawks.
- The Hawks matched their season-high with four stolen bases in the contest. 
- Casey Caufield, Shane Dux, Chris Walsh and Wyatt Hunt all had two hits in the game for the Hawks. 
- Jay Bant led the Hawks with two RBIs in the win. 
- Walsh and Andrew Schmid each scored a pair of runs for the Hawks.
- Casey Caufield and Chris Walsh each had a stolen base in the game. The pair lead the Hawks with five steals each on the season. 
- The Monmouth pitching staff accounted for a season-best eight strikeouts in the game.
- Nick Tamburro started for the Hawks and matched his career-high with five strikeouts in four innings of work.
- Brendan Kenneally picked up his first win for the Hawks with two innings of shutout relief. 
- Talon Mihalinac took the loss for NJIT after allowing a run in two innings of work. 

NEXT UP
Monmouth heads to Florida for a three-game set at Central Florida. Game one of that series is set for Friday, Mar. 7 at 6 p.m.