West Long Branch, NJ – Ty Caffarelli scored three goals for the fifth time in the last six games, but Monmouth University Men's Lacrosse was edged out late by Towson University, 12-10 Saturday at Kessler Stadium.
 
Caffarelli's late first-quarter goal send the Hawks to a 3-2 lead, but Towson won the second 4-1 to take a 6-4 lead to the break. Monmouth got it back within one at 7-6 on Nick Teet's tally at 10:10 of the third, but three in a row for the Tigers gave them their largest lead at 10-6.
 
Two late third quarter goals had the Blue and White within two, and MU scored the first two of the fourth, including the game-tying goal from Ryan O'Rourke with 6:31 remaining. Towson's Alex Roussel scored two in 54 seconds to put the visitors on top by the eventual final score of 12-10.
 
NOTES

-Caffarelli's three goals was his fifth game of three or more in the last six.
-Gavin Seaman scored his first goal of the season for MU.
-Brendan Dundas posted his sixth multi-goal game this season.
-Sean Ketchen notched his third straight two-goal game.
-Tommy Heller had his fifth double-digit saves game this season with 11.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Towson had 47 shots to MU's 40.
-Each team was 25-26 on clears.
-Each team had seven caused turnovers.
 
UP NEXT
-Monmouth visits Stony Brook next Saturday, April 12 at noon.