FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 5 (24-27, 10-14 CAA)
Delaware 4 (27-23, 11-13 CAA)
11 Innings
 
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Jay Bant ripped the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the 11th inning over the fence in right field and lifted the Monmouth University baseball team to a 5-4 win over the University of Delaware in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) action on Sunday.
 
Delaware looked to be in action in the top of the second. A single to center looked like it might score a run for the Blue Hens but a strong throw from Harry Padden to Brendan Buecker at the plate resulted in the third out. 
 
The Hawks responded in their half of the second. Chris Andrews connected on a leadoff home run to left field and a 1-0 Monmouth advantage. 
 
Casey Caufield's one out single in the bottom of the third plated Brendan Buecker and gave the home team a 2-0 lead. 
 
Delaware strung together four hits in the top of the fourth, including a home run from LT Cockrill, and took a 3-2 advantage. 
 
Monmouth responded with a two-out two run double from Buecker in the bottom of the fourth and regained the lead, 4-3. 
 
The Hawks maintained that one-run advantage until the top of the ninth when Cockrill led off with a game-tying home run. 
 
The game headed to extra innings. Delaware worked around a base runner in the bottom of the 10th while the Hawks were able to work around a one-out single in the top of the 11th. 
 
Bant provided the walkoff win with his home run in the bottom of the 11th.

NOTES 
- The Hawks are now 9-10 all-time against Delaware after earning the win on Sunday.
- It was Monmouth's third walk off win of the season (Hofstra, Saint Peter's, Delaware). 
- The Hawks were playing extra innings for the fifth time this season. Monmouth is 2-3 in extra inning contests. 
- The Hawks played 11 innings in the game; it's tied for the longest game by the Hawks this season. 
- Casey Caufield had two base knocks on the day and now needs two more hits to reach 200 for his career. 

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Casey Caufield had two base hits. It was his second straight multi-hit game and 21st of the season.  
- Jay Bant's RBI gave him 55 for the season. It's the most RBIs by a Hawk in the last 14 years.
- Brendan Buecker's three hits were a career-high for the sophomore. 
- Andrew Schmid dropped his team and CAA leading 13th sac bunt of the year. 
- Three Monmouth pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts in the game. It was the second time this week and third time this season that the Hawks have logged 12 or more strikeouts in a game. 
- Joey Ciancimino earned the win for the Hawks with two scoreless innings of relief work. He allowed just one hit and struck out four. 
- Dom Velazquez took the loss for Delaware after giving up one run on three hits in six innings.

NEXT UP
The Hawks wrap up their home slate when they host NJIT on Tuesday, May 13 at 3 p.m.