WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Monmouth softball dropped the second game of its series to Stony Brook, falling 3–0 on Saturday afternoon at MU Softball Park.

The Seawolves opened the scoring in the top of the second inning with an RBI single. Both teams then settled in, keeping each other off the scoreboard through the third and fourth innings.

Stony Brook added to its lead in the fifth, scoring two runs on an RBI triple followed by an RBI single. That proved to be all the offense the Seawolves would need.

Monmouth threatened in the bottom of the seventh, with the game-tying run at the plate, but was unable to capitalize. 

NOTES AND NUMBERS 

• Carah Sumpter finished with a career-tying seven strikeouts as she pitched all seven innings
• Kaitlynn Place and Liv Smith were the lone Hawks to record multiple hits, both recording two hits apiece to lead Monmouth's offense on Saturday
• Kaitlynn Place now has five hits in her last two games
• The Hawks left nine runners on base on six hits
• The Seawolves left seven runners on base on nine hits
• Both teams finished with an error apiece 

UP NEXT 
Monmouth will close out the three-game series against Stony Brook on Sunday at 12 p.m. as the Hawks host youth day.