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2023 Men's Lacrosse Roster

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35 Matt Soutar

  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 180
  • Class Senior
  • Position Midfield
  • Hometown Mount Laurel, NJ
  • Highschool Lenape

Biography

2023 First Team All-CAA ... 2021 MAAC Tournament MVP ... two-time Second Team All-MAAC ... member of Monmouth's 2021 MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship team ... program's all-time leader in faceoff win percentage at 58.1% (498-857) ... 280 career ground balls ranks first in program history ... two-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection ... 43 career games played ... scored seven goals and added three assists.

2023 (Senior)
  • First Team All-CAA
  • Team captain
  • Appeared in all 14 games
  • Went 186-for-328 at the faceoff X
  • Won 56.7 percent of his faceoffs, the third best single-season mark in Monmouth history and second in the CAA
  • Set the program single-season record and was second in the CAA with 114 ground balls
  • Scored five goals and handed out two assists for seven points
  • Took 13 shots, including nine on goal
  • Was 16-of-32 with eight ground balls and one goal in the season opener at Princeton (2/18)
  • Won 14-of-20 faceoffs with eight ground balls and a goal in the win at LIU (2/25)
  • Went 15-for-28 at the faceoff X with 11 ground balls at Delaware (3/11)
  • Broke his own program record with 14 ground balls, scored two goals and won 19-of-28 faceoffs against Stony Brook (3/25)
  • Won 22-of-32 faceoffs with 11 ground balls at Fairfield (4/15)
  • Won 17-of-29 and collected eight ground balls opposite Towson (4/22)
  • Scored a goal and won 13-of-25 faceoffs at Drexel (4/28)
  • Named team MVP
2022 (Junior)
  • Second Team All-MAAC
  • Appeared in all 12 games
  • Went 127-for-244 at the faceoff X
  • Won 52 percent of his faceoffs
  • Set the program single-season record with 79 ground balls
  • Scored one goal
  • Caused two turnovers
  • Was 14-of-31 in the season opener at Princeton (2/19)
  • Set the program record with 11 ground balls at Delaware (2/26)
  • Won 14 of 19 faceoffs with 10 ground balls in the victory over VMI (3/15)
  • Went 13-of-19 at the X and tied his own program record with 11 ground balls against Manhattan (4/22)
  • MAAC Face-Off Specialist of the Week (4/25)
  • Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma honor society
  • MAAC All-Academic Team selection
2021 (Sophomore)
  • Second Team All-MAAC
  • MAAC Tournament MVP
  • Appeared in all 11 games
  • Went 152-for-222 at the faceoff X
  • Won 68.5 percent of his faceoffs, the highest single-season percentage in program history and ranked fourth in the NCAA
  • Won at least 11 faceoffs in all but two games
  • Led the team with 72 ground balls, which ranked second in a single-season in program history
  • Second in the MAAC and 17th in the NCAA in ground balls per game (6.55)
  • Scored one goal
  • Set the program records for faceoff wins (24) and ground balls (10) after going 24-for-29 at the faceoff X with his first-career goal in the win over St. Bonaventure (3/20)
  • Won 20-of-27 faceoffs and scooped up 10 ground balls in the MAAC Championship game (5/8)
  • Named to the USILA D1 Team of the Week (5/12)
  • MAAC All-Academic Team selection
2020 (Freshman)
  • Appeared in all six games
  • Went 33-for-63 at the faceoff X
  • Won 52.4 percent of his faceoffs
  • Third on the team with 16 ground balls
  • Contributed one assist
  • Made his collegiate debut and went 7-for-13 at the faceoff X with six ground balls in the win over NJIT (2/8)
  • Went 8-for-13 on faceoffs against Delaware (2/22)
  • Won 11-of-12 faceoffs, picked up five ground balls, and added his first-career assist in the win at Wagner (2/25)
Before Monmouth
  • Varsity letter winner in lacrosse at Lenape High School for head coach Bill Sutphin
  • First Team All-Conference and All-Group 4 State Team selection
  • Won 79 percent of his faceoffs with 260 wins as a senior, including 204 ground balls
  • Team won the South Jersey Sectional Championship his junior season
  • Played club lacrosse for Tri-State Lacrosse under head coach Anthony Terranova
  • A two-sport athlete who also played football
  • Honor Roll student
  • Member of the Business Honor Society and German Honors Society
Personal
  • Son of Paul and Theresa Soutar
  • Majoring in Business Management and Decision Sciences

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

    Midfield
    5'8" 180 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2021Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'8" 180 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2022Junior

    Midfield
    5'8" 180 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2023Senior

    Midfield
    5'8" 180 lbs
    35