Despite the cold temperature, fans packed the stands from both Monmouth and Stony Brook to cheer on the number one and two seed. The tension could be felt from the beginning of play, as each team fought for their championship title.
Monmouth had its first chance and what looked like could have been an early lead from forward Ashley Lavrich who found the back of the net but the goal was waved off due to an offsides call. Lavrich continued look- ing for opportunities, one of which hit off the crossbar.
At 31:41 Stony Brook got on the board from Luciana Set- teducate who headed the ball into the bottom left corner, past Monmouth goalkeeper, Cassie Coster. This lifted the Seawolves to a 1-0 lead.
Monmouth continued to put up a fight, forcing Stony Brook goalkeeper Nicolette Pasquarella to make four saves and keeping Monmouth off the board as they went into the half.
The Seawolves found themselves their second goal of the game at 54:03 with a pass from Pasquarella to Stony Brook’s Linn Beck to give them the 2-0 advantage. Monmouth got off five shots in the following 10 minutes, searching for their first goal of the game. Defender Grace Notarfrancesco found Reimet at 78:35 who escaped her defender and gave Monmouth their first goal of the game and her third goal of the playoffs.
Monmouth continued looking for opportunities, firing off three more shots in the contest but were un- able to capitalize on any as Stony Brook captured the championship, 2-1.
This was the first time the Hawks had ever lost against the Seawolves after a tie, 2-2 in regular season play.
Reimet finished this sea- son with 33 points, which is the most in a single-season since Erica Murphy in 2015 with 35.
The Hawks finish their season with just three losses, tied for the third fewest in program history for a single season.
