Men’s lacrosse drops game
vs. Towson in Final Minute
The Monmouth lacrosse team gave up two goals late in the game to allow the Towson Tigers to take down the Hawks at Kessler Stadium on Saturday, Apr. 5.
Deadlocked at ten, Towson, the defending champions of the CAA, scored two goals in the final three minutes to solidify a 12-10 victory over Monmouth.
Towson got the scoring started quickly, with Mikey Weisshaar scoring his 30th goal of the season to give the Tigers a quick 1-0 lead. Monmouth responded with a goal by freshman LSM Gavin Seaman to tie the game at one. The goal was Seaman’s first of his collegiate career. Sophomore attackman Brendan Dundas scored with just under five minutes left in the first quarter to give Monmouth a 2-1 lead. After a Towson goal to tie the game, Junior attackman Ty Caffarelli scored with four seconds left in the first quarter to give Monmouth a 3-2 lead at the end of the first frame.
The Tigers took control in the second quarter, out-scoring Monmouth 4-1. The Hawks’ lone goal was Caffarelli’s second of the game. Towson headed into the half with a 6-4 lead. Towson continued their momentum into the second half, with Weisshaar scoring his second of the game just 1:12 into the half to extend Towson’s lead to three. Monmouth responded with a two-goal streak to cut the lead to one. Caffarelli scored his third to give him a hat trick, his fifth of the season.
After Monmouth cut the lead to 7-6, Towson scored three unanswered goals in a little over four minutes. Towson’s 10-6 lead was the largest lead either team had for the entirety of the game. Two goals in the final 90 seconds of the quarter by midfielder Sean Ketchen and Dundas would cut the lead to 10-8 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Hawks’ momentum would carried into the final frame, as Ketchen scored his second followed by a man-up goal by junior midfielder Ryan O’Rourke to tie the game at ten apiece. O’Rourke’s goal was Monmouth’s fourth in a row after Towson took a 10-6 lead.
After the game-tying goal, there was no scoring for a little under four minutes. With just under three minutes left in the game, Alex Roussel would give Towson an 11-10 lead. Just under a minute later, he would score another goal to solidify the 12-10 Towson victory.
Caffarelli led the Hawks in scoring with three goals. He now sits at 25 on the season. Weisaar, Roussel, and Ronan Fitzpatrick would score two goals each for Towson. The win improved Towson’s record in CAA play to 4-0, while Monmouth fell to 1-3 in conference play.
Towson now sits at 5-5 overall after an 0-4 start. They will look to continue their hot streak on Wednesday night against Loyola Maryland. The Hawks sit at 4-7 overall and are 1-4 in their last five games. They will look to get back on track on Saturday Apr. 12 as they travel to Long Island to take on the Stony Brook Seawolves.
