West Long Branch, NJ- The Wagner men's lacrosse team dropped a 9-7 decision to Monmouth despite a late push in the fourth quarter on Tuesday at Kessler Stadium.
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The Seahawks scored two goals in the final frame from
Jack Brady to make it a two-goal game but it wasn't enough as Monmouth held on to win its home opener.
Inside The Boxscore
- Monmouth out shot Wagner 39-27 and narrowly edged them 20-18 in shots on goal.
- The Hawks collected 33 ground balls to Wagner's 23.
- Monmouth held a 13-7 advantage on the face offs over the Seahawks.
- Wagner was 1-5 on the extra-man opportunity and Monmouth was just 0-1.
- Goalkeepers Danny Brady and Noah Lode made 11 saves in net each.
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Post game Notes
- Aidan Clark's hat trick is the first three-goal game since Ben Stewart on April 30, 2021 at Saint Joseph's.
- Tyler Lawton collected three ground balls, tying a career-high set two years ago at Hofstra.
- Jack Brady posted a two-goal game for the second time in his Seahawks career. The senior's other multi-goal game came on April 21, 2021 in a win at Sacred Heart.
- Reigning NEC Defensive Player of the Week Danny Brady recorded his second straight game of double digit saves with 11.
First Quarter
- Wagner opened the scoring for the second straight game on an Aidan Clark extra-man opportunity goal.
- Monmouth tied it up four minutes later with a Connor Macrae goal off a turnover.
- Stephen Dwyer quickly gave the Seahawks a 2-1 lead with his fifth goal of the season.
- Less than a minute later, Macrae scored his second goal in the opening frame to tie it back up at 2-2 with 2:57 left in the first.
- Monmouth's Max Brooks added another goal late in the period to put the Hawks up 3-2 heading into the second quarter.
Second Quarter
- Early in the period, Tyler Lawton found the back of the net off the feed from Clark to make it 3-3.
- Macrae then recorded his third goal for a hat trick with 7:45 left in the half to give Monmouth a 4-3 lead.
- Clark netted his second goal of the afternoon to tie it back up at 4-4 with 6:56 to go. Lawton was credited with the assist.
- Monmouth answered on Macrae's fourth goal of the game to go back in front, 5-4.
- The Hawks tacked on another goal with 2:25 left from David Cormack to make it 6-4 Monmouth going into the break.
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Third Quarter
- Monmouth's offense came out in the third buzzing. Brady was able to keep the first three shots from the Hawks out of the cage.
- Devin Pipher was able to find the back of the net with 9:40 to go in the third to make it 7-4 Monmouth.
- Monmouth scored its fourth straight goal on Macrae's fifth of the game to take an 8-4 lead. Â
- Clark ended Monmouth's run with his third goal of the game to make it 8-5 Hawks at the 6:20 mark of the third.
- Wagner had its fourth extra-man opportunity of the afternoon with less than a minute left in the frame but was unable to capitalize.
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Fourth Quarter
- Monmouth opened the scoring of the final 15 minutes on a Mike McIntyre goal to make it 9-5 Hawks with 10:30 remaining.
- Jack Brady netted his second goal of the season unassisted to cut it to 9-6 with just over nine minutes to play.
- Less than three minutes later, it was Brady again to make it a two-goal game with 6:14 remaining in the game.
- Wagner received its fifth extra-man opportunity of the game with just over four minutes to go. Dwyer walked in and tried to bounce one past Lode but was denied, keeping it 9-7.
- Noah Patterson also had a chance on net that was turned away with a minute to go.
The Seahawks will be back in action for the first game of the season at Hameline Field on Saturday, March 5 at 12:00 P.M. against NJIT.
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