WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The Towson University men's lacrosse team earned its third straight Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) victory with an 15-11 victory at Monmouth on Saturday afternoon.
 
Towson (5-8, 4-2 CAA) never trailed after beginning the game with a 5-0 run at Monmouth (5-8, 1-5 CAA), earning its second win in a row against a CAA road opponent.
 
With the win, Towson is now tied for second place in the CAA with Stony Brook and Drexel.
 
Key Stats:

• Towson outshot Monmouth 46-34 in the game and had just 11 turnovers to Monmouth's 16.
• The home team had a 17-to-13 advantage on faceoffs.
• Kyle Berkeley led all players with five goals and an assist for six points.  Each Joaquin Villagomez and Mikey Weisshaar had a hat trick, with the latter adding an assist.
• The win went to Evan Long in goal, who had nine saves and 11 goals allowed.
• Matt Constantinides went 13-for-30 on faceoffs, scooping up six ground balls.
• For Monmouth, Connor Macrae had a hat trick and a pair of ground balls.  The loss went to Andrew Kuhlman, who had 13 saves and 15 ground balls in 57:11 of play.

How It Happened:

• After a won faceoff then a pair of turnovers, Nick DeMaio scored just over a minute in on a roll to the doorstep.  Monmouth won the next faceoff and connected passes for a point blank shot, with Evan Long making the save and sending Towson back to offense.
• Towson's ride kept the pressure up, forcing another turnover at the mid-line for an offensive possession.  After a blocked shot, DeMaio got the ground ball and passed off to Kyle Berkeley for the shot in the corner.  31 seconds later, Berkeley scored again on a roll to the cage for a 3-0 Towson advantage with 7:11 left in the first.
• Towson's defense continued to hold off Monmouth, including Elijah Smith and Ray Glass causing mayhem for turnovers on Monmouth quick plays.  Towards the end of the quarter, Josh Webber fired a laser into the back of the net for a goal to push Towson up 4-0 after one.
• Towson forced a turnover then had a long possession with five shots, finishing with Mikey Weisshaar scoring off a dodge for a 5-0 Towson lead.
• Monmouth scored 40 seconds later to get on the board.  Towson held off an offsides penalty to get to offense as Berkeley scored another to lead 6-2 with 9:10 left in the second.
• Towson held off another man-down situation, forcing a high pass and turnover.  Towson attacked and got two good looks at the cage from Webber and Berkeley, with each being saved.  Monmouth cleared and scored unsettled off a pass from Scott Whiteside to Connor Macrae to pull within three.
• Play went back and forth as Long got another save on a point blank shot in the final seconds, preserving the score at 6-3 Towson at the half.
• Towson struck first in the second half after Colby Barsz and Smith forced a turnover for Monmouth.  Austin Stewart dropped the ball off to Ryan Schrier for the shot and score for a 7-3 Towson lead.
• After a Towson turnover at the mid-line, Monmouth scored quickly on the restart on the third goal of Macrae.  Towson got the goal back a minute later as Webber found Weisshaar for the straight-away shot and score to make it 8-4 Tigers.
• The teams kept trading possessions as Monmouth pulled to within three.  Towson finished the quarter strongly with three goals in the final 4:18 in the third off scores from Webber, Joaquin Villagomez and Berkeley all close range to push Towson to an 11-5 advantage after three quarters.
• Monmouth struck first to begin the fourth having an open player on the goal circle after a faceoff win to pull within five.  Both sides held off the other on man-down situations, then Towson built its lead.  Berkeley scored his fifth on a run to the cage, then Webber passed across the arc to Weisshaar for the hard fire and score.  Towson led 13-6 with 11:30 to play.
• Monmouth drew a cross check penalty and scored with 9:45 left, adding another on a faceoff win and score unsettled.  A third opportunity, a blocked shot was cleared out by Brandon Hund.  Hund dropped off to Villagomez for the immediate shot and score inside the right post.  Towson led 14-8 with 8:45 left.
• Towson held off a Monmouth possession and added another goal off a Villagomez score to lead by seven.  Monmouth kept up pressure and scored three goals in the final 2:26, with Towson taking the win 15-11.

Inside the Numbers:

• Kyle Berkeley earned his first-ever five-goal game and tied his career-high in points in a game with six, the third time he had six points in a contest.
• In other CAA action, Delaware secured hosting rights to the CAA Championship in two weeks.

Next Game:

• Towson has its regular season finale on Saturday, April 29, hosting Delaware at noon at Johnny Unitas® Stadium.
• For tickets, interested parties can visit www.towsontigers.com, call 410-704-3330 or email dkogok@towson.edu.

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