STONY BROOK, N.Y. - Stony Brook fell, 2-0, to Monmouth on a rain-soaked Friday afternoon at LaValle Stadium. The loss moved the Seawolves into a tie for first place in the CAA with the Hawks entering the final week of the regular season.
Stony Brook kept Monmouth off the scoreboard in the first half before giving up two second-half goals. The Hawks enjoyed the majority of scoring chances in the first 45 minutes, finishing the first half with a 10-4 edge in shots and forcing Edmond Kaiser to turn away four potential scoring chances. The Hawks also saw a shot in the final minute of the half ring off the crossbar.
Monmouth broke through early on in the second half, converting on a set piece. Olle Brorsson headed home the first goal of the match after two of his teammates connected to head passes his way at the near post.
After Kaiser made a spectacular save on a would-be goal by Zakowski, it was again Brorsson who got the best of Kaiser.
This time it was on a corner fed in by Erik Reis that found Brorsson's head and eventually the back of the net to double the Hawks' lead in the 55th minute.
The Seawolves totaled 12 shots in the loss, with three of them on goal. Despite ending the second half with an 8-5 edge in shots, Stony Brook was ultimately outshot 15-12 and 7-3 in shots on goal.
STATS AND NOTES
- Kaiser made five saves for Stony Brook, the sixth time this season the graduate keeper has stopped five or shots in a match. The loss was Kaiser's fourth overall and first since Sept. 5 at George Washington.
- Jonas Bickus finished with a team-high three shots and two shots on target.
- The shutout loss is Stony Brook's first of the 2023 campaign and only the second time this year that the Seawolves failed to score in a match (Oct. 3 at Seton Hall).
- The Seawolves saw their unbeaten streak snapped at nine straight matches with today's loss. It was the longest such streak during head coach Ryan Anatol's tenure, the longest in the program's Division I history and the best streak since opening the 1970 season with a ten-match unbeaten streak.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"I thought it was a competitive game; these games at the end of the season, there's a lot on the line. Ultimately, it came down to set pieces," head coach Ryan Anatol noted postgame. "I don't think we did a good enough job of defending them. We've got to do a little bit better to get the result."
NEXT UP
Stony Brook closes out its non-conference slate with its home finale on Tuesday, October 24 against Lafayette. It will also be the Seawolves' senior night where the team will honor graduating seniors Olsen Aluc, Iker Alvarado, Bas Beckhoven, Wilber Gomez, Trevor Harrison, Selcuk Kahveci, Sean Towey, Johan Velez and Carlos Zabarburu. The Seawolves battle the Leopards at 6:31 p.m. on FloFC.
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