The Monmouth University men’s lacrosse team outscored RV/16 Villanova 5-3 in the fourth quarter en route to a 12-10 win on Saturday afternoon at Villanova Stadium. The win gave the Hawks their first victory over a ranked opponent in program history. Villanova jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, before Monmouth responded with four of the next five goals to tie the game at 4-4 midway through the second. At the start of the quarter, Monmouth faced a 6-on-4 man-down situation and successfully killed off the penalties before senior Chris Daly scored the second of his two goals as part of a 3-0 MU run. With the game tied 7-7- at the start of the fourth quarter, Monmouth took its first lead of the day when Tyler Keen completed his hat trick. The goal was the second of four consecutive goals for the visiting Hawks as they secured the lead for good. Keen’s fourth tally made it 10-7 with 6:20 to go and Monmouth held off a late Villanova rally by capitalizing on empty net goals by Zack Schleicher and Eric Berger. Senior goalkeeper Nick Hreshko held Villanova’s potent offense in check with a career-high 15 saves.