Donohoo Scores Four but Scots Lose at Dubuque Wednesday

Knapp, Meyer add hat tricks

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (04/21/2022) — The Monmouth College lacrosse team fell to first-place Dubuque 21-11 on Wednesday night in Iowa. The Scots (5-6, 1-3) have two games left in the regular season, with the home finale on Saturday.

Dubuque scored the first two goals of the game, including the opener just 51 seconds into the game. Kain Donohoo (St. Charles, Illinois) got the Scots on the board with 9:09 to go in the first quarter. The teams traded goals over the next three minutes with Liam Meyer (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) scoring for Monmouth. Meyer scored again to cut the Spartans lead to 4-3 and Donohoo tied the game with 5:07 to play in the first.

The hosts scored the final two goals of the first quarter and then went on a 6-0 run to start the second quarter. They led 12-4 when the Scots scored for the first time in 15:37. Gordon Kiesgen (Spring Grove, Illinois) won the faceoff and scored himself before Jeff Knapp (Nolensville, Tennessee) scored 20 seconds later. Dubuque scored the final goal of the half to lead 13-6.

The teams traded goals over the first nine minutes of the third quarter with Knapp scoring twice and Donohoo once for the Scots. Down 16-9, Monmouth gave up the final two goals of the third quarter. The Spartans pushed the lead to 20-9 in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter. Donohoo scored his fourth goal of the game with 4:15 to play and Meyer collected a hat trick 31 seconds later. Dubuque scored the final goal for a 21-11 win.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: With four goals by Donohoo and three from Knapp, the two are now tied with 36 goals on the seasonThey not only share the team lead, but also the Scots single-season recordWith four points, Knapp passed head coach Thomas Van Alstine for third on the single-season points list with 41Donohoo has 48 points on the season, second-most in a single season for Monmouth, five off Chase Cranford's 2019 recordDonohoo's assist gives him 13 on the season, tied with Mitch Perez from 2021 for second-most all-timeKiesgen had a team-high 10 ground balls and his 91 on the season are tied with Cranford for the most in a season for a Monmouth playerKiesgen won 20-of-32 faceoffs and broke Eli Goichenberg's record for most faceoff wins in a season as he now has 160Teagan Simons (Littleton, Colorado) had 18 saves and the Scots have a single-season record 194 saves on the campaignWith one assist, Knapp is now fifth on the career assist record with 19Jack Koenn (Dexter, Michigan) has played in 44 games, tied for fifth on the career listMonmouth is 0-5 against Dubuque with the previous four games decided by three goals or less and two decided by one goalThe Scots are home Saturday at 1 p.m. against NorthlandSaturday is Senior Day at April Zorn Stadium for the six lacrosse seniors.