WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (Interstat) — The Monmouth Hawks broke a tie with a five-run eighth inning to defeat the Lafayette Leopards 6-1 on Tuesday evening at Monmouth Baseball Field.

The game was tied 1-1 entering the bottom of the eighth before the Hawks sent 10 men to the plate. Chris Walsh drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run before Simmi Whitehill and RJ Mustaro each delivered two-run singles.

Monmouth starter Drew Yagodzinskie earned the win, allowing one run on seven hits over six innings with six strikeouts. Lafayette used eight pitchers, with six combining for 6 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, but the Leopards’ offense managed just one run despite eight hits.

Monmouth improved to 11-10. Lafayette fell to 2-17.