EMMITSBURG, Md. – Monmouth scored in the 83rd minute to lift the Hawks past Mount St. Mary's 2-1 in Northeast Conference (NEC) men's soccer action on Saturday.

Eric Detzel (York, Pa./Central York) scored his fifth goal of the season for the Mount (6-6-0, 2-1-0 NEC) and Chris Davis (Townsville, Australia/Kirwan State) turned away four saves in the loss.

Ryan Kinne scored the game-winner off a pass from Rob LaRocca with seven minutes remaining to hand Monmouth (8-2-2, 2-0-1) the victory and to stay unbeaten in the league. Bryan Meredith made three stops in the winning effort.

Monmouth got on the scoreboard first when George Quintano kicked the ball from the far right into the middle near the pipes and found its way into the the twine off the goalkeeper at 3:21.

Scott Phinith (Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) and Chris Wheeler (Newcastle, Australia/St. Francis Xavier) helped set up the tying goal when Detzel found the netting at the 25:01 mark.

The score remaining tied until the 87:00 mark when LaRocca passed the ball to Kinne in the middle of the field, who found the back of the netting for the decisive score.

The Mount had a couple chances in the final three minutes to square the match at 2, but could not convert. Detzel had a corner kick from the left sail into Meredith's hands before a Mount player could knock it into the netting. Eric Mullins (Finksburg, Md./Mount St. Joseph) gave the Mountaineers their final scoring threat, but missed wide with 21 seconds remaining.

The Mountaineers scored in a match against Monmouth for the first time since the 2004 season.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Oct. 24 at Long Island. Game time is 3 p.m.