Sept 20, 2003

WASHINGTON (AP)- Pete Raspitzi caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Brian Boland with 18 seconds to play to lift Monmouth to a mistake filled 12-10 win over Georgetown Saturday.

The Hoyas (0-3) held a 10-6 lead after Michael Gillman kicked a 31-yard field goal with 7:33 to play, but for the second time at home this season let a lead get away in the closing seconds.

On their previous possession, the Hawks (3-0) failed to scored from the Georgetown eight and proceeded to miss a field goal. But given one final chance after Georgetown failed to get a first down, Monmouth drove 69 yards for the win when Boland found Raspitzi in the right side of the end zone.

Up to that point, Andrew Crawford's 31-yard pass to Luke McArdle 41 seconds before halftime was the game's only touchdown, which had given the Hoyas a 7-6 halftime lead.

In the second half, the Hawks did all they could to give Georgetown the game. Boland threw an interception on the first play of the half, a second in the end zone late in the third quarter and the Hawks fumbled twice deep in their own territory late in the fourth quarter. The second fumble set up the Georgetown field goal.