DAVIDSON, N.C. ? Momentum and aggressive senior play from the earlier day's game carried over as the Monmouth field hockey team posted their first win of the season, 3-0 over Davidson on Sunday afternoon at Davidson College. After six losses by only one goal, the Hawks broke out scoring early and never looked back.

“The girls came out and played so hard and with so much heart,” prides Coach Carli Figlio.” They played with each other and for each other for seventy complete minutes.”

Monmouth jumped on the Wildcats with two goals in the first ten minutes of the game. Senior Aubrey Clark (Petersburg, N.J./Ocean City) opened the match with a scrappy rebound goal to put the Hawks up early. Clark followed up with another rebound goal, putting one past Davidson's goalie Goeke just five minutes later. With two goals on the day, this marked Clark's first multi-goal game in her career.

“Aubrey {Clark} really stepped it up in the last two games and has been a key player for us,” pointed out Coach Figlio.

Earning her first shutout of the season, and second of her career, was Hawks goalie Melissa Katz (Tinton Falls, N.J./Monmouth Regional). Her two stops on the day provided the defensive insurance to give the Blue and White their first win.

Coach Figlio praised her sophomore in net, “Melissa {Katz} played great and deserved the shutout.”

Senior Janine Rini (Millstone, N.J./Allentown) smashed in a corner shot insurance goal ? her second goal of the season ? in the second half to end scoring for the Hawks on the afternoon.

The Wildcats owned the shooting and corners opportunities on the afternoon, 6-7 and 5-4, but the Hawks relentlessness around the net, putting away two rebounds, proved to be the difference in scoring for the game.

The Hawks will look to continue their winning ways as they return back home to So Sweet A Cat Field Wednesday, October 1st for the first of a three game home stand. Game time is slated to start at 4:00 pm as the Blue and White host the #11 ranked Villanova Wildcats.