WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - Juniors Jacob Rubinstein (Ocean Township, N.J./Ocean), Francois "Paco" Navarro (Paris, France/William Carey) and Joseph Schmid (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) each found the back of the net as the Monmouth University men's soccer team defeated nationally-ranked No. 20 Northwestern, 3-1, Tuesday afternoon in an 80-minute scrimmage on The Great Lawn. The Hawks scored all three goals in the second half, and never trailed after Rubinstein's tally in the 49^th minute.

Rubinstein got the scoring started in the 49^th minute, taking a pass from the midfield from Edney Derrick (Kumasi, Ghana/KNUST University), before beating the goalkeeper to the lower left corner.

Navarro scored off a free kick from 25 yards out, beating the keeper low to the near post in the 69^th minute. The Wildcats drew to within one goal when Chris Ritter scored on a penalty kick in the 72^nd minute. But the Hawks got some insurance in the 77^th minute when Ryan Clark (Freehold, N.J./Freehold) played a ball from inside the box to fellow captain Schmid on the right side, who beat the Wildcats' goalkeeper inside the opposite post to account for the final 3-1 score.

Alex Blackburn (Natick, Mass./Natick) made one save in keeping the Wildcats off the scoreboard in the first half.  Stephen Graziani (Succasunna, N.J./Roxbury) also made one save in the second half, with the only damage being the penalty kick.

The Hawks get one final tune-up in a scrimmage at Bucknell on Saturday, before opening the regular season at Towson on Friday, August 24.