HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Despite 13 saves from junior goalkeeper Teresa Mathews (Lumberton, N.J./Rancocas Valley), the Monmouth University field hockey team fell to Hofstra, 6-0, Sunday afternoon at Hofstra Field Hockey Stadium.  With the loss, the Hawks fall to 0-2 on the season, while the Pride improve to 2-0 on the year.

Hofstra controlled the play in the first half, outshooting the Hawks, 13-3, while holding an 8-0 advantage in penalty corners.  Hofstra's Lauren Del Valle connected with a pass across the goal mouth 5:47 into the contest to give the Pride a 1-0 lead and Krizia Layne redirected a shot past Mathews 14 minutes later to allow the Pride to go into the break ahead 2-0.

Hofstra continued its offensive attack in the second half, firing 13 shots which led to four goals.  Jonel Boileau's endline shot from six yards out two minutes into the frame increased the Pride's lead to 3-0, while two goals from Micaela Gallagher and a tally from Holly Andrews rounded out the scoring for the home team.

Junior Alex Carroll (Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional) led the Hawks with four shots, three of which being on target.  Seniors Nicole Manziano (Monroe Township, N.J./Monroe Township), Kimmy Baligian (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central), and Michelle Pieczynski (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West), junior Alex Moncman (Petersburg, N.J./Ocean City), and freshman Alyssa Ercolino (West Long Branch, N.J./Shore Regional) each registered a shot for the Blue and White.

Mathews falls to 0-2 on the year in cage for the Hawks as her 13 saves were four off her career-best of 17 set a year ago.  Kaitlyn DeTuro pushed away seven shots for the Pride to earn the clean sheet.

In total, Hofstra outshot the Hawks, 26-9, and controlled the penalty corners, 11-7, even though MU held a 7-3 second-half corner advantage.

Monmouth returns home next Friday, August 31st, to face in-state rival Rutgers at 4 p.m. in the annual "Stick it to Cancer" game.