WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Junior Julie Laszlo (Rotterdam, Netherlands/Rotterdams Montessori Lyceum) scored twice within an eight-minute span in the second half to help lift the Monmouth University field hockey team to a 4-2 win over Cornell, Sunday afternoon on So Sweet A Cat Field. With the victory, the Hawks improve to 9-2 and will enter league play with the program's best non-conference record in their 20-year history.
Monmouth controlled the first half, outshooting the Big Red 7-1, and built a 2-0 lead on goals 32 seconds apart from freshman Josephine van der Hoop (Rotterdam, Netherlands/Wolfert van Borselem) and sophomore Kelly Hanna (Seaville, NJ/Ocean City [Rutgers]). Cornell's (5-5) Katie Carlson scored 4:21 before the break and added another 2:54 into the second half to even the score at 2-2, but Laszlo's goals in the 52nd and 60th minute, both off corner plays, allowed the Hawks to secure the victory.
NOTES & QUOTES
"I am really proud of our team for what we have been able to accomplish in non-conference play. Looking forward though, we have some things to clean up on both sides of the ball and we also need to keep on improving on what we are doing well. I am so excited to start league play on Friday." – Head Coach Carli Figlio
- The Hawks earn their first win over Cornell (1-2 all-time).
- The 9-2 (.818) non-league record eclipses the previous mark of 8-3 (.727) set in 2010.
- It is the fourth time the Hawks have a winning non-league record, all taking place during Figlio's tenure.
- Laszlo, who registered her second-game winning goal of the year, posts her first career multi-goal game.
- van der Hoop has scored in the last three games. The rookie has back-to-back three-point affairs after assisting on Hanna's marker.
- Hanna's strike is her second goal of the season.
- Sophomore Gab Girardi (Roseland, NJ / West Essex) registered her second assists of the season, setting up van der Hoop's goal.
- Senior Alyssa Ercolino (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) recorded a pair of assists to increase her season total to 19 points. She moves into second all-time with 23 career helpers.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth outshot Cornell, 16-6.
- The Hawks earned four attacking corner opportunities, one more than the Big Red.
- Laszlo finished with a team-high five shots, while van der Hoop attempted four shots.
- Junior goalkeeper Christen Piersanti (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) made one save to pick up the victory.
NEXT UP
Monmouth welcomes Siena to So Sweet A Cat Field on Friday, October 7th at 4 p.m. in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener before traveling to Brooklyn, NY on Sunday, October 9th for an 11 a.m. matchup with new field hockey member, LIU Brooklyn.
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