FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 5 (8-4-1, 5-0-0 MAAC)
Niagara 0 (2-9-1, 1-5-0 MAAC)
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University women's soccer team won its fifth consecutive game and remained unbeaten in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play with a convincing 5-0 victory over Niagara on Saturday afternoon at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.
Madie Gibson (Cape May, NJ / Lower Cape May) registered her first-career hat trick, while Alexis McTamney (Bordentown, NJ / Bordentown) and Sophie Centi (Churchville, MD / The John Carroll School) added first-half goals to help Monmouth jump out to a 3-0 lead at the break.
Gibson tacked on two more goals after intermission to finish the scoring for Monmouth as it earned its fifth consecutive shutout win. Freshman goalkeeper Amanda Knaub (Enola, PA / Trinity) made two saves to preserve the clean sheet for the Blue and White.
NOTES & QUOTES
"A solid team performance today. This was our eighth shutout, which is in line with our team goals for the season. We are finishing our chances right now and it is fun to watch."
– Head Coach Krissy Turner
- The Hawks won their ninth consecutive MAAC regular season match.
- Monmouth has started 5-0-0 in MAAC play in back-to-back seasons.
- Monmouth's 19 goals over its last three games are the most for the Hawks under head coach Krissy Turner and the most goals for the program in a three-game stretch since 1997 (23).
- Monmouth increased its overall winning streak to five games, and the Hawks have outscored their opposition 24-0 during the streak.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series with Niagara 10-1-0, including 10 consecutive victories.
- Monmouth scored first for the 11th time in 13 matches.
- Monmouth used the same starting lineup for the third consecutive contest.
- The match was Monmouth's annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- McTamney's goal and assist on Gibson's third goal increased her career-point total to 80, which is ninth in program history.
Miranda Konstantinides registered a point for the third straight game with her assist on McTamney's opening goal.
- Gibson scored a goal for the fifth straight game and recorded her third straight multi-point game.
- The redshirt freshman leads the Hawks with 19 points (7 G, 5A) in 2016.
- Gibson and Centi each scored on a penalty kick for Monmouth. The Hawks are 3-for-5 on PK opportunities in 2016.
- Centi scored for the third straight game, giving her three career goals.
- Julie Spracklin started her 40th straight game and added an assist, giving her three on the season.
- Spracklin has at least one point in three consecutive matches and nine points on the year.
- Rachael Ivanicki set up Gibson's second goal to give her assists in back-to-back games.
- Knaub improved to 7-1-1 on the year and lowered her goals-against average to 0.22.
- Knaub's shutout was her sixth of the season, the most for a freshman goalkeeper since Lia Fierro had eight in 2007.
- Monmouth's eight shutouts equals its 2015 shutout total and it has at least eight clean sheets in four consecutive years.
- Monmouth outshot Niagara 22-2, including 12-2 in shots on goal, and held an 8-2 advantage in corner kicks.
- It was the 10th time this season Monmouth has held its opposition to less than three corner kicks.
- The Hawks have outshot their opponents 225-78 this season.
NEXT UP
Monmouth's three-game homestand continues on Wednesday evening when the team hosts defending MAAC Tournament Champion Siena at 7 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN App.
