FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 2 (12-3-2, 9-1-0 MAAC)
Saint Peter's 1 (3-11-1, 1-7-1 MAAC)
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Monmouth University women's soccer team closed its 2017 regular season schedule with a 2-1 overtime victory over hOURglass rival Saint Peter's on Saturday afternoon at Jaroschak Field.
The Hawks fell behind in the 23
rd minute when Barbara Paiva scored for the home team. Monmouth found the equalizer a couple minutes before halftime when
Lexie Palladino's run set up
LeAnne Davis for her second goal of the year.
The score held through the end of regulation time before Monmouth broke the tie with a goal by
Madie Gibson.
Alli DeLuca set up the game winner and the Hawks closed their regular season with a 9-1-0 record in MAAC play.
NOTES & QUOTES
"We started the season 0-2-1, so to finish with a 12-3-2 record is terrific. We look forward to heading down to Disney next week to compete for a championship."
– Head Coach
Krissy Turner
- Monmouth is unbeaten in 12 consecutive conference road games (11-0-1).
- Monmouth reached the 12-win mark for the fifth consecutive season.
- Monmouth won its ninth MAAC game for the fourth straight year.
- The Hawks lead the all-time series with Saint Peter's 23-0-0.
- Monmouth improved its five-year MAAC record to 44-3-3.
- The Hawks improved to 1-0-2 in overtime games this season.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
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Madie Gibson scored her fifth goal of the year and the 16
th of her career. Gibson netted her fifth career game-winning goal.
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LeAnne Davis scored the second goal of 2017 and the third of her career.
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Lexie Palladino and
Alli DeLuca each added assists for Monmouth.
- Gibson started her 38th consecutive match for the Hawks.
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Amanda Knaub made her 30th consecutive start in goal and made one save to improve to 24-5-4 in her career.
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Lexie Chernalis earned her first career start on defense for Monmouth.
- The Hawks finished with a 33-4 advantage in shots, and a 13-2 advantage in shots on goal. Monmouth took 10 corner kicks and Saint Peter's earned two.
- Kelly Jamison made 10 saves in goal for the Peacocks.
NEXT UP
The Hawks will open the MAAC Tournament with a quarterfinal match against the winner of the #8 Niagara vs. #9 Canisius game at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The game will be played on Field 17 of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and will be broadcast live on WatchESPN.
