WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Senior Julie Laszlo and sophomore Josephine van der Hoop both registered multi-goal games while Meg Donahue, Georgia Garden Bachop and Elyssa Okken each found the back of the cage as the Monmouth University field hockey team cruised to a commanding 7-0 victory over Lehigh, Friday afternoon at So Sweet a Cat Field.   Senior goalkeeper Christen Piersanti and the defensive unit posted their first shutout of the season for the Hawks, who improve to 3-2 with the victory.

Donahue got the scoring started in the 12th minute when she collected a loose ball in the circle and hammered in her third goal of the year.  Okken scored in similar fashion in the 16th minute to put the Hawks up two before van der Hoop scored her first of the day 10 minutes before the break.  The Netherlands native finished off a fast break five minutes into the second half before Garden Bachop and Laszlo combined on the next two goals on corner opportunities.  Laszlo's second of the game capped off the scoring in the 66th minute. 

Piersanti was credited with one save in the victory.

NOTES & QUOTES
"It was a great win after a tough weekend in Virginia.  We were working on a few tactical things this week that showed today as we continue to get ready for conference play which is just a few weeks out, but today was a complete team win." – Head Coach Carli Figlio

- The Hawks have won 14 straight regular season games on their home turf dating back to the 2015 season. 
- Piersanti recorded her 15th career shutout.
- Donahue's marker, her third of the year, proved to be the game-winning goal, her sixth career game-deciding goal.
- Laszlo recorded her fifth career multi-goal game, while van der Hoop registered her first two-goal afternoon. Laszlo finished the day with a team best five points with two goals and an assist.
- Okken tallied her first goal of the year and fourth of her career.
- Rachel Konowal ran her point streak to four games with an assist.
- Garden Bachop finished with three points with a goal and an assist.
- Kelly Hanna registered an assist on the final goal of the game.
- Meg de Lange and Stefanie Bigler saw time off the bench.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth outshot Lehigh, 17-3, including 10-1 in the opening half.
- The Hawks earned seven attacking corners, compared to three for the Mountain Hawks.
- Laszlo finished with a team high six shots with five landing on cage.  Donahue contributed four attempts. 

NEXT UP
The Hawks welcome Brown to So Sweet A Cat on Sunday, September 10th at noon. 

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