WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ- Despite scoring its highest goal output of the season so far, Monmouth University (0-4) fell to George Mason (1-0) by a score of 17-14 on Wednesday afternoon at Kessler Stadium.
 
Senior attacker Chachi Kelehan led all scorers with five points on four goals and an assist. The Patriots also got four points from Northwestern transfer Corrinne Wessels and senior Lindsay Tangeman.
 
Monmouth scored four of the final five goals of the game but couldn't overcome a four-goal halftime deficit, ultimately falling by three. The Hawks had a season-high four goals by senior Caroline Corbliss (Ellicott City, MD/Marriotts Ridge) and three from sophomore Allison Turturro (Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place) as seven different players tallied goals for the Blue & White.
 
Mason built a 3-0 lead in the first three minutes before Monmouth responded with a pair of goals to cut the lead to one. Alexa Smith's (Westhampton Beach, NY/Westhampton Beach) first goal of the game put the Hawks back 5-4 before the Patriots scored four unanswered goals to take a 9-5 lead with 3:25 remaining in the half. Monmouth was able to get two in the final 2:30 but the Patriots went into the locker room up 10-6.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"I thought today was much better offensively and defensively in terms of x's and o's. We are really missing consistency on the 50-50 opportunities and the scrap plays. We made significant personnel changes to have more specialty players on both offense and defense and I think that helped the chemistry on both ends of the field." Monmouth Head Coach Jordan Trautman

• Coming into today's game Corbliss, a preaseason all-league selection, had one goal through the first three contests
• The Patriots, who played their first game of the season today, were selected to finish third in the Atlantic-10 conference
• Monmouth's 14 goals was a season-high however the Hawks have surrendered 54 goals in the last three contests
• Corbliss also had six draw controls, a pair of caused turnovers and two ground balls

 
NUMBERS CRUNCH

• Monmouth held a 39-35 advantage in shots
• Logan Smet and Nicole Ceraso each had a goal and two assists on the day
• Riley Brager made 10 saves in net, while Mason's Melissa Semkiw had 14 stops
• Mason was six-of-10 on free position attempts while the Hawks were five-of-10
• Kate Ryan finished with three ground balls and a caused turnover
• Senior Claudia LaMarca had two goals on  two free positions with an assist
• Monmouth committed just five turnovers in the second frame

UP NEXT
The Hawks will wrap their five-game home stand on Saturday against George Washington at 3 PM.