FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 9 (6-3-1, 1-1-0 MAAC)
Saint Peter's 0 (1-7-0 1-1-0 MAAC)
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University women's soccer team earned its first MAAC win of the season by virtue of a 9-0 victory over visiting Saint Peter's on Saturday evening at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.
Head Coach Krissy Tuner earned her 250
th career victory in the win as Monmouth had six different players score in the win.
The Hawks built a 5-0 lead by halftime behind two goals each from
Madie Gibson and
Lexie Palladino. Palladino's second goal came less than two minutes after her first on a free kick from 20 yards out that found the upper right corner and made it 4-0. Freshman
A'Liah Moore scored her first-career goal to close the first-half scoring in the 41
st minute.
Alli DeLuca added to Monmouth's lead 90 seconds into the second half before a terrific header by
LeAnne Davis made it 7-0 in the 61
st minute.
Esther Wellman deposited her first goal and Moore scored her second of the night to run the final total to 9-0.
NOTES & QUOTES
"This was a terrific team performance tonight. Unselfish play all over the field created numerous scoring chances for us. We had a great response from the group all week and it resulted in a dominating win."
– Head Coach
Krissy Turner
- Head Coach
Krissy Turner earned her 250
th career victory (250-159-38).
- Monmouth improved its six-year MAAC record to 45-4-3.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series with Saint Peters 24-0-0.
- Monmouth moved to 4-1-0 against New Jersey opponents this season.
- The Hawks own a 3-1-1 record in home games in 2018.
- Monmouth celebrated its relationship with Team IMPACT and its teammate Emily Calabro in a pregame ceremony.
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Jazlyn Moya earned her first start of the season at forward for the Hawks.
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Megan Leffler and
Lauren Feaster each made their first appearances of the season for Monmouth.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Redshirt junior
Madie Gibson has scored against Saint Peter's in each of the three meetings during her career. Gibson has four goals in three career games against the Peacocks.
- Gibson recorded her first multi-goal game of 2018 and totaled five points. Gibson now has 22 goals, 21 assists and 65 points in her career.
- Her 65 career points are tied for 16
th in Monmouth history with Mary Wilks '11 and Jeannette Goepfert '92.
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Lexie Palladino scored twice in a game for the second time in her career. She has four goals on the season and eight for her career.
- Palladino added an assist and her five point night increased her season and career totals to 9 and 22, respectively.
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A'Liah Moore registered her first-career points with two goals and an assist.
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Alli DeLuca and
Esther Wellman each contributed a goal and an assist. DeLuca leads the Hawks with 10 points this season and Wellman's points were the first of her career.
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LeAnne Davis scored her first goal of 2018 and the fourth of her career.
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Jazlyn Moya,
Jill Conklin,
Anna Lazur and
Alexis Marino picked up assists in the win.
- Junior goalkeeper
Amanda Knaub played the first half and made one save.
- Graduate goalie
Laura Dramis replaced Knaub at halftime.
- Monmouth outshot the Peacocks 30-4 in the game, including a 18-1 advantage in shots on goal.
- The Hawks earned 15 corner kicks in the match and did not concede a corner.
- The last time Monmouth scored nine goals in a game was September 2, 2005 a 9-0 win at Saint Peter's.
- Monmouth scored five goals in the first half, the most since its scored seven in the opening half against Saint Peter's on October 1, 2016.
NEXT UP
The Hawks travel to Riverdale, N.Y. to meet Manhattan on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. The game is a rematch of last season's MAAC Championship and it will be broadcast live on GoJaspers.com.
