FINAL SCORE
Maine 2 (3-8)
No. 25 Monmouth 4 (8-4)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Behind a pair of goals from the reigning NFHCA and America East Offensive Player of the Week Annick van Lange (Sint-Job, Belgium / Annuntia Institute), the 25th-ranked Monmouth University field hockey team earned a 4-2 league victory over visiting Maine, Friday afternoon on So Sweet A Cat Field.

The Hawks, winners of three straight, jumped ahead four minutes in on a corner strike from Ireen Frenken (Tilburg, Netherlands / Odulphus Lyceum), her fourth straight game with a goal, but Maine's Brianna Ricker evened the score 13 seconds later.

van Lange scored twice over a nine minute span, getting touches on two crosses in the circle to give the Hawks a 3-1 lead it would take into the break.  Stefanie Bigler (North Vancouver, BC / Seycove Secondary School) capped off the scoring for the Blue and White in the fourth quarter, sending in a shot inside the far post off a broken corner play.  The Black Bears stopped the Hawks' run with 3:33 left in regulation but could not generate any more offense. 

Kate O'Hogan (Dublin, Ireland / Mount Anville Secondary) made two saves for her eighth win of the season, while Hannah Schiavo (Glen Gardner, NJ / Voorhees) added a save for the defensive unit.
                                                           
NOTES & QUOTES
"Really excited to be 2-0 and truly believe that this game was a culmination of all the girls putting their hard work and mindset into play.  To date, probably from top to bottom, this was one of the better games that we played and we need to continue do that as we move forward."
– Head Coach Carli Figlio

- Monmouth earned a victory in its first home America East game.
- This was the second all-time meeting between the Hawks and Black Bears.  The series is now even at 1-1.
- Maine, which beat No. 5 Northwestern last time out, had its two-game winning streak snapped.
- The Hawks have outscored opponents 14-4 during their three-game win streak.
- The Hawks improve to 4-2 while playing as a ranked team.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Annick van Lange scored twice for the third consecutive game to give her 12 goals this season and 21 for her career.
- van Lang, who becomes the 14th Hawk all-time to register at least 20 career goals, has five multi-goal games on the year and six for her career.  The forward's 47 points moves her into a tie with Enza Mazza (2006-2009) for 13th all-time.
- Ireen Frenken has scored five goals this season and one goal in each of her last four games.
- Frenken finished with three points after sending in a cross for van Lange's second goal.
- Stefanie Bigler increased her point streak to four games with her three-point outing.
- Bigler scored for the third time this season, fourth time of her career, while assisting on her eighth goal of the year.
- Aylin Aufenacker posted two assists on the afternoon and has a point in three straight games.
- Hannah Schiavo added an assist, her sixth of the season, to go along with her first save of the season.
- Kate O'Hogan notched her 17th career win in cage.
- Maine outshot the Hawks 11-6, while both sides had five shots on target.
- The Black Bears earned six attacking corners compared to two for the Hawks.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will close out its home portion of the schedule next weekend with a pair of games on So Sweet A Cat Field.  The Hawks will welcome in a nationally-ranked UAlbany team on Friday, October 18th at 2 p.m. before hosting Columbia on Sunday, October 20th at noon.  Prior to the game against the Lions, the Hawks will honor its graduating class of Stefanie Bigler, Annie Deusch and Josephine van der Hoop.