FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 6 (8-2-2, 6-0-0 MAAC)
Canisius 0 (6-6-0, 1-4-0 MAAC)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University women's soccer team delivered a spectacular performance in a 6-0 shutout victory over Canisius on Saturday evening at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.

Monmouth was persistent from the game's opening whistle as it built a 5-0 halftime lead behind an offensive onslaught. The Hawks took advantage of an own goal in the 11^th minute, then piled on consecutive goals by Madie Gibson (Cape May, NJ / Lower Cape May) to make it 3-0 in the 22^nd minute.

Jesi Rossman (Phoenixville, PA / Phoenixville Area) and Alexa Correa (Ramsey, NJ / Ramsey) each contributed their first goals of the season prior to intermission and Lexie Palladino (Medford, NJ / Shawnee) scored 30 seconds into the second half to complete the scoring.  

NOTES & QUOTES
"This was an amazing performance tonight. Our movement off the ball and decisions on the ball were very good. It is a great start to the second half of MAAC play."
– Head Coach Krissy Turner

- Monmouth is unbeaten in its last nine games (8-0-1), including seven straight wins.
- Monmouth improved its all-time MAAC regular season record to 59-4-3.
- Monmouth has won 17 straight games overall against MAAC opponents and owns a goal differential of 58-5 in those games.
- The 17-game conference winning streak ranks second in the NCAA behind Saint Louis (18 - Atlantic 10).
- The Hawks have won 11 straight home games against MAAC opponents.
- Monmouth has put together seven-game winning streaks in back-to-back seasons.
- Monmouth has won 45 straight games when scoring the first goal of the game.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series against Canisius 9-1-0, including five consecutive wins.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Madie Gibson now has four goals on the year and 31 for her career.
- Gibson's 31 goals are tied with Alexis McTamney (2013-16) for eighth in program history.
- Gibson has 91 career points, sixth all-time at Monmouth as she passed Kate Sands (2002-05) and Alexis McTamney (2013-16) on the career points list.
- Lexie Palladino scored her sixth goal of the season and her 17th career goal.
- Palladino leads Monmouth with 13 points in 2019.
- Jesi Rossman scored her first goal of 2019 and the fourth of her career.
- Alexa Correa netted her first-career goal.
- A'Liah Moore and Maddison Perna added assists in the match. Perna's assist was the first of her freshman season and Moore picked up her second-career assist.
- Goalkeeper Amanda Knaub earned her eighth shutout of the season and her Monmouth record 38^th career clean sheet.
- The Hawks outshot Canisius, 24-3, including 16-1 in shots on goal.
- Monmouth held an 11-4 advantage in corner kicks in the match.

NEXT UP
Monmouth's next opponent is Iona on Wednesday afternoon in New Rochelle, NY. Opening kickoff is set for 3 p.m.