FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 5 (9-2-2, 7-0-0 MAAC)
Iona 0 (4-10-2, 1-4-1 MAAC)

NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The Monmouth University women's soccer team extended its winning streak to eight games with a 5-0 road win at Iona on Wednesday afternoon at Mazzella Field.

Madie Gibson (Cape May, NJ / Lower Cape May) gave Monmouth the lead in the 17^th minute and Monmouth never looked back. The Hawks scored four goals in the second half, and quickly put the game out of reach with two strikes in the first eight minutes after intermission.

Jess Johnson (Howell, NJ / The Hun School) scored on a long free kick 30 seconds into the period, Dana Scheriff (Babylon, NY / Babylon) added a third seven minutes later and Monmouth got insurance goals from Alexis Marino (Beaverton, OR / Southridge) and A'Liah Moore (Manchester, NJ / Manchester Township).

NOTES & QUOTES
"There were tough conditions to play in today. Our ability to stay focused and prepared on the road is clearly a strength of this group. It is exciting to see a variety of players score goals for us and another shutout is a credit to our defenders and goalkeeper Amanda Knaub."
– Head Coach Krissy Turner

- The win gave Monmouth 21 points in the MAAC standings and guarantees the Hawks a spot in the MAAC Tournament.
- Monmouth is unbeaten in its last 10 games (9-0-1), including eight straight wins.
- Monmouth has put together eight-game winning streaks in back-to-back seasons.
- The Hawks remained unbeaten in road games this season (6-0-2), including five consecutive victories.
- Monmouth is one of nine teams in the NCAA without a road loss in 2019.
- The Hawks have won eight straight road games against MAAC opponents.
- Monmouth has won 18 straight games overall against MAAC opponents and owns a goal differential of 63-5 in those games.
- The 18-game conference winning streak ranks second in the NCAA behind Saint Louis (19 - Atlantic 10).
- Monmouth improved its all-time MAAC regular season record to 60-4-3.
- Monmouth has won 46 straight games when scoring first.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series against Iona 13-0-1, including six consecutive wins.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Madie Gibson now has five goals on the year and 32 for her career.
- Gibson is tied with Lexie Palladino for the team lead with 13 points in 2019.
- Gibson's 32 goals rank eighth in Monmouth history as she passed Alexis McTamney (2013-16).
- Gibson has 93 career points, good for sixth all-time at Monmouth.
- Gibson scored her 10^th career game-winning goal.
- Jess Johnson netted her second goal of the year and sixth career goal.
- Dana Scheriff's goal was her fourth of the season and 13^th career goal.
- Alexis Marino scored her first goal of the year and second career goal.
- A'Liah Moore got her second goal of 2019 and sixth career tally.
- Alexa Correa and Lauren Karabin added assists on Monmouth's final two goals.
- Correa has points in back-to-back games and registered her first-career assist.
- Amanda Knaub made two saves to collect her nine shutout of the season and 39^th career clean sheet.
- Knaub extended her scoreless streak to 372:55, her longest of the 2019 season.
- The Hawks outshot Iona, 27-4, including 18-2 in shots on goal.
- Monmouth took five corner kicks and did not concede one.

NEXT UP
Monmouth plays its final road game of the regular season when it travels to Niagara University, NY on Saturday.  Opening kickoff against Niagara is 11 a.m.