FINAL SCORE (2OT, SO)
Columbia 1 (6-7, 2-2 Ivy)
No. 23 Monmouth 2 (10-4, 3-0 AE)
 
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Redshirt-freshman goalkeeper Ally Tarantino (Miller Place, NY / Miller Place) came in and made four saves in the shootout period to help secure No. 23 Monmouth field hockey's 2-1 victory over Columbia, Sunday afternoon in the regular season home finale on So Sweet A Cat Field.
 
Kate O'Hogan (Dublin, Ireland / Mount Anville Secondary) started the game in cage for the Blue and White and made five saves, one off her season high, to push the game to extra sessions.  After 20 minutes of overtime where both teams fired four shots and the Hawks' defensive corner unit spoiled a pair of corners, Tarantino came for the shootout.

Columbia's Brooke Gasser's first round attempts were cleared aside by the second-year Hawk.  Ireen Frenken (Tilburg, Netherlands / Odulphus Lyceum) converted in the first round for MU, while Tarantino spoiled the Lions' Kelsey Farkas' attempt to start the second round.  Graduate Stefanie Bigler (North Vancouver, BC / Seycove Secondary School) had her attempt cleared out of the circle, but Tarantino got the better of Allison Smith's try.  Annick van Lange (Sint-Job, Belgium / Annuntia Institute) was successful in the home half of the third round to put the Hawks up 2-0.  Tarantino dove towards the right post and pushed the ball away from Jaimie McCormick in the fourth round to secure the Hawks' fifth straight victory.
 
The Lions broke the ice 10 minutes into the game as Isabella Collins hammered in a loose rebound to give the visitors and early 1-0 lead.  van Lange converted a corner halfway through the second quarter to even things up.  The Hawks outshot the Lions 16-6 in the second half and overtime, while Columbia earned five attacking corners, but neither team could come up with the game-winner.
                               
NOTES & QUOTES
"I am happy we were able to get a victory today on Senior Day.  This class (Stefanie Bigler, Annie Deusch and Josephine van der Hoop) have dedicated themselves to this team and this program and I am so proud of who they have become."
– Head Coach Carli Figlio
 
- The Hawks ran their winning streak to five games.  MU has posted a five-game winning streak in four straight seasons.
- Monmouth has reached 10 wins for the eighth time in program history and seventh time under Figlio.
- The Hawks have totaled double-digit wins in five of the last six seasons.
- Monmouth earned the program's first shootout victory.
- Prior to the game, the Hawks honored its senior class of Stefanie Bigler, Annie Deusch and Josephine van der Hoop.  The trio have led the Hawks to 55 wins during their tenure.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Ally Tarantino made her second career appearance in cage and earned her first victory.
- Kate O'Hogan played in her in her 25^th career game for the Hawks.  The keeper owns a 1.47 goals against average this season.
- Annick van Lange connected on her 13^th goal of the year and 22^nd of her career.
- Hannah Schiavo posted her seventh assist of the year, inserting the corner on van Lange's marker.
- van Lange had team-high five shots while Yasmin Pratt had four attempts.
- Monmouth outshot Columbia 21-15 for the game and earned 11 corners compared to seven for the Lions.
 
NEXT
The Hawks will hit the road for three straight beginning on Friday, October 25^th when it takes on UMass Lowell in an America East tilt under the lights.  The Blue and White will close out the weekend on Sunday, October 27^th when it takes on Holy Cross at noon.
 
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