FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 2 (12-2-2, 10-0-0 MAAC)
Fairfield 0 (10-5-3, 7-2-1 MAAC)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University women's soccer team completed its perfect conference regular season schedule with a 2-0 victory over Fairfield on Wednesday evening at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.

The game featured the top two teams in the MAAC standings and Monmouth prevailed to become the first team to complete its regular season with an unblemished record at 10-0-0.

Monmouth took advantage of a corner kick in the 22^nd minute to secure the lead when Maddison Perna (Rockaway, NJ / Morris Knolls) headed home a Jess Johnson (Howell, NJ / The Hun School) service into the far side netting.

Fairfield had its chances in the match and forced Monmouth goalie Amanda Knaub (Enola, PA / Trinity) into making three saves. The Stags also nearly tied the game in the 88^th minute when they hit the crossbar, but Monmouth cleared away the ensuing scramble to preserve the shutout.

Lexie Palladino (Medford, NJ / Shawnee) set up Madie Gibson (Cape May, NJ / Lower Cape May) in the final minute to run the final score to 2-0.

NOTES & QUOTES
"This was a terrific send off for an amazing group of seniors. They continued to build upon our culture of excellence and took it even further. They are wonderful ambassadors of our program in all facets of life. We didn't play our best soccer of the season tonight, but we earned another shutout and achieved one of our goals of being 10-0 in the MAAC. It is now time to focus on the championship part of our season and focus on the semifinals."
– Head Coach Krissy Turner

- Monmouth became the first MAAC team to have a perfect 10-0-0 regular season record.
- Monmouth went unbeaten in MAAC play for the third time (2013, 2016).
- Monmouth won its 12th game of the season and has won at least 12 games in seven consecutive seasons.
- Monmouth is unbeaten in its last 13 games (12-0-1), including 11 straight wins.
- Monmouth has put together 11-game winning streaks in back-to-back seasons.
- The Hawks have outscored their opponents 36-2 during the 11-game winning streak.
- The 11-game winning streak is the longest active winning streak in the NCAA.
- The Hawks have won 12 straight home games against MAAC opponents.
- Monmouth has won 21 consecutive games overall against MAAC opponents and owns a goal differential of 73-5 in those games.
- The 21-game conference winning streak is the longest such streak in the NCAA.
- Monmouth improved its all-time MAAC regular season record to 63-4-3.
- Monmouth has won 49 straight games when scoring first.
- Monmouth leads the all-time series against Fairfield 8-1-1, including three straight victories.
- Prior to the match, Monmouth honored its Senior Class.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Madie Gibson netted her sixth goal of the season and 33^rd career goal. She is tied with Brigette Sparlin (1987-90) for seventh in program history.
- Gibson moved past Meg Eberhardt  (1985-87) into sole possession of fifth place on Monmouth's career points list with 97. Gibson's 97 points also rank ninth in MAAC history.
- Lexie Palladino leads Monmouth with 19 points this season and now has 51 points for her career.
- Maddison Perna scored the third goal of her freshman season.
- Jess Johnson picked up her first assist of the season and sixth-career assist.
- Amanda Knaub made three saves to earn her 12th shutout of the season and 42nd career clean sheet. - Knaub's 12 shutouts are the most for a Monmouth keeper since Ashley Lewis had 13 in 2013.
- Knaub extended her scoreless streak to 642:55, the longest streak of her career.
- Monmouth outshot Fairfield, 18-4, including 6-3 in shots on goal.
- Monmouth took eight corner kicks and Fairfield earned one.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will host a MAAC Semifinal game at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn on Thursday, November 7. Opening kickoff is set for 5 p.m. and tickets can be purchased online at maac.ticketleap.com or in person at the game.