FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 5 (6-4)
Rider 1 (7-2)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University field hockey team renewed its rivalry with Rider and cruised to a 5-1 non-conference victory on Sunday afternoon at So Sweet A Cat Field.

Annick van Lange (Sint-Job, Belgium / Annuntia Institute) deposited a pair of second-half goals after Monmouth built a 2-0 lead following second quarter scores by Ireen Frenken (Tilburg, Netherlands / Odulphus Lyceum) and Hannah Schiavo (Glen Gardner, NJ / Voorhees).

The Hawks' 4-0 lead held until Rider finally solved Monmouth goalie Kate O'Hogan (Dublin, Ireland / Mount Anville Secondary), who finished with a season-high six saves in the contest, in the 50^th minute.

Aylin Aufenacker (Hamburg, Germany / Gymnasium Eppendorf) answered with her seventh goal of the season a little more than five minutes later to complete the scoring for Monmouth.
                                                           
NOTES & QUOTES
"It was great to come out of the weekend with two wins in the fashion that we did.  We are creating a lot of attacking opportunities and doing a good job finishing on our attacking corners.  I am really proud of how we continue to build as we move towards the later part of the season."
– Head Coach Carli Figlio
- Monmouth handed Rider its first road loss of the 2019 season.
- Sunday's game was the first non-conference game between Monmouth and Rider since 1997, the Hawks' inaugural year in Division I.
- The Hawks have won the last eight meetings with the Rider.
- MU has outscored Rider 30-10 over the eight-game winning streak.
- The Monmouth senior class of Stefanie Bigler, Josephine van der Hoop and Annie Deusch are perfect in their six meetings with Rider, holding a plus-14 goal advantage.
- Josephine van der Hoop played in her 70^th career game, the 26^th Hawk all-time to reach the plateau.
- Gabi Millan made her first appearance of the season in goal for Monmouth.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Annick van Lange scored twice to give her 10 goals this season and 19 for her career.
- van Lange has multi-goal games in back-to-back games. The sophomore has four multi-goal games on the year and five for her career.
- Aylin Aufenacker has scored in back-to-back games and has seven goals in 2019.
- Ireen Frenken has scored four goals this season and one goal in each of her last three games.
- Frenken registered her eighth career goal, third career game-winner and first of the 2019 season.
- Hannah Schiavo scored her first-career goal and recorded a game-best three points by adding an assist.
- Schiavo has five assists on the year and six for her career.
- Kate O'Hogan made a season-high six saves in goal for Monmouth, the most since she made 10 at William & Mary last season.
- Bente Steenhorst recorded her first career defensive save.
- Monmouth outshot Rider, 15-13, and each team finished with eight penalty corners.


NEXT UP
The Hawks will play their first home league game on Friday, October 11^th when Maine visits So Sweet A Cat Field. The game is set to begin at 3 p.m.