BROOKLYN- Monmouth (4-2) junior Allison Turturro's (Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place) goal with 6:56 left in the game turned out to be the difference as the Hawks edged LIU-Brooklyn (1-6) 14-13 on Saturday afternoon in New York.

Turturro took a feed from senior Jenny Staines (Silver Spring, MD/Good Council) inside the eight-meter, spun to her left and shot to the left side of the net. It was Staines' three goals in the first half that helped keep the Hawks ahead of the Blackbirds at the break, 10-9.  While the two teams combined for 19 goals in the first half, the second half belonged to the defenses as each team scored just four times in the final 30 minutes of play.
 
The two teams went back and forth throughout the first half with Monmouth taking a 10-8 lead before LIU's Rachel Masullo scored with 1:27 left to cut the halftime deficit to one. The teams traded goals over the first 18 minutes of the second half before Staines and Caroline Bleck (Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale) tallied markers within 1:01 of each other to put MU ahead 13-11. The Blackbirds tied up the game with a pair of Bianca Santucci goals, the second of which came with 7:23 left in the half. Less than a minute later Staines found Turturro for what would be the eventual game-winner.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"Of course, I'm happy for the team that we got the win but we need to hold ourselves and our teammates to a higher standard of performance and execution. We need to be dangerous on both ends of the field at the same time and be dominant in moments that we can control." Monmouth Head Coach Jordan Trautman
 

• Monmouth wraps up its four-game road swing with a 2-2 record
• The Hawks are now 12-0 all-time against the Blackbirds, including a 6-0 road record
• Monmouth shot a season-high 43 shots, outshooting LIU 43-26 during the game. MU outshot the Blackbirds 24-10 in the second half
• Senior netminder Stephanie Dellituri got her first win of the season, making seven saves in 43+ minutes of work. She also had three ground balls in the contest
• Junior Megan Hart had one of her best games of the season, finishing with two goals on two shots, nine draw controls, two caused turnovers and three ground balls
• Staines finished with five points on four goals and one assist

NUMBERS CRUNCH

• Turturro led the Hawks with three goals
• Bianca Santucci had four goals to lead the Blackbirds
• Monmouth's two goalies combined for 10 saves while LIU's XX had 15 stops
• LIU had 21 turnovers compared to just 15 for Monmouth
• The Blackbirds led in draw controls 15-14

UP NEXT
Monmouth will host Wagner on Wednesday March 13 at 3 PM. That game will air on ESPN3.