FINAL SCORE
Hofstra 1 (1-0-0)
Monmouth 0 (0-1-0)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University women's soccer team opened its 2019 season with a 1-0 setback to visiting Hofstra on Friday night at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.

The game featured a pair of NCAA Tournament teams from 2018 and Hofstra dictated the action for a majority of the opening 45 minutes. The decisive goal came midway through the opening half when Lucy Shepherd played a square ball inside the Monmouth penalty area and Lucy Porter finished the opportunity.

Monmouth had the better of the chances in the second half as Lexie Palladino, Maddison Perna and Jess Johnson each had terrific scoring openings. Perna had a header cleared off the line into the crossbar in the 58^th minute moments after the Hofstra keeper made an outstanding save on Johnson's free kick.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Tonight was a tale of two halves. The second half we played much more physical and determined, but it needs to be for the full 90 minutes."
– Head Coach Krissy Turner

- Monmouth is 21-13-1 all-time in season opening games.
- The Blue & White fell to 25-8-2 in home opening contests.
- Hofstra leads the all-time series against Monmouth 3-0-1.
- Maddison Perna and Lauren Karabin each made their first-career starts. Alexa Correa made her collegiate debut off the bench.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Amanda Knaub made her 60th career start in goal and made four saves.
- Dana Scheriff and Jill Conklin each had two shots on goal for the Hawks.
- Possession favored Monmouth 56 percent of the game.
- The Pride finished with an 10-9 advantage in shots and each team made six saves.
- Corner kicks favored Monmouth, 5-3.

NEXT UP
The Hawks will travel to Bethlehem, PA on Sunday afternoon to take on Lehigh. Opening kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on Patriot League Network.