NEW BRITAIN, CT- Monmouth University's women's lacrosse (3-0) team cruised to a 18-4 victory over Central Connecticut State (0-4) on Sunday afternoon to remain unbeaten in 2020.
 
Monmouth had 10 different players score goals while the defense allowed its lowest output since last season against the blue Devils, including giving up just one goal in the second half. Junior Caroline Bleck (Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale) finished with seven points while senior Allison Turturro (Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place) netted two goals – including her 100^th career goal. Stephanie Dellituri (Ringoes, NJ/Hunterdon Central) had eight saves in net for the Hawks.
 
The Hawks opened up a 6-1 lead before CCSU stopped the run with 18:22 to play in the first. Monmouth came right back and scored four unanswered to push its lead to 10-2, eventually taking a 10-3 lead into the break. The final thirty minutes was all Hawks, outscoring the Blue Devils 8-1 in game that saw 26 Monmouth players see game action. Bleck led all scorers with five goals while Rachel Mills had three and Turturro and Chloe Novak (Landsdale, PA/North Penn) each had two.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"Today was a fun day for our entire team and great momentum builder as we go into the next two weeks of tough play. It's great to get everyone some playing time and even more exciting that we maintained a high level of play with the personnel changes." Head Coach Jordan Trautman
 
"Defensively we stayed focus for the entire 60 minutes even when our offense held long possessions. Everyone stayed dialed in and executed the game plan." Trautman on the defense
 

• Sophomore Taylor Emmell recorded her first career goal on the first goal of the game, just 21 seconds into the game
• Bleck finished with 14 points on two games this season, including 12 goals
• Cassie James, Morgan Bartlett and Caitlin Colbert recorded their first career points
• Hope Stuerwald had her first goal since returning from a season ending injury in 2019
• The Hawks are now 3-0 for just the fourth time in school history and the second time under Coach Trautman
• Monmouth is 16-0 all-time against Central Connecticut State, including 9-0 all-time in New Britain

NUMBERS CRUNCH

• The Hawks outshot CCSU 39-19 and 31-12 in shots on goal
• Monmouth was six-of-13 in free position attempts
• Emily Holtz led all players with four ground balls
• MU outdrew the Blue Devils 17-6
• Monmouth had 15 turnovers
• CCSU was led by Emma Sullivan and Morgan Sinton who had two goals each
• CCSU goalie Cooper Dowdin had 13 saves
• Freshman goalie Kennedy Fruit saw her first collegiate action coming in with 11:00 to play

 
UP NEXT
Monmouth returns home to face Army West Point at Kessler Field at 2 PM on Wednesday, February 26.