FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 4 (8-5, 3-2)
New Hampshire 1 (3-10, 1-4)
DURHAM, NH – The Monmouth University field hockey team (8-5, 3-2 AE) extended its winning streak to three games after beating New Hampshire (3-10, 1-4 AE) on Friday afternoon in Durham.
Hanna McKie, the America East Offensive Player of the Week, started the scoring four minutes into the first quarter when she fired a shot past goalkeeper Jemma Woods. The Wildcats would even up the score two minutes later when Finn Caron took a feed from Tori Palumbo and turned it into her second goal of the season.
The Hawks took the lead back early in the second quarter after converting on a penalty corner.
Bente Steenhorst received the backline pass from
Aylin Aufenacker, setting it up perfectly for
Lorane Vanneste who netted her ninth goal of the year. Aufenacker continued her strong play in the second half, finding the back of the net twice for her first two goals of the season.
NOTES AND QUOTES
"I was excited to see when we collectively decided to increase our work right off the ball how much we were able to produce. It was a nice team win, we just need to keep focusing on the small details. Excited to be back home to play UAlbany on Friday." – Head Coach
Carli Figlio
- Monmouth remains undefeated against New Hampshire (3-0) after today's victory
- With two goals and one assist, Aufenacker set a new career-high for points in a single game
- The Hawks improved to 3-3 on the road this season
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth outshot New Hampshire, 16-11
- 11 of Monmouth's shots were on goal compared to five for the Wildcats
- New Hampshire had a slight edge in penalty corners, 7-6
- Each team had five players register at least one shot
- Both teams were given one green card
- Woods made seven saves for the Wildcats while
Kate O'Hogan made four for the Hawks
UP NEXT
Monmouth is back at home next Friday, October 22 as it hosts UAlbany at 3:00 PM.
