WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – A pair of goals from Lauren Karabin helped push the Monmouth women's soccer team to a 3-1 win over Rider in the quarterfinal round of the MAAC Tournament on Sunday at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.
 
The Hawks (13-4-1, 8-1-1 MAAC) got on the board first in the 39th minute after Jesi Rossman battled to win a ball inside the box before sending a cross to Marino for the score.
 
Monmouth went into the half up by a goal against the Broncs (5-10-2, 3-6-1 MAAC), but added an insurance score in the 53rd minute when Karabin netted her first of the day after a touch by A'Liah Moore off the throw in from Sarina Jones.  Less than 10 minutes later, it was Karabin finding the back of the net again. This time, on a breakaway off the feed from Jazlyn Oviedo to put the Hawks up, 3-0.
 
Rider scored in the 78th minute, but the deficit was too much for the Broncs to overcome.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"It was a good win and we got great contributions across the board. We are taking it one game at a time and are looking forward to playing again on Thursday night."
-Head Coach Krissy Turner
 
-Marino tallied her second goal of the season.  
-Rossman recorded her sixth assist of the year.
-Karabin posted her first multi-goal outing of the season and the second of her career.
-Jones handed out her second helper of the season.
-Moore notched her first assist of the year.
-Oviedo recorded her second helper of the season.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-The three goals were the most by a Monmouth squad in the MAAC Tournament since tallying six in a win against Fairfield on Nov. 10, 2019.
-The Hawks have scored three or more goals in back-to-back games for the first time since 2019 (Nov. 7 & Nov. 10).
-Monmouth outshot Rider, 21-7.
-The Hawks put seven of their 21 shots on goal.
-Monmouth generated 11 corners compared to four for Rider.
 
UP NEXT
-The Hawks will remain in West Long Branch to host #6 Fairfield in the semifinals on Thursday at 6 p.m.