NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – A pair of goals from junior Julian Gomez helped push the Monmouth men's soccer team to a 2-0 MAAC road victory over Iona on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Hawks (6-3-2, 4-0 MAAC) improved to 4-0 in conference action after topping the Gaels (4-5-2, 1-2-1 MAAC). Gomez notched one goal in each of the halves, while Sean Murray got in done in between the pipes with his sixth clean sheet of the season.

In the 43rd minute, Gomez put the Hawks on top 1-0 off the feed from Jonas Lyshoj. Monmouth wasted no time adding an insurance score as Gomez tallied his second goal of the afternoon in the 48th minute after he was set up by Nick Rogers and Ben Zakowski.  
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"I am proud of our boys today. Iona is a very good team and to get three points on the road is massive. Our possession and chance creation was good today. We also showed some grit defensively toward the end of the game."– Head Coach Rob McCourt
 
-Gomez posted his second multi-goal outing of the season.
-Lyshoj recorded his second career assist.
-Zakowski notched his fourth assist of the season and the third in his last two outings.
-Rogers tallied his second assist of the season.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth is 4-0 to start MAAC play for the first time since the 2007 campaign.
-It's the Hawks' longest regular season conference win streak since the 2013 team won six straight.
-The Hawks improved to 16-9 all-time against the Gaels.
 
UP NEXT
-Monmouth will welcome Canisius to West Long Branch on Oct. 16 for a 2 p.m. MAAC contest.