FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2, 2021
 
FIELD HOCKEY BEATS MAINE FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN
Hawks hand Maine first America East loss
 
FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 3 (7-2, 5-1 America East)
Maine 2 (4-3, 4-1 America East)
 
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Annick van Lange (Sint-Job, Belgium/ Annuntia Institute) scored twice and Mackenzie McKillop (Parkton, MD/ Hereford) added one goal to lift the Monmouth University field hockey team past visiting Maine, 3-2, on Friday at So Sweet A Cat Field.  
 
McKillop opened up the scoring 11 minutes into the game with the first goal of her collegiate career off of a pass from sophomore Colleen Craven (Moorestown, NJ/ Moorestown) to put the Hawks up 1-0, before consecutive goals from van Lange extended Monmouth's lead to 3-0 early in the second half. 

Maine did not go away quietly, as it pulled within one with six minutes left in the fourth quarter, but Monmouth held on with a couple key defensive corner stops in the final moments to hand the Black Bears their first conference loss of the year.

NOTES & QUOTES
"I thought the first two quarters were some of the best hockey that we have played this season, and I felt the girls came ready to play and we were disciplined with our game plan. The momentum definitely shifted in the second half, but I was excited to see the team maintain its composure to the final whistle."
– Monmouth Head Coach, Carli Figlio

- Monmouth finished its regular season schedule with 5-1 record at So Sweet A Cat Field.
- Monmouth has posted a winning record at home in seven consecutive seasons.
- The Hawks won their fourth straight game overall.
- Monmouth earned its second straight win against Maine and now leads the all-time series 2-1.
- Prior to the game, the program honored its seniors, Ireen Frenken and Aly Perez.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Annick van Lange recorded her first multi-goal game of the year and the eighth of her career.
- van Lange now has three goals this year and became the ninth player in program history to reach 30 career goals.
- Mackenzie McKillop scored her first-career goal.
- Colleen Craven, Ireen Frenken and Reese Bloomstead each had assists in the game.
- Craven picked up her first career assist.
- Frenken has at least one point in all but one game this season. Frenken has 15 points on the year and 49 for her career. Frenken's 17 career assists are tied for seventh in Monmouth history.
- Bloomstead's assist was the first of her career.
- Kate O'Hogan's scoreless streak was snapped after 219:49 of scoreless play. She finished with three saves in the win.

NEXT UP
Monmouth will play its next game at New Hampshire on Sunday, April 11 at 2 p.m.