WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – No. 20 Monmouth University Field Hockey (5-3) exploded for seven goals, three of them from
Annick van Lange, in a rout of Providence Sunday by a 7-0 count. Hanna Mckie also scored twice and
Ally Tarantino registered her first shutout of the season.
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Mckie got the scoring started in the first, netting one from just inside the circle before burying another off her own rebound in the second to stake the Hawks to a 2-0 lead. van Lange's first came off a corner to send MU into the half up 3-0, and
Lorane Vanneste popped home a rebound to make it 4-0 midway through the third, her seventh goal of the season.
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Monmouth had a late offensive outburst to break the game open, beginning with a laser backhand shot to the top of the cage from van Lange. She would net one off a corner just 23 seconds later to make it 6-0, and
Sophie Dercksen buried her first of the season on a feed across the cage from
Colleen Craven. Tarantino made five stops, with the keeper and MU defense denying several late corner chances.
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NOTES AND QUOTES
"It was a great team effort today from everyone. We're excited to start conference play with a trip up to a very tough Maine team." – Head Coach
Carli Figlio
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-van Lange's hat trick was her second of the season and fifth of her career.
-van Lange now has 99 career points, tying her for third all-time with Julie Laszlo, and is looking to become the third Hawk ever to top 100 points.
-Mckie posted her second multi-goal game of the season.
-Dercksen's goal was her first since 3/7/21 against LaSalle.
-Dercksen posted her first multi-point game, with her three assists tying the program record for a single game, accomplished seven times previously.
-Seven goals is the most in a game for Monmouth since November 2, 2018 against Sacred Heart.
-The MU shutout is the first of the season, and first since March 28, 2021 at Albany.
-The shutout marked the first of
Ally Tarantino's career.
-The win was MU's first ever against Providence.
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NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outshot Providence 17-15.
-Each team made five saves.
-Providence had 13 corners to Monmouth's seven.
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UP NEXT
-Monmouth heads to Maine next Friday, September 24 at 3pm.
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