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.
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.
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.
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
-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.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outshot Providence 17-15.
-Each team made five saves.
-Providence had 13 corners to Monmouth's seven.
UP NEXT
-Monmouth heads to Maine next Friday, September 24 at 3pm.
