FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 3 (10-7)
UMass Lowell 2 (12-6)
LOWELL, MA – The Monmouth University field hockey team earned a 3-2 victory over the UMass Lowell Riverhawks in its regular season finale on Sunday afternoon in Massachusetts.
The win gives the Hawks 10 wins on the year, making it the seventh consecutive season head coach
Carli Figlio has led the program to double-digit wins.
Graduate senior forward
Annick van Lange opened the scoring by extending her goal streak to six games with her 21
st of the season 11:51 into the contest. van Lange has now scored in 10 of her last 11 games.
The Riverhawks would tie the game at one goal apiece 3:29 into the second quarter. van Lange would score her second of the game with 39 seconds left in the first half to give Monmouth the lead back at 2-1 entering the half.
Early in the second half, van Lange completed her fourth hattrick of the year after receiving a pass from freshman midfielder
Meis Kengen. Kengen is now tied atop the CAA with teammate
Bente Steenhorst with nine assists.
UMass Lowell would add another 58 seconds in the fourth quarter, but goalkeeper
Phileine Hazen stood tall while facing 33 total shots for the game. On 11 shots on goal, the true freshman made nine saves to secure the 3-2 win.
GAME NOTES
- Monmouth has ended their regular season on a six-game win streak or better in six of the last seven seasons.
- Monmouth will enter next weekend's CAA Championship tournament as the conference's No. 1 seed.
- The Hawks improve to 5-3 on the road.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
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Annick van Lange leads the CAA in goals (23) and points (50).
- van Lange is second in the nation in goals per game (1.29).
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Meis Kengen has tied teammate
Bente Steenhorst for the CAA assists lead with nine.
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Phileine Hazen is sixth in the nation in save percentage (.795) and eighth in saves per game (6.47).
- UMass Lowell outshot Monmouth 33-7 in the game, and landed more shots on goal, 11-5.
- Monmouth had just two corners in the contest, while UMass Lowell had eleven.
NEXT UP
The Hawks will play fourth-seeded Drexel in the semifinals of the CAA Championship tournament on Friday, November 4, at 1:05 p.m. Monmouth defeated the Dragons by a score of 4-2 in their regular season matchup on October 28.
