FINAL SCORE
No. 6 Penn State 4 (5-0-1)
Monmouth 1 (1-3-0)
 
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 6 Penn State University scored three times in the first half en route to an early lead and a 4-1 victory over the Monmouth University women's soccer team on Sunday afternoon. 
 
Freshman Loren Gehret netted her first career goal for the Hawks in the final 10 minutes of the contest. 
 
The Nittany Lions scored twice in the first six minutes of the game to grab the early advantage. Cori Dyke connected on a penalty kick opportunity at 5:01 before Riley Gleason found the back of the net at 5:32. 
 
Penn State added one more goal for a 3-0 advantage at the half. 
 
The home team connected on a goal at 54:29 of the second half and grabbed a 4-0 lead in the contest. 
 
Gehret put the Hawks on the board in the 81st minute with her first collegiate tally.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"Penn State is a quality program and opponent. They took it to us right from the start. Chasing a game is never easy and it's especially hard against one of the best teams in the country. We had some moments that we will celebrate and we have many more we can learn from. Overall I'm proud of the second half effort and our desire to battle back. We are looking forward to conference play next week."
 – Monmouth Women's Soccer Head Coach Kylee Flynn

- Penn State leads the all-time series 5-0 with Sunday's victory. 
- Loren Gehret became the second Hawk rookie to score her first career goal this season (Liza Suydam). 
- Sammy Jones made her first start of the season for the Hawks. 
- Cassie Coster matched her season-high with five saves in the contest.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Penn State held a 14-7 advantage in shots for the game. 
- Cassie Coster made five saves for the Hawks while Katherine Asman made two saves while playing the first half for the Nittany Lions. 
- Penn State had four of the match's five corner kicks.
- Gehret led the Hawks with two saves in the contest as she put both on goal. 

 
UP NEXT
-The Hawks get back to action on Sunday, Sept. 10 when they kick off their Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) regular season title defense by hosting Elon at 1:00 p.m.