FINAL SCORE
Monmouth 5 (4-0-2)
Lehigh 1 (1-3-1)
 
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Four different players scored as the Monmouth University women's soccer team used a balanced attack to defeat Lehigh University 5-1 on the road on Thursday night. The Hawks are undefeated through six matches for the first time since 1995.
 
Monmouth got on the board in the 14th minute as Ashley Lavrich played one across the box that Summer Reimet was able to settle. Reimet knocked it into the bottom right-hand corner of the net for a 1-0 Monmouth advantage. 
 
Ava Allen added to the Monmouth advantage a little less than two minutes later. Lehigh attempted to clear a ball out on a corner kick, and it landed right at Allen's feet and she fired it home for the 2-0 lead. 
 
Monmouth made it a 3-0 game in the 32nd minute as Liza Suydam connected on her third goal of the season. 
 
Lehigh got one back in the 36th minute on an Ava Schaller tally. Monmouth carried that 3-1 advantage into the halftime break. 
 
Monmouth pushed its lead back to three in the 62nd minute as Lavrich made a long run up the far sideline and worked her way towards the middle of the box for the score. Her third goal of the season gave Monmouth a 4-1 lead. 
 
The visitors capped the scoring in the 84th minute as Suydam lofted a high shot from near side of the field into the upper right-hand corner of the net. Her second of the day made the final score 5-1.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"Our team continues to impress us – they commit to the preparation and the game plan. We asked a lot of them, and they delivered tonight. We often say, do the work and the work will take care of you! Glad they are finding success so early in the season but we need to humbly stay the course and keep working."
 – Monmouth Women's Soccer Head Coach Kylee Flynn

- Monmouth earned its fourth win of the season and remained undefeated through the first six matches of the season. The Hawks are unbeaten through six contests for the first time since the 1995 season.  
- The Hawks moved to 12-5-5 all-time against Lehigh with the win. 
- It was Monmouth's second straight win over a Patriot League team (Bucknell, Lehigh). The Hawks will face one more Patriot League squad this season when they travel to Loyola (Sept. 15).
- Liza Suydam scored a pair of goals for the second straight match. Suydam becomes the first Hawk to score a brace in two games this season. 
- Ashley Lavrich finished with a season-best four points on the night after tallying a goal and adding a pair of helpers. 
- Ava Allen contributed a goal and an assist in the first half. She registered her first goal and first points since the 2022 season. 
- Summer Reimet got the scoring started for the Hawks with her team-leading fifth goal of the season. Reimet needs just one more goal to match her season-total from her freshman year.
- Cassie Coster held her sixth opponent of the season to one goal or less. She has held 37 of 43 career opponents to one goal or less. 

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Monmouth held a 19-6 advantage in shots in the match. Monmouth put 12 shots on goal to Lehigh's five. 
- Monmouth took nine of the contest's 11 corner kicks. 
- Cassie Coster made four saves to secure her fourth win of the season and 28th of her career. 
- Maggie Ousouljoglou finished with seven saves in the loss for Lehigh.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth is back in action on Sunday, Sept. 8 when the Hawks travel to St. John's for a 1 p.m. contest.