The Monmouth University field hockey team fell 6-1 to No. 9 Princeton Tigers (8-4) on Wednesday but came away triumphant on Sunday versus Columbia (3-8, 1-2) winning 5-0.
The Hawks faced no. 9 Princeton on So Sweet A Cat Field on Wednesday afternoon.
Princeton led the game after scoring twice in the first and second quarters, ending the first half of play with a 4-0 lead. Grace Schulze and Sammy Popper had the first and second goals scored in live play. Beth Yeager scored the following two off corners in the second quarter. Ophelie Schulze tallied three assists in the first half, and Yeager earned an assist for herself as well.
Freshman midfielder Meis Kengen scored her first career goal off of her own rebound 38 seconds into the second half, cutting Princeton’s lead down to three goals and making the score 4-1.
Despite the Hawks’ momentum shift, the Tigers weathered the storm and added the final two goals of the game in the fourth quarter, securing a 6-1 victory for the visitors. Princeton’s Ella Hampson scored off of a rebound, and Autumn Brown capitalized on a deflection off Yeager. Princeton outshot Monmouth 19-13 and had a penalty corner advantage, earning 12 corners to Monmouth’s five. Two of Princeton’s goals came from penalty corners.
This was the first time in five games Monmouth’s Annick van Lange was held scoreless.
Monmouth’s Phileine Hazen tallied 9 saves in goal for the Hawks and is 5th in the NCAA save percentage of 2022.
The Hawks are now 4-4 at home.
Four days later, the Hawks headed up to New York City on Sunday to face the Columbia Lions.
Annick van Lange scored her 11th and 12th goals of the season in the first quarter. Both of van Lange’s goals were in the fourth minute of play, putting the Hawks up 2-0 in rapid fashion. Katie Yoder assisted van Lange’s first goal, but her second was unassisted. Van Lange is averaging a goal per game in 2022.
Van Lange now holds the Monmouth record for goals (63) and points (145). Trish O’Dwyer previously held the record with 143 career points.
In the 19th minute of the game, junior Maggie Downs finished off a tic-tac-toe passing play, putting the Hawks up 3-0.
Monmouth controlled the second half, with defender Rosa Boender’s goal off a corner, assisted by Johanna Karlhuber and Meis Kengen, giving the Hawks a 4-0 lead.
Senior forward Aylin Aufenacker returned for her first game back from an injury and scored her fourth goal of the season making it 5-0. Sophomore Morgan Kato earned her first career point by assisting the goal.
The Hawks held a 15-5 shots on-goal advantage and paced the game in corners, 9-3.
Hazen and Ally Tarantino combined for five saves in the game. This was their second combined shutout in the Hawk’s last three games.
Monmouth’s 5-0 win over Columbia was their first road win of the 2022 season. There is just one more non-conference game remaining for the Hawks this season. The Hawks will visit Hofstra next Friday, Oct. 14, in Hempstead, NY at 3 p.m.
