Mountain Hawks drop 4-2 final at Monmouth

Sunday, September 15

West Long Branch, N.J.

1:00 PM

Lehigh University

(2-4)

Monmouth

(1-4)

Team	1	2	Final F
Lehigh	0	2	2
Monmouth	2	2	4

9/15/2013 4:03:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - The Lehigh field hockey team hung with Monmouth, which included an edge in penalty corners, but it wasn't enough in a 4-2 loss on Sunday afternoon. Monmouth opened a 4-0 lead, but the Mountain Hawks fought within two with more than five minutes still remaining. The loss is Lehigh's first in three games, ending the Mountain Hawks' shutout streak at 154:41 in the process.

"We played well in spurts, but didn't capitalize on our opportunities," said Lehigh head coach Stacey Blue. "Caitlin Bryan, Marissa Glatt, Amanda Granger, Kassidy Green and Kat Kneizys played well."

Monmouth opened the scoring at the 14:41 mark, ending Lehigh's impressive shutout streak at more than 150 minutes. The Mountain Hawks were riding two straight shutouts for the first time since 2004.

Monmouth's Trish O'Dwyer scored the team's second goal, and second straight off a penalty corner, at the 25:27 mark to take a 2-0 lead at the half.

The Hawks eventually extended their lead to 4-0 approaching 10 minutes remaining in regulation, but Lehigh wouldn't go quietly. Glatt, the reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Week, scored in her fourth straight game, deflecting a shot from sophomore Caitlin Bryan to pull within 4-1 at the 60:07 mark.

Sophomore Lindsey Schott scored for a second straight game at 64:02 off a penalty stroke, pulling the Mountain Hawks within two. However, Lehigh couldn't get another shot off as Monmouth walked away with the victory.

Final shots were 13-12 in favor of Monmouth while Lehigh held an 11-7 edge in penalty corners. Freshman Julia Ward made seven saves in goal across Monmouth's Amanda Westerweller with four.

Lehigh returns to action on Saturday when it heads to Bucknell for the start of Patriot League play against the Bison. Gametime on the 21st is set for 11 a.m.

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