The Sacred Heart University field hockey team opened MAAC play at Monmouth, falling 4-0 Friday afternoon.  The loss drops the Pioneers to 3-7 overall and 0-1 in league play, while the Hawks improve to 8-2 and are 1-0 in MAAC action.

Rookie Hailey Power made a career-best 18 saves, playing the entire game in goal for the Pioneers.  That total is the sixth-best single-game total in Division I field hockey this season.  Power made 14 saves in the second-half, not allowing a goal on the 19 shots in the period from Monmouth.

The Pioneers return to action on Sunday, travelling to Brown University.

Noteworthy

• Julie Laszlo recorded three assists in the win for Monmouth, starting each of the first three tallies of the game
• Monmouth out shot SHU 33-2 in the contest, with an 8-1 edge in penalty corners
• Cara Conery made a defensive save for SHU
• Four different Hawks scored in the game
• Christen Piersanti earned the win in goal for Monmouth

The Scoring

• Tamar Klinkhammer starte the scoring, netting a pass from Laszlo 3:03 into the game on a penalty corner
• Georgia Garden Bachop tallied her sixth goal of the season at 13:05 on a corner started by Laszlo
• Laszlo recorded her final assist, feeding Kelly Hanna at 18:02
• The final tally came from Josephine van der Hoop at 23:30 on a 2-on-1 oppurtunity, with the assist to Rachel Konowal