TWITTER | ESPN3HACKENSACK, N.J. – Fairleigh Dickinson will travel to West Long Branch, New Jersey on Tuesday night for a game against former NEC rival Monmouth. The game will air live online on ESPN3.
Monmouth holds a 12-2-2 record all-time against Fairleigh Dickinson and has never lost to the Knights in West Long Branch. The two sides have played every year since the inception of the Knights' program in 2000.
The Hawks are coming off a 2-0 win over NJIT on August 28 and sit at 3-0 on the season. Monmouth has yet to give up a goal so far this season. Rachael Ivanicki leads the team in goals (2) and points (4). Three other players have scored one for the Hawks. Goalkeeper, Sydney Lavan has made 14 saves.
Fairleigh Dickinson fell 4-3 at Hofstra on Sunday. The Knights got goals from
Carly Tice (Highland Falls, N.Y./James I. O'Neill),
Connie Lewis (Outer Cove, Newfoundland/Gonzaga ) and
Noelle Picone (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial ).
Felicia Burr (Bellingham, Mass./Blackstone-Millville ) made a career high 11 saves.
Rachel Hoekstra (Bowmanville, Ontario/Clarington Central) had an assist on Lewis' goal against Hofstra, which gives the redshirt-junior 46 career points—second all-time and 6 from tying the record. Hoekstra sits just one goal from tying the all-time record of Kelly Geraghty at 22.
Burr's 11 saves was five more than her previous career-best of six, which she recorded against Wagner last season.
Lewis' goal was her 12th of her career and moves the junior into a t-6th in program history.
