West Long Branch N.J.- The Fairleigh Dickinson Women's Soccer team (0-3-0) faced the Monmouth Hawks (3-0-0) August 25th at 4 PM. FDU played a hard-fought game but fell short on their efforts as Monmouth beat FDU by a tally of 3-0.
1st Half
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Monmouth jumped out to an early lead in the 1' as Lauren Karabin scored from a rebound off the post that the Hawks reacted quickest to.
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Monmouth doubled their lead in the 20' after Summer Reimet put the ball in the top right corner of the net from outside the box to make it 2-0.
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FDU battled hard in the first half but couldn't find a breakthrough with either of their 2 shots.
2nd Half
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FDU opened the second half strong but failed to capitalize as Monmouth were able to secure a 3-0 lead in the 49' by way of Summer Reimet who bagged her second goal of the day.
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The Burgundy and Blue kept up the intensity and stuck to their play style down 3 goals but unfortunately did not find the back of the net with their efforts.
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Malene Nielsen tallied 5 saves during the match but couldn't keep the Hawks out despite a solid performance.
"In the first minute we had a chance to be dangerous, but we allowed the chance to escape us and did a poor job of recovering in behind which led to a goal that put us on our heels right off the bat" said head coach Eric Teepe. "Our mindset for the next match is to keep learning, we know what we are up against but we must get on the field and compete while continuously improving."
FDU hits the road for the final game in their road stand to face Virginia (3-0-0) in Charlottesville, Va. at Klöckner Stadium. Facing one of the best teams in the nation will be very challenging but it will be a good test for the team before NEC conference play starts. The game will air live on ACC Network Extra where you can tune in to catch the action.
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