TEANECK, N.j.- The Knights women's soccer team (0-2-0) played their first home game of the season against Monmouth (1-1-0). FDU battled throughout the match but fell short to the talented Monmouth squad by a score of 4-0.  

1st half  

• Monmouth opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Liza Suydam found the back of the net off a cross from Summer Reimet to make it 1-0. 
• Monmouth doubled their lead two minutes later in the 17th minute when Julia Evernham bagged a goal of her own. 
• Liza Suydam completed the brace in the 30th minute to give Monmouth a comfortable 3-0 lead heading into the halftime break.  
• Freshman Marie Jakobsen had a busy 45 minutes making 6 saves in the first half.  

2nd half  

• In the 51st minute Monmouth added another goal to their tally to making it a 4-0 game.  
• Graduate student Katie Leckonby played in net for the second half and showed her class by making nine saves in 45 minutes. Both FDU goalkeepers played to the top of their abilities today and made some incredible saves to keep FDU in the match.  

"Both keepers had very strong games today. Katie and Marie were both solid and did everything we needed them to do between those posts. They should be proud of themselves knowing that they competed to their best abilities today," stated Coach Teepe. "Not only do we need to find our identity, but we also have so many new players and we need to make sure we can find the right fit for each of them. For the next few games there will be many moving parts so that we can find out what we are as a team and where each player will excel." 
 

The Knights go again on Thursday (8/24) against Vermont (1-1-0) back home at University Stadium. The team will look to regroup and find their focus before heading back out on the pitch for their net match.  

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