Army Tops Monmouth For Fourth Straight Win

Saturday, March 5

1 PM

Army West Point

4-2

Monmouth

2-2

MONMOUTH

ARMY

Army Tops Monmouth For Fourth Straight Win

March 05, 2022 | Women's Lacrosse

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Game 6
SCORE	Army Black Knights 18, Monmouth Hawks 13
RECORDS	Army (4-2) \| Monmouth (2-2)
LEADING SCORERS	Army – Kathleen Sullivan/Carleigh Armstrong (5) \| Monmouth – Cassidy Orban/Caroline Brennan (6)
LOCATION	Michie Stadium

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's lacrosse team notched its fourth straight win after upending the Monmouth Hawks, 18-13, on Saturday.

GAME SUMMARY
The Black Knights outscored the Hawks, 5-2, the second quarter which created the separation en route to the win. Army struck early, scoring 34 seconds into the game on a goal by Carleigh Armstrong for her first of five tallies. Armstrong and Julia Gorajek made it 3-1 after seven minutes. Kathleen Sullivan and Jolie Riedell added goals for a 5-2 lead with four minutes left in the first quarter.

Monmouth netted the last goal of the first quarter and the first goal of the second quarter to cut Army's lead to 5-4. The Black Knights, then, scored five of the next six goals. Sidney Weigand started a three-goal run at the 11-minute mark and then Armstrong followed with a pair of goals for an 8-4 lead with five minutes left in the quarter. After a Monmouth goal, Sullivan and Riedell capped the scoring for a 10-5 halftime lead. The Hawks cut Army's lead to 11-8 with seven minutes remaining in the third quarter as Army went into the fourth quarter with a 13-10 lead.

The Black Knights effectively sealed the game by scoring four of the next five goals in the fourth quarter for a 17-11 lead with four minutes left.

CADETS CAPSULES

Carleigh Armstrong led the Black Knights in goals with a career-high five and finished with a career-high five points.
Kathleen Sullivan finished with five points after scoring three goals and dishing out two assists.
Julia Gorajek, the reigning Patriot League Midfielder of the Week, netted four goals on five shots.
Jolie Riedell scored three goals and added an assist for four points.
Sidney Weigand shared team-high honors in assists with a career-high two.
Lacey Bartholomay made seven saves.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Army registered a season-high 24 points.

??Comments from winning goalie Lacey Bartholomay and from Carleigh Armstrong who led Army with a career-high five goals.

#GoArmy | #ALLIN | #Determined pic.twitter.com/i9BdhTWyyx
— Army W.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_WLax) March 5, 2022