FINAL RESULT

Monmouth 1 (1-0-0)
Temple 0 (0-1-0)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Summer Rhyme scored with just under 17 minutes left to help the Monmouth University women’s soccer team to a 1-0 win at Temple University in its season opener on Thursday night.

The Hawks applied pressure early in the game but were unable to convert. Tasmin Bynoe made six saves for Temple in the first 45 minutes of the game, keeping Monmouth from scoring.

The two teams went into the break with a 0-0 tie.

The Hawks continued to apply pressure early in the second half, with Bynoe having to stop four shots in the first ten minutes of the period to keep the game at 0-0.

Monmouth finally broke free in the 74th minute. Reimet grabbed a loose ball in the penalty area and pushed it into the bottom left corner of the net to make it 1-0.

Cassie Coster made a solid save in the 86th minute to keep Temple from scoring and Monmouth sealed the 1-0 victory.

NOTES AND QUOTES
“Tonight was a great first test for us on the road against a well-organized Temple team. We were able to create a lot of chances on offense. I’m proud of our group for staying the course and finding a way to get the result tonight.”

– Head coach of the Monmouth women’s soccer team Kylee Flynn


– Monmouth improved to 2-1 in the season opening games Kylee Flynn.
– The Hawks improved their record to 2-1-1 against Temple. It was the first meeting between the two teams since 2007.
– Summer Reimet’s It was her first goal of the season and her tenth of her career.
– The goal was Reimet’s fourth game-winning goal of her career.
– Cassie Coster made four saves and recorded the 21st shutout of her Monmouth career.
– First semester Ashley Lavrich, Grace Notarfrancesco And Kennedy Erdman made their first appearance in the competition as a Monmouth player. Lavrich and Notarfrancesco both competed.
– Second year student Emily De Almeida earned the first start of her career.

Number crunching
– Monmouth had a commanding 24-6 shot lead in the contest.
– The Hawks took 11 of the game’s 13 corner kicks.
– Cassie Coster finished with four saves to earn her first win of the year and the 25th of her Monmouth career. Tasmin Bynoe made 14 saves for Temple.

Next
-Monmouth is back in action on Thursday, August 22, when it travels to Albany for a 7 p.m. contest.