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After its first defeat of the season, No. 7 Syracuse (5-1, 0-0 Atlantic Coast) was on the road at #25 Monmouth (2-3, 1-0 Colonial Athletic). SU was dominating all of its opponents until it met up with Princeton on Friday in a 5-1 loss, but the Orange responded on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over the Hawks.

Throughout the first six games, Syracuse has been the beneficiary of great individual performances. First against Vermont, Joy Haarman scored three, then Quirine Comans got her hat trick versus Columbia. Today, Charlotte De Vries ended up being the only scorer.

Syracuse was dominating Monmouth from the start, putting seven shots on goal in the first ten minutes. With about six minutes left in the opening quarter, Lana Hamilton used nifty stick work down the baseline and found De Vries in the middle of the Hawks’ half. The senior turned with the ball and slashed a backhand through traffic to go up 1-0.

De Vries struck again fifty seconds into the second quarter. Sabine Van Den Eijnden had gotten behind the Monmouth defense on the baseline. Van Den Eijnden then fired it into the area in front of the Monmouth goal, but De Vries was standing near Hawks goalie Phileine Hazen. De Vries took the pass to the near post and slotted it behind the keeper for a 2-0 lead.

De Vries got her third of the first half thanks to a penalty corner. SJ Quigley got the play started, sending the ball from the baseline to Laura Graziosi at the top of the box. Graziosi tapped the ball to De Vries who used a quick deke before ripping it into the bottom corner. With 10 minutes left in the second quarter, Syracuse was up three goals, all off the stick of its All-American forward. This is De Vries’ second hat trick of her career, and she is up to six goals on the year.

The score remained the same for the rest of the contest, as SU got a bounce back win on the road. Syracuse’s defense remained strong, allowing Monmouth just one shot all day that went wide of the net.