ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell field hockey team continued its offensive explosion and head coach Donna Hornibrook picked up her 100th win with the Big Red, as Cornell earned a 5-0 victory over reigning MAAC champions Monmouth this afternoon at Marsha Dodson Field. With the win, the Big Red evens its record at 2-2 on the season.
 
For the second game in a row, Krysten Mayers tallied a pair of goals and added an assist for a game-high five points. Senior Marisa Siergiej added one goal and one assist, while junior Katy Weeks and freshman Kate Fitzpatrick each scored. The Big Red also received assists from Isabel Josephs, Isabel Seirgiej, and Taylor Standiford.
 
In goal, Kelly Johnson registered five saves for her second consecutive shutout. Johnson has allowed just one goal in 217 minutes so far this season.
 
Cornell held the advantage in shots (18-10), shots on goal (13-5), and penalty corners (10-6).
 
Hawks goalie Christen Piersanti made seven saves and got some help from Julie Laszlo, who made one defensive save.
 
Monmouth (2-4) got off to a solid start, forcing Johnson to make a pair of saves early on, but a goal by Weeks, followed 58 seconds later by Mayers, put Cornell up 2-0 and the 24:08 mark.
 
Weeks goal was set up by Josephs, who  collected a loose ball just outside the Monmouth circle and drove to the right an drew two defenders before pushing the ball to Weeks, who unleashed a hard shot from just inside the circle to the far post.
 
Mayers' goal was an unassisted tally as she drove through the Monmouth defense and beat Piersanti to the near side.
 
Cornell got its first penalty corner of the game when Mayers tipped in a shot by Seirgiej in the 31st minutes and the Big Red took the 3-0 lead into halftime.
 
Mayers contributed to her third straight goal when she collected a ball just over midfield, carried into the circle, took a challenge by a Hawk defender and managed to poke the ball ahead to Fitzpatrick, who collected the ball and scored on the open net to make it 4-0 at the 44:57 mark.
 
Less than 10 minutes later Cornell concluded the scoring for the game when Marisa Seirgiej scored on a direct penalty corner shot with the assists credited to her sister Isabel Seirgiej and Standiford.
 
The Big Red will participate in a pair of games at the University of Vermont Tournament next weekend, taking on the host Catamounts on Sept. 19 before facing Maine the following day. Vermont has won all three meetings in the series, but the teams have not played each other since 2011. Cornell upset No. 20 Maine a year ago to earn its first win in the series, which the Black Bears lead, 3-1.