West Long Branch, N.J. / The Great Lawn?The Robert Morris University women's soccer team lost, 2-0, at Monmouth Sunday afternoon in Northeast Conference play. The Colonials fall to 5-9-0 this season and 1-4-0 in the NEC. Monmouth improves to 12-2-1 and 5-1 in conference action.

Monmouth jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 27:19 when an attacking Andrea Lopez was taken down in the box, resulting in a penalty kick. Lopez, in her first PK attempt of the season, drilled a shot into the right netting for the one-goal advantage.

The Hawks went ahead 2-0 in the 53rd minute, when junior Alessandra DeTata served a corner kick into the box, which was nodded in at the far post by senior Joanna DeMoor, notching her team-leading eleventh goal of the season.

Senior goalkeeper Caitlin Dilal (Rochester, N.Y. / Our Lady of Mercy) had four saves while Lia Fierro made five stops for the Hawks. Monmouth held a 16-10 advantage in shots and a 9-4 margin in corner kicks.

The Colonials host Wagner at 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 24, at North Athletic Complex.