Saint Joseph's Teams & Athletes Listed in Final 2022-23 NCAA Statistical Rankings

Saint Joseph's Teams & Athletes Listed in Final 2022-23 NCAA Statistical Rankings
Posted: Jun 13, 2023

STANDISH, Maine - The final 2022-23 NCAA DIII Statistics rankings are now available. Six Saint Joseph's College teams and 12 individual athletes finished in the top 25 in various categories for their respective sports. In total, the six SJC programs accounted for 27 top-25 rankings while the Monks' 12 athletes notched 22 top-25 performances last year.

Highlights of this list include:

  • The 2022-23 women's basketball team ranked in the top 10 in three categories, with eight spots in the top 25 overall, including three-point percentage (36.5%, 6th), assists per game (17.7, 9th), and assist/turnover ratio (1.19, 10th)
  • The 2023 women's lacrosse team finished the season listed in the top 25 in seven statistical categories, including draw control percentage (63.7%, 7th), caused turnovers per game (13.6, 10th), and scoring defense (6.7, 10th)
  • The men's lacrosse program flirted with the top ranking nationally in caused turnovers per game (14.67) and opponent clear percentage (67.6%) for the better part of the season and capped the year ranked fourth and seventh in NCAA DIII, respectively
  • Named as the GNAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) highlights the list of SJC individual athletes in the rankings as she closed out her final campaign fourth in points (131), fifth in goals (85), 10th in points per game (6.55), 19th in shots on goal per game (6.95), 23rd in goals per game (4.25), and 25th in shots per game (8.7)
  • Men's basketball freshman John Paul Frazier (York, Maine), the 2023 GNAC Rookie of the Year, capped his first college season ranked third nationally in three-point field goal percentage (48.3%)
  • Men's soccer grad Austin Ward (Andover, Mass.) ranked in the top 25 in four categories: total goals (16, 15th), goals per game (0.84, 20th), total points (37, 21st), and points per game (1.95, 23rd)

See the complete list of SJC teams and individuals listed among the nation's leaders below.

In addition to the NCAA leaderboard, the Monks - collectively - led the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) in 22 different team categories while nine individual SJC athletes combined to lead the GNAC in 13 categories during the 2022-23 academic year.

 

Saint Joseph's Athletes in NCAA DIII Statistical Rankings:

 

Saint Joseph's Teams in NCAA DIII Statistical Rankings:

COMPLETE NCAA STATISTICS RANKINGS (PDF):

Baseball
M. Basketball
W. Basketball
Field Hockey
M. Lacrosse
W. Lacrosse
M. Soccer
W. Soccer
Softball
Volleyball

 

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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