Monks Win Third-Consecutive GNAC Championship!!

Monks Win Third-Consecutive GNAC Championship!!

Scoring Summary

1st - 3:19 - Emma Rutledge (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
2nd - 55:26 - Alexandra Belaire (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
2nd - 61:02 - Libby Pomerleau (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
2nd - 63:33 - Libby Pomerleau (Saint Joseph's (Me.))

Game Leaders

Lasell
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: Sam Taylor - 3
Sv: Sofia Rodriguez - 6
Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: Libby Pomerleau - 2
A: Arianna Kahler - 2
Sh: Libby Pomerleau - 7
Sv: Megan Baker - 4

Team Stats

Lasell
Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots (on goal)

5 (4)
23 (11)

Saves

6
4

Fouls

64
51

Penalty Corners

2
19
full stats
Posted: Nov 04, 2018

STANDISH, Maine – Top-seeded Saint Joseph's College (19-1) toppled #2 Lasell College (14-7), 4-0, in the 2018 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Field Hockey Championship at the SJC Athletics Complex on Sunday afternoon.

With the win the Monks claim their third-consecutive conference crown and have secured the GNAC's automatic qualifier into the NCAA DIII Field Hockey Tournament, which begins on Wednesday. The tournament bracket will be announced late Sunday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Saint Joseph's grabbed an early lead when freshman Emma Rutledge (Alfred, Maine) netted her 17th goal of the season off an Arianna Kahler (Lisbon Falls, Maine) assist at the 3:19 mark.

Despite posting numerous scoring chances, the Monks did not add to their lead until the 56th minute when sophomore Alexandria Belaire (Greene, Maine) potted her 12th tally of the year off a penalty corner. Kahler was credited with an assist on the play.

St. Joe's managed to put the game well out of reach when junior Libby Pomerleau (Limerick, Maine) scored a pair of goals in a matter of two minutes and 31 seconds, starting with a strike off a Rutledge feed at the 61:02 mark. Pomerleau scored her 20th goal of the season in the 64th minute to account for the 4-0 final.

RECORD BREAKER

With her second tally of the game, Pomerleau broke the Monks' career goals record and now has 58 goals in 62 games over three seasons. Former standout Kayla Nowell '11 held the record previously and netted 57 markers in 75 games over four campaigns.

THE KEEPERS

SJC senior Megan Baker (Gorham, Maine) posted four stops to notch the 57th victory - and 30th shutout – of her career. Lasell freshman Sofia Rodriguez (Peabody, Mass.) turned away six shots in the losing effort.

TEAM STATS

Saint Joseph's held considerable advantages in shots (23-5), shots on goal (11-4), and penalty corners (19-2) in the championship triumph.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING

With the victory, Saint Joseph's is now 19-4 all-time versus Lasell College and has now defeated the Lasers in seven of the last eight games against their conference counterpart. The Monks defeated the Lasers, 3-0, in the 2017 GNAC Championship in Newton, Mass.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

MVP - Libby Pomerleau, Saint Joseph's
Meghan Burke, Saint Joseph's
Maddy Beaulieu, Saint Joseph's
Alexandria Belaire, Saint Joseph's
Emma Rutledge, Saint Joseph's
Julia Franzik, Lasell
Sam Taylor, Lasell
Mindy Esposito, Lasell
Abby Ladd, Colby-Sawyer
Jordan Teixeira, Colby-Sawyer
Meghan Fontaine, Simmons
Ana Giarrusso, Simmons

 

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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.