Field Hockey Falls at Wellesley, 4-0

Field Hockey Falls at Wellesley, 4-0

WELLESLEY, Mass. – Sophomore Ceci Miller (Lewiston, Maine) scored two goals for Wellesley College field hockey in a 4-0 win against Saint Joseph's (Me.) on Sunday at Butler Stadium.

First year Katie Golla (Oak Park, Ill.) scored a first career goal for the Blue (2-0 Overall) off of a deflected ball late in the second quarter to give Wellesley the initial lead. Miller added a pair of goals by peppering the right and left corners of the cage late in the third quarter and midway through the fourth.

Senior Alex Lenart (Princeton Junction, N.J.) brought Wellesley's lead up to four at 8:54 in the fourth with a clean shot into the lower left side of the cage. Goalkeeper Kyra Deehr-Lewis (Newtown, Pa.) stopped five shots for the Blue while earning a sixth career shutout.

Junior Kassidy Collins (Pittstown, Maine) saved 14 shots for the Monks (0-2 Overall) and sophomore defender Chloe Grosso (Westbrook, Maine) made a defensive save in the second quarter.

Wellesley applied constant pressure with 31 total shots to five for Saint Joseph's. The Blue also took 16 penalty corners.

Next up for Wellesley is a road game at Tufts on Wednesday at 6:00 PM while the Monks finish up a two-game road trip at Southern Maine at 7:30 PM on Thursday.

 

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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.