Field Hockey

Littler's OT Tally Lifts Monks Past Blue Jays in GNAC Opener, 1-0

Littler's OT Tally Lifts Monks Past Blue Jays in GNAC Opener, 1-0

Scoring Summary

OT - 63:48 - Isabella Littler (Saint Joseph's (Me.))

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph (Conn.)
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: 2 Players (#3, #7) - 3
Sv: Wendy Bowden - 9
Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: Isabella Littler - 1
A: Maya Waryas - 1
Sh: Maya Waryas - 12
Sv: Kassidy Collins - 8

Team Stats

Saint Joseph (Conn.)
Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots (on goal)

13 (9)
28 (11)

Saves

9
8

Fouls

44
25

Penalty Corners

2
16
full stats
Posted: Sep 09, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – Freshman Isabella Littler (Fayette, Maine) scored off a Maya Waryas (Bellows Falls, Vt.) pass 3:48 into overtime play to lift Saint Joseph's College (1-3, 1-0 GNAC) past University of Saint Joseph (0-3, 0-1 GNAC), 1-0, in a hotly contested Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) field hockey matchup at the SJC Athletics Complex on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Both teams had multiple scoring opportunities during regulation but the dueling goalkeepers – SJC junior Kassidy Collins (Pittston, Maine) and USJ senior Wendy Bowden (Old Saybrook, Conn.) proved to be up to the task to force extra play.

The overtime frame – as stipulated by the NCAA: 10 minutes of 7v7 play with another to follow, and then penalty strokes, if needed – featured several full field sprints before Waryas found Littler in the circle for the game clincher.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held the lead in shots (28-13), shots on goal (11-9), and penalty corners (18-2) in the thrilling triumph.

THE KEEPERS:

Collins turned away all eight shots she faced while Bowdoin posted nine saves in the difficult setback. SJC freshman Emma Casale (Windham, Maine) and USJ freshman Alyssa Milligan (Cumberland, R.I.) registered a defensive save apiece.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

Saint Joseph's is now 2-0 all-time versus University of Saint Joseph. The Monks topped the Blue Jays by a 3-1 score in Connecticut last fall.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will play at Dean College on Tuesday in a GNAC matchup starting at 3:30 PM.

 

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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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