Men's Lacrosse

Hopkins Collects Second GNAC Weekly Honor

Posted: Apr 10, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman attack Tiger Hopkins (Leeds, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Lacrosse Rookie of the Week for the second-consecutive reporting period.

Hopkins tallied six goals and three assists in a 1-1 conference week for the Monks. The freshman attack netted four goals with a pair of assists in the program's first-ever victory over Norwich on Saturday. He also scored two goals with an assist and a pair of ground balls in a 13-8 loss at Rivier University on Tuesday.

Through 13 games this spring Hopkins has scored 29 goals with 31 assists for a total of 60 points. He currently ranks second in the GNAC in assists, fourth in points, and eighth in goals.

Saint Joseph's will host University of Saint Joseph on Friday in a GNAC matchup set to start at 4:00 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.