PHOTO CREDIT: Bri Meehan '25
STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (2-2) toppled University of Southern Maine (1-3), 28-11, in a non-conference men's lacrosse contest on a rainy Tuesday evening at the SJC Athletics Complex.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Monks netted five goals in the first five minutes and held an 8-0 cushion before senior Schuyler Wetmore (Cumberland Center, Maine) finally put the Huskies on the board with a man-up marker at the 5:34 mark of the first quarter.
Saint Joseph's went into the second stanza holding an 11-2 advantage with sophomore Matt Denman (Brentwood, N.H.) hitting pay dirt four times in the first frame.
The scoring barrage continued through the second quarter as the Monks rattled off five tallies in the first three minutes of the period. Senior Tim Goodfellow (Wayland, Mass.) and grad Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine) delivered man-up markers during the torrent. Freshman attack Brandon Cavicchi (Kingston, Mass.) capped the first half scoring with goals 20 seconds apart as the hosts headed into intermission comfortably in the lead, 21-6.
Scoring slowed in the second half, as the teams basically swapped scores for the remainder of the game while the Monks took more of a possession based approach.
TEAM STATS:
Saint Joseph's held the lead in shots (55-36), shots on goal (40-20), ground balls (49-34), caused turnovers (16-5), and face-off wins (23-19) in the victory.
THE KEEPERS:
SJC junior starter Liam Greene picked up the win after making four saves with six goals allowed in the first half while freshman Reed Wescott (Windham, Maine) made five stops with two goals allowed in the third quarter and first-year Nic Michaud (Wales, Maine) yielded three goals in the fourth frame.
Southern Maine sophomore starter Addison Dietz (Waterbury Center, Vt.) allowed four goals in 3:20 before being removed in favor of freshman Trevor Ouellette (Waterboro, Maine), who made 12 saves while yielding 24 goals during the remainder of the contest.
LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:
- Grad Nathaniel Girardin (Brunswick, Maine) scored five goals with two assists and a pair of ground balls
- Denman netted four goals with two assists and two ground balls
- Goodfellow added three goals and five assists
- Cavicchi put up four goals on eight shots
- Xavier Michaud tallied three goals and an assist with three ground balls
- Sophomore David Cook (Upton, Mass.) and junior Calvin Heline (Amesbury, Mass.) posted a goal and two assists apiece
- Freshman Zander Kirk (Bath, Maine) was 11-for-19 on face-off attempts with eight ground balls
LEADERS – SOUTHERN MAINE:
- Wetmore accounted for most of the Huskies' offense with six goals and two assists; he also picked up five ground balls
- Aman Zunser scored twice with three ground balls
- Senior Cayden Poisson-Bragdon (Lewiston, Maine) won nine face-offs with five ground balls
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:
With the victory Saint Joseph's improves to 7-8 all-time versus Southern Maine and has now defeated the Huskies in six-consecutive meetings.
NEXT!
Saint Joseph's will host Great Northeast Athletic Conference foe Elms College this Saturday at 1:00 PM.
