Men's Lacrosse

Monks Hold Off Pilgrims, 12-10

Monks Hold Off Pilgrims, 12-10

Game Leaders

New England Col.
G: Henri Pfeifle - 4
A: Henri Pfeifle - 4
Sv: Nate Finn - 9
GB: Jackson Kain - 6
Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: Xavier Michaud - 5
A: Tim Goodfellow - 4
Sv: Reed Wescott - 12
GB: 2 Players (#5, #12) - 4

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
New England Col.

Shots

32
40

Ground Balls

29
36

Saves

12
9

Clears

19-25
22-23

Turnovers

21
22

Face Offs Won

15
9

Man Up

1-6
3-9
full stats
Posted: Apr 20, 2024

PHOTO CREDIT: Chris Theodores '25

HENNIKER, N.H. – Saint Joseph's College (9-7, 6-3 GNAC) held off New England College (3-11, 2-7 GNAC), 12-10, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) North Division men's lacrosse game on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Saint Joseph's started the contest with three straight scores in the first seven minutes, as junior Aidan Dennis (Hooksett, N.H.) made it a 3-0 game with eight minutes remaining in the first quarter. Henri Pfeifle put the hosts on the board with a man-up marker at the 6:32 mark, but St. Joe's capped the frame with goals from Tim Goodfellow (Wayland, Mass.) and Joseph Kiedaisch (Westminster, Mass.) to take a 5-1 lead into the next period.

The Pilgrims tightened the collar with back-to-back man-up goals from Duncan Fleming early in the second stanza, but the Monks capped the opening half with a 4-2 scoring run that featured a pair of Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine) strikes and maintained a 9-5 advantage heading into the break.

New England College received goals from Pfeifle and Kyle Hamilton in a matter of two-plus minutes early in the third quarter to cut the SJC lead to 9-7 with 10:23 left in the frame, but Michaud scored twice and grad Nathaniel Girardin (Brunswick, Maine) added another tally during a 3-1 St. Joe's run that saw the visitors carry a 12-8 lead into the final period.

The fourth quarter featured just a pair of goals, both by the Pilgrims, as Pfeifle and Matt Daley both struck in the closing minute of play.

TEAM STATS:

NEC held the lead in shots (40-32), shots on goal (22-21), ground balls (36-29), and caused turnovers (15-10) while SJC posted a 15-9 advantage in face-off victories.

THE KEEPERS:

Saint Joseph's freshman Reed Wescott (Windham, Maine) made 10 saves with three ground balls while NEC starter Nate Finn turned away nine shots in a complete-game effort.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Michaud netted five goals on 10 shots with three ground balls
  • Goodfellow added two goals and four assists
  • Sophomore Tiger Hopkins (Leeds, Maine) netted a goal with two assists
  • Junior Will Levesque (Marlow, N.H.) chipped in with a goal and two helpers
  • Freshman Zander Kirk (Bath, Maine) was 9-for-12 on face-off attempts with three ground balls
  • Girardin contributed a goal and an assist with two ground balls
  • Freshman Cameron Leeds (Derry, N.H.) and sophomore Nick Wesley (Peabody, Mass.) added four ground balls apiece

LEADERS – NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE:

  • Pfeifle scored four goals with four assists and four ground balls and registered 17 shots
  • Daley added two goals and two assists
  • Fleming produced two goals and three ground balls
  • Jackson Kain posted six ground balls and three caused turnovers

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

Saint Joseph's is now 4-1 all-time versus New England College.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's caps the regular season with a home conference game versus Emmanuel College at 4:00 PM on Wednesday.

 

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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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