Men's Lacrosse

Saint Joseph's Defeats Emmanuel in Regular Season Finale, 15-7

Saint Joseph's Defeats Emmanuel in Regular Season Finale, 15-7

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: Xavier Michaud - 7
A: Tim Goodfellow - 3
Sv: Reed Wescott - 21
GB: Zander Kirk - 8
Emmanuel (Mass.)
G: Cole Cloney - 3
A: Cooper Mehlhorn - 1
Sv: Eric Anderson - 13
GB: Ty Carroll - 7

Team Stats

Emmanuel (Mass.)
Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots

47
49

Ground Balls

38
37

Saves

13
21

Clears

16-19
20-28

Turnovers

19
20

Face Offs Won

10
14

Man Up

1-7
2-3
full stats
Posted: Apr 24, 2024

STANDISH, Maine – Grad student Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine) netted seven goals and senior Tim Goodfellow (Wayland, Mass.) broke the Monks' career points record to help Saint Joseph's College (10-7, 7-3 GNAC) defeat Emmanuel College (5-11, 5-5 GNAC), 15-7, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men's lacrosse action at the SJC Athletics Complex on Wednesday afternoon.

BROKEN RECORDS:

With his first goal of the evening scored at the 11:30 mark of the fourth quarter, Goodfellow surpassed Michael Finn '19 to become the Monks' all-time points leader. The senior attack started today's contest with 208 career points, two shy of Finn's mark of 210, and tied the total with an assist on Michaud's fourth goal of the night (6:05, third quarter). Goodfellow capped the contest with two goals and three assists and now has 213 points (109G, 104A) in just 49 career games. Finn tallied 210 points (169G, 41A) in 67 games over four seasons.

Goodfellow, who entered the game tied for the Monks' career assists record (101, Puleo '21), became the program's all-time leader in helpers with the dime on a Tiger Hopkins (Leeds, Maine) tally with 7:18 left in the second quarter.

Michaud also broke a record in the victory: his own single-season goals mark. Last spring Michaud scored 52 goals and, with his fifth tally of the contest scored at the 6:05 mark of the third period, eclipsed the mark. The standout grad has 55 goals through 17 games this spring.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Emmanuel secured the first lead of the game when Cole Cloney (Medfield, Mass.) hit pay dirt at the 8:20 mark of the first quarter. Michaud tied the tilt 22 seconds later as the Monks netted five of the next six goals to stake a 4-2 advantage with 14:45 left in the second stanza.

Saint Joseph's held a 7-4 lead at intermission and held all the momentum after posting a 6-1 run during the third quarter and first 10-plus minutes of the final frame. Freshman Joseph Kiedaisch (Westminster, Mass.) closed out the surge with a shot, taken from behind the net, that deflected off the back of Emmanuel keeper Eric Anderson (Sparta, N.J.) and into the cage, lifting the Monks to a 13-5 cushion with 4:43 remaining.

The conference rivals swapped scores during the closing minutes to account for the 15-7 final.

TEAM STATS:

The Monks held the lead in shots (49-47) and face-off wins (14-10) while the Saints registered advantages in ground balls (38-37) and caused turnovers (12-10). Both teams steered 28 shots on goal in what was the 2024 regular season finale for both teams.

THE KEEPERS:

SJC freshman Reed Wescott (Windham, Maine) was brilliant in the victory with 21 saves, a career-high and the most by a St. Joe's goalie since current assistant coach Brannon Gilbert '23 steered away 24 shots versus Bates College on March 20th, 2021.

Anderson notched 13 saves in a losing effort for the Saints.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Michaud scored seven goals on a career-high 16 shots
  • Goodfellow netted two goals with three assists and three ground balls
  • Hopkins added four goals, two assists, and three ground balls
  • Grad student Nathaniel Girardin (Brunswick, Maine) contributed a goal with four ground balls
  • Junior Tyler Moscato (West Haven, Conn.) dealt a pair of assists
  • Sophomore Nick Wesley (Peabody, Mass.) picked up three ground balls and three caused turnovers
  • Sophomore Matt Denman (Brentwood, N.H.) chipped in with an assist and six ground balls
  • Freshman Zander Kirk (Bath, Maine) was 14-for-23 on face-off bids with eight ground balls and an assist

LEADERS – EMMANUEL:

  • Cloney scored three goals on eight shots with two ground balls
  • Freshman Cooper Mehlhorn (South Portland, Maine) tallied two goals, an assist, and five ground balls
  • Sophomore Ty Carroll (Haverhill, Mass.) was 10-for-23 on face-off attempts with seven ground balls and two caused turnovers

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the victory, Saint Joseph's improves to 4-8 in the history of the series with Emmanuel College, a team the Monks last defeated (12-11) on April 13th, 2019.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's has secured a spot in the 2024 GNAC Tournament - the bracket will likely be released after all games are complete later this evening.

 

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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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