BOSTON, MA - Will Pike '10 (Gorham, ME) made eight saves in a shutout effort to help the Monks (6-4-1, 3-1 GNAC) defeat Emerson College (3-6, 2-3), 2-0, in a GNAC Men's Soccer contest on Sunday afternoon. Doug MacCallum '10 (Hingham, MA) and Paul Robins '11 (Cornwall, England) scored the SJC goals in the trumph.

Both Monk goals came in the first 30 minutes as MacCallum took a cross from teammate Jesse West (So., Sheldon, Vt.) in the 10th minute. Taking the pass from his left, MacCallum drove the ball into the center of the net from 10 yards.

In the 30th minute MacCallum on a three-on-two passed the ball from the right wing to Robins. who shot from 15 yards in the center to the upper left corner of the Emerson net.

Emerson's Nick Strauss (Sr., Norwood, Mass.) made five strong saves, including one on a penalty kick in the second half.

Emerson had the shooting edge in the game by a 17-11 margin. Each team had eight corner kicks and Saint Joseph's was offside four times to only one for the Lions.

Saint Joseph's is idle until next Saturday when the Monks will host Norwich in a GNAC match-up. Emerson travels to Becker College on Wednesday for a 7:00pm kickoff in a non-conference game.

COURTESY OF EMERSON COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION

St. Joseph's (Me.) (6-4-1, 3-1-0 GNAC) vs. Emerson College (3-6-0, 2-3-0 GNAC)
Date: Oct 4, 2009   Attendance: 108
Weather: cloudy, no wind, 68F

Goals by period       1  2  Tot
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St. Joseph's (Me.)..  2  0 -  2
Emerson College.....  0  0 -  0

SCORING SUMMARY:
  1.   9:18 SJMMS Doug MacCallum (Jesse West) - shot from 10 yards in center off cross from left
  2.  29:11 SJMMS Paul Robins (Doug MacCallum) - pass from right to left shot from 15 in center to upper left corner

Shots: St. Joseph's (Me.) 11, Emerson College 17
Saves: St. Joseph's (Me.) 8 (Will Pike 8), Emerson College 5 (Nick
Strauss 5)