Men's Soccer

Monks Roll Past Raiders, 3-0

Final	1	2	T
Rivier (3-5-2, 1-5-1)	0	0	0
Saint Joseph's (Me.) (11-3-1, 10-1-0)	2	1	3

Scoring Summary

1st - 17:40 - Rion Dos Santos (Saint Joseph's (Me.))

1st - 28:13 - Austin Ward (Saint Joseph's (Me.))

2nd - 58:16 - Hayes Sweeney (Saint Joseph's (Me.))

Game Leaders

Rivier

G: N/A

A: N/A

Sh: 4 Players (#3, #6, #11, #20) - 1

Sv: Dominic Cunha - 10

Saint Joseph's (Me.)

G: 3 Players (#6, #7, #23) - 1

A: 3 Players (#4, #7, #30) - 1

Sh: Rion Dos Santos - 6

Sv: Mike Sheridan - 2

Team Stats

Rivier

Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots (on goal)

4 (2)

24 (13)

Saves

Fouls

Corner Kicks

Offsides

full stats

Posted: Oct 19, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (11-3-1, 10-1-0 GNAC) blanked Rivier University (3-5-2, 1-5-1 GNAC), 3-0, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men's soccer action at the SJC Athletics Complex on Wednesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks scored a pair of goals in the first half, as sophomore Rion Dos Santos (São Paulo, Brazil) netted his third tally of the season off a Michael Wildes (Winthrop, Maine) pass in the 18th minute and grad student Austin Ward (Exeter, N.H.) tacked on his team-leading 12th goal of the year on a penalty kick attempt 10 minutes later.

Freshman Hayes Sweeney (Hollis, Maine) capped the game scoring with his first NCAA goal at the 58:16 mark off nifty passes from junior Will Wood (Franklin, N.H.) and Ward.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held the lead in shots (24-12), shots on goal (13-4), and corner kicks (8-2) in the victory.

THE KEEPERS:

Senior Mike Sheridan (Folsom, Pa.) made a pair of saves to record his fifth shutout of the season while Rivier junior Dominic Cunha (Peabody, Mass.) steered away 10 shots in the losing effort.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the triumph Saint Joseph's improves to 14-2-1 all-time versus Rivier University and has now defeated the Raiders in 14-consecutive meetings dating back to the 2008 campaign.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will play at Brandeis College on Saturday at 2:00 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.