Women's Lacrosse

Dexter Named GNAC Player of the Week

Posted: Mar 08, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been released and Saint Joseph's College grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week.

Dexter earns the first weekly award of her career after tallying 13 goals and 16 assists for 29 total points in the Monks' 3-0 start to the 2022 season. She opened the year with four goals and four assists versus Maine Maritime on February 19th, added five goals and seven assists in a 22-2 victory over Thomas College on March 2nd, and capped the three-game set with four goals and five assists in a 19-1 win at Husson on March 5th.

Through March 7th, Dexter leads the GNAC in points and assists and ranks second in the conference in goals.

Saint Joseph's will host UMaine-Farmington on Thursday at 5:00 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.