Women's Lacrosse

St. Joe’s Marches Past Norwich, 18-6

St. Joe’s Marches Past Norwich, 18-6

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: 2 Players (#17, #33) - 4
A: Lydia Dexter - 3
Sv: Morgan Wright - 1
GB: Cailyn Wesley - 5
Norwich
G: Emma O'Neill - 2
A: Valentina Drown - 1
Sv: Katie Bishop-Manning - 16
GB: Katie Bishop-Manning - 5

Team Stats

Norwich
Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots

9
41

Ground Balls

26
34

Saves

16
1

Clears

18-28
15-20

Turnovers

25
20

Draw Controls

3
22

Free Position Shots

0-2
6-10
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Posted: Apr 18, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (14-0, 10-0 GNAC) defeated Norwich University (9-4, 7-3 GNAC), 18-6, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's lacrosse contest at the SJC Athletics Complex on Monday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks started the game on a 5-0 run in the opening 10 minutes and held a 12-3 advantage heading into intermission. Sophomore Cailyn Wesley (Peabody, Mass.) and freshman Shauna Clark (Oakland, Maine) kicked off the third period with a man-up goal apiece to make it a 14-3 game with 11:24 left in the penultimate quarter.

The hosts opened the fourth frame with markers from Clark, Bridget Collins (Milford, Conn.) and Carson Battaglia (Gorham, Maine) to claim a game-high 14-goal (18-4) cushion with 6:18 on the clock.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held lopsided leads in shots (41-9), shots on goal (34-7), ground balls (34-26) and draw controls (22-3) in the victory.

THE KEEPERS:

SJC freshman Morgan Wright (Chelmsford, Mass.) made one save with three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers in the victory while Norwich netminder Katie Bishop-Manning turned away 16 shots and scooped up five ground balls in a losing effort.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) recorded three goals, three assists, four ground balls and a pair of draw controls
  • Battaglia added four goals and an assist with eight draw controls and two ground balls
  • Collins netted four goals on nine shots with two ground balls
  • Clark added two goals, three ground balls and six draw controls while Wesley chipped in with two goals, five ground balls and four draw controls

LEADERS – NORWICH:

  • Emma O'Neill netted a pair of goals while Quinn Mustone, Maddie Etherton, Allison Sturgeon, and Michaila Furchak registered a goal apiece

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the victory, Saint Joseph's improves to 13-6 all-time versus Norwich University in 12 consecutive meetings dating back to the 2014 campaign.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host Anna Maria College tomorrow in the Monks' final regular-season home game of the year. Opening draw is slated for 6:00 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.

 

 

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