Women's Lacrosse

Dexter Named GNAC Co-Player of the Week

Posted: Apr 25, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been announced and Saint Joseph's College grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) has garnered GNAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week honors for the sixth time this spring.

Dexter tallied 13 goals and eight assists for 21 total points along with 12 ground balls, six draw controls and three caused turnovers to help the Monks remain undefeated in three conference games last week. With an assist early in the second quarter versus Albertus Magnus on Saturday, Dexter broke the GNAC's single-season points record (130, set by Lasell's Britney Wuorio in 2013) and now has 133 points (64 goals, 69 assists) in 16 games this spring.

Dexter, who shares this week's honor with Dean College junior Maire Brown (Huntington, N.Y.), currently leads the conference in points and assists and ranks third in goals and shots on goal and fourth in fourth in ground balls.

Through games played on April 24th, Dexter leads NCAA DIII in points and ranks third in assists and points per game (8.31) and fourth in assists per game (4.31).

Saint Joseph's (16-0, 12-0 GNAC) will close out the regular season on Tuesday with a conference game at Colby-Sawyer College. Opening draw is set for 4:00 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.