SUNY-Geneseo Defeats Saint Joseph's in NCAA Tournament

SUNY-Geneseo Defeats Saint Joseph's in NCAA Tournament

Game Leaders

Geneseo
G: Molly Brown - 5
A: Hannah Marafioti - 4
Sv: Margaret Rosaschi - 3
GB: Megan Cook - 4
Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: 2 Players (#7, #20) - 1
A: N/A
Sv: Morgan Wright - 8
GB: Morgan Wright - 4

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Geneseo

Shots

6
34

Ground Balls

8
20

Saves

8
3

Clears

11-20
12-12

Turnovers

23
12

Draw Controls

10
14

Free Position Shots

2-4
4-9
full stats
Posted: May 14, 2022

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - #23 SUNY-Geneseo (15-3) defeated Saint Joseph's College (20-1), 19-2, in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA DIII Women's Lacrosse Tournament at Kohn Field on the campus of Middlebury College on Saturday afternoon.

With the win, SUNY-Geneseo – ranked 23rd nationally in the most recent IWLCA Poll – advances to the second round and will face #2 Middlebury College tomorrow at 1:00 PM.

For Saint Joseph's, the loss signals the end of the 2022 season.

The Knights took control right off the draw with three goals in the first three minutes and held a 7-0 lead before SJC sophomore Megan Mourmouras (Biddeford, Maine) scored a free-position tally with eight seconds left in the first quarter.

Freshman Shauna Clark (Oakland, Maine) netted her 30th goal of the season on a free-position attempt to make it a 12-2 game with 3:22 remaining in the first half.

Saint Joseph's freshman goalkeeper Morgan Wright (Chelmsford, Mass.) made eight saves in the losing effort while Knights netminders Emily DeJohn and Margaret Rosaschi combined to turn away three shots while splitting the game in goal.

For the Monks, grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) picked up five draw controls and junior Tara Powers added three ground balls.

For the Knights, Molly Brown scored five goals with an assist and Madelynn Brown added four goals and three assists.

 

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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.