The Women's Soccer team concluded another excellent
season with the best record in the Program's 20 year history. The
Lady Monks went 16-2-3, with both losses coming in thrilling
overtime affairs. The 2007 team broke many of the program's records
including wins (16), winning percentage (88.9%), consecutive wins
(11), goals scored (74), and assists (57).
The women's soccer team posted a 12-1-2 conference record in their
inaugural season in the GNAC and earned a #2 seed in the playoffs.
St. Joe's hosted Albertus Magnus College in the quarterfinal match
and won 4-0 behind a dominant defense and two goals from SO
Anna Willis (Gorham, ME). The team's bid for a
GNAC title ended when they suffered a heartbreaking shootout loss
at the hands of Emerson College in the GNAC semifinal game.
The 2007 campaign continued for the Lady Monks as they were
selected to participate in the ECAC Division III New England
Championship. As the #4 seed, St. Joe's hosted a regional
postseason game for the first time in program history when they
played #5 seed MIT at home. Unfortunately the women saw their
season come to an end as they fell short in a hard-fought contest,
losing 1-0 to MIT in overtime.
The Lady Monks were led offensively in 2007 by FY Mikayla
Call (Portland, ME) and SO Anna Willis
(Gorham, ME). The pair combined for 63 points in 21 games for the
19th ranked offense in the country. St. Joe's outscored their
opponents by an incredible 60 goals in 2007, 74-14. The goals total
surpassed the all-time single season record of 70 goals scored in
2005. SO goalkeeper Katye Mayo (Fairfield, ME)
posted a strong season with a 0.59 goals against average, the third
best single season average ever by a St. Joe's goalie (26th in the
nation). Mayo also notched seven shutouts in '07,
the fourth highest single season tally in Lady Monks history.
The stingy St. Joe's defense was led by the only two seniors on the
team: Allison Walton (Meredith, NH) and Jillian
Leger (Westminster, MA). Both players served as team
captains and were the backbone of the team, on and off the playing
field.
The postseason awards were abundant for the members of the 2007
Lady Monks soccer squad. Four team members were GNAC All Conference
First Team: SR Defender Jillian Leger
(Westminster, MA), SO Goalkeeper Katye Mayo
(Fairfield, ME), FY Midfielder Elizabeth Theberge (Danvers, MA) and
FY Forward Mikayla Call (Portland, ME). Four
players were also voted to the Second Team: SR Defender
Allison Walton (Meredith, NH), JR Midfielder
Katie Jordan (Sandwich, MA), SO Midfielder
Brianna Jordan (Scarborough, ME) and FY Forward
Jessica Needham (E. Bridgewater, MA).
Katie Jordan was also named to the GNAC 2007
Sportsmanship Team and Jillian Leger and
Anna Willis were both named to the GNAC
All-Tournament Team. Leger capped her senior
season by being named to the NCAA D III All-New England Region
Second Team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of
America.
The 2007 Saint Joseph's College Women's Soccer team graduates only
two seniors, defenders Allison Walton and
Jillian Leger. Both were vital to the success the
team accomplished during their time at St. Joe's as they helped the
team amass a healthy 50-24-4 four-year record.
Although the contributions by the two standout defenders will be
missed, the team looks to be dominant for years to come as 3
juniors, 7 sophomores and 7 freshmen from the record-breaking '07
team return with the goal of taking the program a step further in
2008.