EAST BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman Hannah Butler (Melrose, Mass.) scored a pair of goals to help lift Saint Joseph's College (7-5-1, 4-1-1 GNAC) past Suffolk University (4-7-0, 2-4-0 GNAC), 3-1, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's soccer action on Wednesday evening.

THE LEAD

Saint Joseph's struck first in the 33rd minute to take a 1-0 lead into the locker room. Suffolk's Alexandra Nagri leveled the playing field just seven minutes into the second stanza, but two goals from Butler within the last 10 minutes sealed the conference win for the Monks.

GOAL HISTORY

• On a two-on-one, Colleen Sheehan (Medway, Mass.) passed in front of Rams keeper Julia Fieldsend to Haley DaGraca (Saco, Maine), who snuck in the rock to open the score at 32:45
• Nagri put away her team-leading eighth goal of the year on a breakaway to knot the score at 1-1 - Jennifer Martin set up the score with a lead off pass
• Butler picked up the pieces of a loose ball in front of the Rams' net to put the visitors out in front, 2-1, in the 82nd minute
• With less than two minutes remaining, Butler struck again from 20-yards out for the final 3-1 score

THE KEEPERS

Junior captain Brooke Troup (East Bridgewater, Mass.) stopped seven of eight shots on target in the victory while Fieldsend earned her second start between the pipes for the Rams and made seven saves in a losing effort.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING

With the victory, Saint Joseph's improves to 8-1-2 all-time versus Suffolk University, a team that has not defeated the Monks since the 2010 campaign. St. Joe's currently has a seven-game undefeated streak against the Rams.

NEXT!

Both teams hit the road to face a conference foe Saturday, when Saint Joseph's heads to University of Saint Joseph for a 1:00 PM kick-off and Suffolk treks to Norwich University for a 3:30 PM start.

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Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic liberal arts college, providing a supportive, personalized and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 474-acre campus on the shores of Sebago Lake, the College offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College Online provides certificates, undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults through an online learning program. For more, visit www.sjcme.edu.