Michaud Nets Hat Trick, Monks Topple Raiders 6-0

Michaud Nets Hat Trick, Monks Topple Raiders 6-0

STANDISH, Maine – Senior Madison Michaud (Presque Isle, Maine) scored three goals to help lift Saint Joseph's College (7-8-1, 7-3-1 GNAC) past Rivier University (0-13-1, 0-10-1 GNAC), 6-0, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's soccer contest at the SJC Athletics Complex on Wednesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks scored three times in a matter of three minutes to put the game away early in the first half. Junior Aaliyah Wilson-Falcone (Winthrop, Maine) kicked off the scoring with her eighth goal of the year on a Nikki Sheehan (Medway, Mass.) feed at the 6:08 mark and Michaud netted her first marker of the night on a Lelia Weir (Bar Harbor, Maine) corner kick barely a minute later. Sophomore Alicen Burnham (Monmouth, Maine) punched home her fourth goal of the season on a Sama Colatruglio (Mahopac, N.Y.) pass in the 10th minute to make it a 3-0 game.

Michaud added her second score of the night after sidestepping a defender with a nifty move in the box in the 21st minute. The 4-0 cushion remained until the 63rd minute, when Michaud capped the hat trick effort on a pass from Burnham. Junior Tatum Hancock (Damariscotta, Maine) closed out the scoring ledger with her third tally of the year with an odd angle shot at the 88:54 mark.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held considerable advantages in shots (38-1), shots on goal (24-0), and corner kicks (11-0) in the victory.

THE KEEPERS:

Both teams split time in net, as junior Carly Downey (Yarmouth, Maine) and freshman Manuela Mejia (Winthrop, Mass.) did not face a shot for the Monks while Maya Puma and Emily Mikelson made nine saves apiece for the Raiders.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the victory Saint Joseph's improves to 13-2-0 all-time versus Rivier University and has now defeated the Raiders in 10-consecutive meetings dating back to the 2012 season.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host Regis College on Saturday in a GNAC matchup set to start at 2:30 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.