Monks & Falcons Play to Scoreless Tie

Monks & Falcons Play to Scoreless Tie

PHOTO CREDIT: Laurel Clace '25

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (5-6-3, 5-4-3 GNAC) and Albertus Magnus College (6-4-4, 5-4-3 GNAC) dueled to a scoreless stalemate in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's soccer contest at the SJC Athletics Complex on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The goalkeepers stood out in this double goose-egg effort, as SJC senior Carly Downey (Yarmouth, Maine) and Albertus sophomore Amy Stevens (Lincoln, R.I.) combined to make 20 saves on the afternoon.

Senior Aaliyah WilsonFalcone (Winthrop, Maine) had the best scoring opportunity of the contest in the 90th minute when she got past the AMC defense and unleashed a shot that was tipped by Stevens and glanced off the left post.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held the lead in shots (24-15), shots on goal (12-9), and corner kicks (6-3) in the deadlock.

THE KEEPERS:

Downey made nine saves while Stevens turned away 11 shots – including several in 1v1 situations.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

The Monks are now 11-4-3 all-time versus Albertus Magnus College.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's closes out the regular season with three straight conference games on the road, starting with a GNAC tilt at Mitchell College on Wednesday (3:00 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.