HENNIKER, NH - The #5 Saint Joseph's College Field Hockey team was required to complete an ECAC D III Quarterfinal suspended game vs. #4 Wheaton College on Friday, 11/9 at 3:30 on the Campus of New England College. The Monks advance after winning the shootout round by a 3-2 margin. SO Julia Ostrowski (Albany, NY) scored the game winning goal as the 4th shooter for St. Joe's in the second shootout round. FY goalkeeper Kat Simoes (Wakefield, MA) made a big save on Wheaton's 4th shooter to help preserve the victory.

The game began on the campus of Wheaton College in Norton, MA on Wednesday @ 2:00 PM and ended with what everyone thought was a Monks 2-1 win in a sudden-victory shootout round. FY Alyssa Dunn (Standish, ME) scored as the second shooter in the round as the team celebrated around her, all in tears of joy. The following morning, phones were ringing off the hook in the St. Joe's athletic office as the ECAC officials had deemed the game incomplete. The game officials had ordered the teams to take their sudden victory shootout turns one round too soon, said the officials.

St. Joe's and Wheaton College agreed to meet at a neutral site halfway between their campuses, New England College in Henniker, NH. The shootout began at 3:30 PM. The teams began the shootout from where the prior sudden-victory round had ended, with both teams having taken 2 shots apiece and the Monks leading 1-0. Each team scored twice in the second shootout set, leaving Saint Joseph's College as the team left standing in the thrilling game spanning three days and several sleepless nights for Coach Rupert Lewis.

St. Joe's will host Plymouth State @ 1:00 PM, Saturday 11/10. This is an important victory for a Field Hockey program that has gone from one win 2 years ago to six wins last season and 13 victories in '07 in Coach Rupert Lewis' 3rd season at Saint Joseph's College.