Field Hockey

ON THIS DATE: Pomerleau & Rutledge Earn GNAC Weekly Honors

Posted: Oct 29, 2020

On October 29th, 2018 a pair of Saint Joseph's College field hockey players garnered Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades, as junior forward Libby Pomerleau (Limerick, Maine) and freshman forward Emma Rutledge (Alfred, Maine) were selected as the GNAC Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively.

Pomerleau scored two goals with two assists for six total points in a 2-0 week for the Monks. The junior standout netted a goal and was credited with two assists in a 5-1 victory over Lasell College to help the Monks clinch the top seed in the GNAC Tournament.

Rutledge netted a goal with two assists in a 2-0 week for the Monks. She notched a goal and a helper in a 4-1 win over Plymouth State and assisted on the game-winner, a Kara Kelly (York, Maine) strike in the 22nd minute, in the triumph over Lasell.

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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.