STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (0-3) suffered a 13-9 setback at the hands of Wentworth Institute (2-1) at the SJC Athletics Complex on Wednesday evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Monks held the lead for a good portion of the first half, as junior Tim Goodfellow (Wayland, Mass.) and senior Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine) lifted the hosts to a 2-0 lead in the opening five minutes and Michaud and sophomore Calvin Heline (Amesbury, Mass.) hit pay dirt midway through the second stanza to make it a 5-3 game with 6:52 before the break.
Unfortunately for the Monks, the two-goal lead quickly evaporated, as the Leopards closed out the second quarter with four unanswered goals and kicked off the third period with a pair of man-up markers to stake a 9-5 advantage. SJC freshman Matt Denman (Brentwood, N.H.) broke up the Wentworth scoring run with a man-up strike off a Noah Tierney-Honan (Dracut, Mass.) feed at the nine-minute mark.
The Leopards proceeded to score three straight goals in a matter of four minutes to claim a game-high six-goal (12-6) cushion with 2:07 left in the third quarter.
Goodfellow scored his third goal of the game – a man-up tally off a Tierney-Honan pass – with 1:41 left in the third, but Wentworth shifted into defensive mode in the fourth frame and held Saint Joseph's off the board until the 6:04 mark when Michaud tacked on his third goal of the night to cut the SJC deficit down to 12-8.
The teams swapped goals in the final five minutes with freshman Tiger Hopkins (Leeds, Maine) capping the game-scoring off a Heline dish with 34 seconds left.
TEAM STATS:
Saint Joseph's held the lead in shots (39-36) and shots on goal (29-23) while Wentworth held the advantage in ground balls (40-32) and face-offs (16-8) on the evening.
THE KEEPERS:
SJC sophomore Liam Greene (Mansfield, Mass.) turned away 10 shots with three ground balls while Wentworth sophomore Ryan Kalberer (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) made 20 saves in the victory.
LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:
- Goodfellow scored three goals – including a pair of man-up markers - with an assist
- Michaud netted three tallies with a helper
- Heline added a goal and an assist
- Tierney-Honan chipped in with two assists
- Senior Eli Arsenault (Saco, Maine) picked up seven ground balls with a pair of caused turnovers
- Senior Connor Bogdanski (Southington, Conn.) added five ground balls
LEADERS – WENTWORTH:
- Sophomore Erik Vogt (Warwick, N.Y.) tallied two goals, three assists, and three ground balls
- Junior Drew Bouley (Gloucester, Mass.) and freshman Tyler Longo (Kingston, N.Y.) produced two goals and an assist apiece
- Senior Liam Carroll (Brookfield, Conn.) dealt three assists
- Sophomore Jared Hiller (North Andover, Mass.) netted a pair of goals
- Freshman Samuel Silva (San Antonio, Texas) scooped up seven ground balls and was 16-for-24 on face-off attempts
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:
With the loss, Saint Joseph's falls to 1-4 in the history of the series with Wentworth Institute.
NEXT!
Saint Joseph's will play at Plymouth State University on Saturday at 1:00 PM.
