Men's Soccer

Monks Earn Top Seed in GNAC Tournament

Monks Earn Top Seed in GNAC Tournament
Posted: Oct 22, 2018

WINTHROP, Mass. – After going an unblemished 11-0 in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play this fall, two-time defending GNAC Men's Soccer champion Saint Joseph's College of Maine is now 28-0-2 in GNAC play over the last three seasons.

The Monks, who are ranked sixth and 10th in the D3soccer.com and United Soccer Coaches national polls, respectively, will begin their conquest for a third straight GNAC title when they host eighth-seeded Emmanuel College at 3:00 PM on Saturday, October 27. 

The other quarterfinal matchups for next Saturday will feature second-seeded Johnson & Wales University hosting seventh-seeded Regis College (1:00 PM), fourth-seeded Colby-Sawyer College welcoming fifth-seeded Albertus Magnus College (2:30 PM), and sixth-seeded University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) traveling to third-seeded Norwich University (4:30 PM). 

In Saturday's league regular-season finale, JWU earned a 5-1 victory over Anna Maria College to cement the No. 2 seed over Norwich, which claimed a 2-0 win over Suffolk University. Colby-Sawyer also earned a 3-2 double-overtime victory over Regis to nail down a home game next weekend, as the Chargers finish in the conference's top-four in their first year as a full GNAC core member. 

Also on Saturday, Albertus earned an evening road win at Rivier University to jump USJ in the standings for the No. 5 seed. USJ, however, went an impressive 8-4-2 overall and 5-4-2 in GNAC play in the Blue Jays' first-ever season sponsoring a men's soccer program to capture the No. 6 seed. 

Regis lays claim to the No. 7 seed over eighth-seeded Emmanuel, both of which posted 4-5-2 GNAC records, because of the Pride's head-to-head road victory over the Saints back on September 11. 

Each of the past two years, Saint Joseph's has upended Norwich in the GNAC Championship after Norwich defeated Johnson & Wales in the GNAC Semifinals the last two seasons. This year in regular-season action, SJC defeated JWU, 3-1, and Norwich by a 3-0 score. 

Be sure to catch all of the tournament action live on thegnac.tv or watch on one of our four custom digital streaming apps (broadcasts are produced by host institutions). Fans can also purchase GNAC co-branded and championship apparel through the conference's partnership with SquadLocker. For more information, please click HERE.

 

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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.

 

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