Men's Soccer

ON THIS DATE: #5/10 Saint Joseph’s Tips Salem State, 1-0

Posted: Oct 23, 2020

On October 23rd, 2018 the Saint Joseph's College men's soccer team edged Salem State University, 1-0, in a hard-fought non-conference contest at the SJC Athletics Complex.

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Senior midfielder Rory Twomey (South Windsor, Conn.) converted a penalty kick attempt with 2:15 remaining to lift the Monks, ranked fifth and 10th in the D3soccer.com and United Soccer Coaches national polls, respectively, at the time, past the Vikings in dramatic fashion
SJC sophomore David Walbridge (Hampden, Mass.) made a pair of saves to register his second shutout in as many starts
St. Joe's held the lead in shots (25-5), shots on goal (6-2), and corner kicks (9-2) on the evening
With the victory, Saint Joseph's completed the regular season with a perfect 17-0-0 record and remained as the only NCAA DIII men's soccer team without a loss or tie at the time
The win also extended the Monks' winning streak to a program-record 17 games and the team's undefeated streak to 38 games, the longest current stretch in DIII men's soccer

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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.