Men's Soccer

St. Joe’s Shoots Past Anna Maria in GNAC Quarterfinal, 4-0

St. Joe’s Shoots Past Anna Maria in GNAC Quarterfinal, 4-0

Scoring Summary

1st - 29:29 - Gus Ford (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
1st - 31:32 - Jackson Fotter (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
2nd - 49:50 - Austin Ward (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
2nd - 75:13 - Gus Ford (Saint Joseph's (Me.))

Game Leaders

Anna Maria
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: Hezekiah Adeyeye - 4
Sv: Valter Santiago - 8
Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: Gus Ford - 2
A: 3 Players (#7, #10, #12) - 1
Sh: Gus Ford - 7
Sv: Liam Foley - 2

Team Stats

Anna Maria
Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots (on goal)

7 (3)
28 (13)

Saves

8
3

Fouls

5
4

Corner Kicks

1
12

Offsides

1
1
full stats
Posted: Oct 29, 2022

PHOTO COURTESY OF MISSIE FORBES

STANDISH, Maine – Top-seeded Saint Joseph's College (13-4-1, 11-1-0 GNAC) blanked #8 Anna Maria College (3-11-2, 3-7-2 GNAC), 4-0, in the first round of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Soccer Tournament on Saturday evening.

PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS:

With the triumph, Saint Joseph's advances to the GNAC semifinal round for the sixth-consecutive season and will host #4 University of Saint Joseph in the second-round matchup on Wednesday, start time TBD.

For Anna Maria, the loss signals the end of the 2022 season.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks had numerous opportunities to take an early lead but did not hit pay dirt until Gus Ford (Falmouth, Maine) and Jackson Fotter (Gorham, Maine) both scored in a matter of 123 seconds to claim a 2-0 advantage with 12:28 left in the first half.

Grad student Austin Ward (Exeter, N.H.) knocked in his team-leading 16th goal of the season off a Jacob Rockwood (Hopkinton, N.H.) feed in the 50th minute and Ford capped the scoring with his seventh tally of the year off an Icaro Vieira (Westborough, Mass.) pass at the 75:13 mark.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held the lead in shots (28-7), shots on goal (13-3), and corner kicks (12-1) in the victory.

THE KEEPERS:

SJC senior starter Mike Sheridan (Folsom, Pa.) made one save in 83:41 minutes while sophomore Liam Foley (Middleton, Mass.) posted a pair of stops in 6:19 of relief duty. Anna Maria grad student Valter Santiago (Norwood, Mass.) turned away eight shots in the loss.

 

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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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