STANDISH, ME - Freshman Ashley Geel (St. George, ME) scored a season-high 15 points and Carolyn Freeman ‘10 (Scarborough, ME/McAuley) netted 12 points to help Saint Josephs' College (4-1) defeat the University of Maine at Machias (1-4), 83-42, on Sunday afternoon at the Harold Alfond Center. Clippers forward Briann Emery ‘12 (Madison, ME) led all scorers with 17 points in the losing effort.

St. Joe's jumped out to an early 12-0 advantage in the opening four minutes with five points from Freeman and four from Alysn Ludwig ‘09 (Waldoboro, ME). Freeman extended the SJC lead to 15-4 two minutes later with her second of four three-pointers in the first half.

Freeman's success from beyond the arc proved infectious for the Lady Monks, who shot 66.7% *8-12) from long distance in the opening stanza and made nine of nineteen attempts overall in the game. Geel connected for her first collegiate three-pointer with 10 minutes to play in the first half to give the Royal Blue a 20-12 lead. St. Joe's converted four treys, two from Megan McDevitt ‘12 (Cumberland, ME) and one each from Sarah Fournier ‘11 (Jay, ME) and Freeman, in the final five minutes of the half to secure a 26 point lead going into intermission.

The Clippers lessened the SJC lead to 23 points after Emery made a free throw three minutes into the second half, but the Lady Monks would not allow the visitors to climb back into the contest and led by 25 or more for the remainder of the game.

Allison Miner '10 (Pembroke, NH), Ludwig and McDevitt all netted eight points in the win and Dana Clark ‘12 (South Thomaston, ME) chipped in with seven points. In all, thirteen different SJC players scored in the win. Freeman and Geel tied for the team lead with six boards apiece and Erin Cartwright ‘11 (Acton, MA) paced the home team with six assists. Casey Drake ‘11 (Lebanon, NH) and Cartwright both grabbed three steals.

For the Clippers, Talaya Woodall tallied nine points, nine steals and five rebounds and Kayla Wood ‘12 (East Machias, ME) added five points in the loss.

St. Joe's outrebounded the Clippers 52-20 and grabbed 22 offensive boards in the win. The Royal Blue shot 49.2% (32-65) from the field while the visitors connected on 26.7% (12-45) of their field goal attempts.

Saint Joseph's will travel to Biddeford, ME on Wednesday, December 3rd to take on the University of New England at 5:30 PM.

Newspaper Box Score
Maine-Machias vs Saint Joseph's College (Me.)
11-30-08 1:00 PM at Standish, Maine
At Standish, Maine
SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) 83, MAINE-MACHIAS 42
MAINE-MACHIAS (1-4)
Briann Emery 5-12 7-9 17; Talaya Woodall 3-10 3-4 9; Katy Constant 2-8 0-1
6; Kayla Wood 1-9 3-5 5; Janyne Pringle 1-3 1-2 3; Jennie Hare 0-3 2-5 2;
Sarah Little 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 12-45 16-26 42.
SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) (4-1)
Ashley Geel 5-8 4-5 15; Carolyn Freeman 4-9 0-0 12; Megan McDevitt 3-7 0-0
8; Alysn Ludwig 4-8 0-0 8; Allison Miner 3-3 2-3 8; Dana Clark 3-7 0-0 7;
Kayla Boston 3-4 0-0 6; Sarah Fournier 2-3 0-0 5; Katie Gagnon 2-3 0-0 4;
Kayla Nowell 1-2 2-3 4; Erin Cartwright 0-2 2-2 2; Andrea Enright 1-2 0-3 2;
Meghan Daigle 1-6 0-0 2; Amelia Lamb 0-0 0-0 0; Casey Drake 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 32-65 10-16 83.
Maine-Machias................. 18 24 - 42
Saint Joseph's College (Me.).. 45 38 - 83
3-point goals--Maine-Machias 2-11 (Katy Constant 2-5; Kayla Wood 0-3; Jennie
Hare 0-1; Briann Emery 0-2), Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 9-19 (Carolyn
Freeman 4-7; Megan McDevitt 2-6; Sarah Fournier 1-2; Dana Clark 1-1; Ashley
Geel 1-2; Katie Gagnon 0-1). Fouled out--Maine-Machias-None, Saint Joseph's
College (Me.)-None. Rebounds--Maine-Machias 27 (Talaya Woodall 5; Jennie
Hare 5), Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 52 (Carolyn Freeman 6; Ashley Geel 6).
Assists--Maine-Machias 6 (Kayla Wood 2; Katy Constant 2), Saint Joseph's
College (Me.) 24 (Erin Cartwright 6). Total fouls--Maine-Machias 12, Saint
Joseph's College (Me.) 19. Technical fouls--Maine-Machias-None, Saint
Joseph's College (Me.)-None. A-200