Women's Lacrosse

Nelson Named GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week

Posted: Mar 10, 2020

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been announced and Saint Joseph's College sophomore Madelyn Nelson (Casco, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Women's Lacrosse Goalkeeper of the Week.

Nelson posted a 7.20 goals against average with a .600 save percentage in three SJC victories last week. The sophomore netminder essentially carried the Monks to a 10-8 victory over rival Southern Maine on Saturday by making 16 saves and added nine stops in an 11-8 triumph over UMaine-Farmington on Sunday.

In five starts this spring Nelson is 4-1 with a 9.56 goals against average and a .494 save percentage. She has allowed 43 goals and made 42 saves across 270 minutes between the pipes. The weekly conference accolade is the first of Nelson's career.

Saint Joseph's (4-1) will open GNAC play this Saturday with a 12:00 PM game at University of Saint Joseph.

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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.