Women's Lacrosse

Nelson Earns GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week Honor

Posted: Apr 12, 2021

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

Nelson made 15 saves and allowed just six goals for a 71.4% save percentage in the Monks' 15-6 win at Simmons University on Wednesday.

In five starts this season, Nelson is 4-1 with a 7.59 goals-against average and a .507 save percentage. The GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week award is the second of Nelson's career – her first was on March 9th, 2020.

Saint Joseph's (5-1, 1-0 GNAC) will play at Johnson & Wales University on Saturday at 12:00 PM.

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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.