STANDISH, ME - First year player Megan Willette (Waterville, ME) drilled a penalty shot past keeper Laura Irwin (Randolph, MA) in the eighty-eighth minute to secure a 6-5 St. Joe's victory over visiting Emmanuel College.

Emmanuel (1-5) struck first with Jessica Steverman (Weymouth, MA) scoring at 16:52. Senior Danielle McLaughlin (Skowhegan, ME) answered back just 24 seconds later, netting a pass from senior Kerri Driscoll (Surry, ME).

Erin Kelly (Springfield, MA) gave the Saints an edge as she scored her first of three goals in the nineteenth minute. Willette took back the lead for the Lady Monks in the next minute of play and added to the lead with her second goal off an assist by junior Karla Emerson (East Vassalboro, ME) at 29:56 to go up 3-2.

First-year players Katie Jordan (Sandwich, MA) and Caitlin Foley (Wilmington, MA) each added a goal to give St. Joe's a 5-2 advantage in the first half. Melissa Cromwell (Winchester, MA) started an Emmanuel comeback, scoring with 58 seconds to go in the first half.

The Saints came out strong in the second half as Erin Kelly notched two goals to even the match at 5-5. First-year Brittany Roche (Amherst, NH) entered the game for St. Joe's with just over fourteen minutes to play and recorded two saves in her first intercollegiate contest as a goalkeeper. The half ended with St. Joe's (4-2) capitalizing on the penalty kick during the last three minutes of regulation.

St. Joe's plays next at Maine-Farmington on Sept. 28 at 4:00 PM.