USM Edges Saint Joseph's

STANDISH, ME - Liz Brunton scored two goals to give visiting Southern Maine a 2-1 victory over Saint Joseph's College. The Huskies improve to 8-2 on the season while St. Joe's stands at 5-4.

Brunton gave Southern Maine the lead as she headed a cross from Eva Hanson into the left corner of the goal at 14:25. The Huskies went up 2-0 as Brunton's shot at 19:35 got by St. Joe's keeper, first-year Lindsay King (East Bridgewater, MA). King had seven saves in the match.

First year Megan Willette (Waterville, ME) notched her 12th goal of the season on a penalty kick at 84:00 to make it 2-1 but the Huskies had a 10-3 shot advantage in the second half and held St. Joe's scoreless for the remainder of the match.

St. Joe's travels to Vermont for a 2:00 PM game at Green Mountain College on Saturday, October 8th and a 1:00 PM game at the College of St. Joseph (VT) on Sunday, October 9th.