Women's Soccer

ON THIS DATE - DaGraca’s Overtime Goal Pushes Monks Past Blue Jays, 1-0

Posted: Sep 26, 2020

On September 26th, 2015 Saint Joseph's College defeated University of Saint Joseph, 1-0 in overtime, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's soccer match at Westerlea Way Field.

NOTEWORTHY:

Freshman forward Haley DaGraca (Saco, Maine) scored in the 98th minute to lift the Monks past the Blue Jays in a hotly-contested conference contest
Junior forward Desiree Parent (Westborough, Mass.) was credited with an assist on the game-winning marker
Sophomore keeper Brooke Troup (East Bridgewater, Mass.) made six saves in what was her second shutout of the season and sixth of her career
For DaGraca, the game-winning goal was the first of her collegiate career – she graduated in 2019 as the Monks' all-time leader with 20 winners
All SJC teams have combined to post a collective 14-19-1 (.412) record on this date

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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.