Field Hockey

Late Strike Lifts Monks Past Huskies, 3-2

Late Strike Lifts Monks Past Huskies, 3-2

Scoring Summary

1st - 5:31 - Olivia Esposito (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
2nd - 28:40 - Sage Drinkwater (Southern Me.)
3rd - 36:08 - Alexis Beardsley (Saint Joseph's (Me.))
3rd - 38:40 - Hannah Banks (Southern Me.)
4th - 57:13 - Abbie Jacques (Saint Joseph's (Me.))

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: 3 Players (#10, #13, #19) - 1
A: 2 Players (#6, #12) - 1
Sh: Emma Rutledge - 5
Sv: Kassidy Collins - 1
Southern Me.
G: 2 Players (#6, #16) - 1
A: N/A
Sh: Sage Drinkwater - 2
Sv: Julianna Kiklis - 6

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Southern Me.

Shots (on goal)

19 (9)
5 (3)

Saves

1
6

Fouls

17
15

Penalty Corners

12
0
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Posted: Sep 13, 2021

GORHAM, Maine – Freshman Abbie Jacques (Mount Vernon, Maine) scored her first collegiate goal in the 58th minute to lift Saint Joseph's College (3-1) past University of Southern Maine (0-3) in a non-conference field hockey contest on Monday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

SJC dominated the game statistically and led USM 1-0 early as senior Olivia Esposito (North Reading, Mass.) scored her first goal of the season in the sixth minute. Junior Alexa Gutowski (Conway, N.H.) carried the ball into the circle from the right side and sent in a perfectly placed pass to Esposito, who was stationed in front of the cage and buried a shot for the 1-0 lead.

USM equalized just before the half as freshman Sage Drinkwater (Steep Falls, Maine) scored in the 29th minute to register her team-leading fifth goal of the season. 

The Monks regained the lead in the second half as senior Alexis Beardsley (Livermore, Maine) scored in the 37th minute, but the Huskies responded quickly on freshman Hannah Banks' goal in the 39th minute. The goal was the first of Banks' career. 

Both teams had chances to produce the go-ahead strike, but the stalemate held true until the 57:13 mark when Jacques netted the game-winning tally.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held sizeable leads in shots (19-5), shots on goal (9-3), and penalty corners (12-0) in the victory.

THE KEEPERS:

Freshman goalie Kassidy Collins (Gardiner, Maine) made one save to improve to 3-0 on the season while USM junior Julianna Kiklis (York, Maine) made six saves in the loss.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the win, Saint Joseph's improves to 9-16 in the history of the series with Southern Maine and has now defeated the Huskies in four-consecutive meetings dating back to the 2018 campaign.

NEXT!

The Monks kick off Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play with a home game versus Anna Maria College on Saturday at 11:00 AM.

 

THANKS IN LARGE PART TO USM SPORTS INFORMATION

 

#GOMONKS

 

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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.

 

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