Field Hockey

Rutledge Earns Second Player of the Week Accolade

Posted: Nov 02, 2021

The November 1st Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College senior Emma Rutledge (Alfred, Maine) has been chosen as the GNAC Field Hockey Player of the Week. Rutledge scored five goals and added a pair of assists for 12 total points in two wins last week. The senior forward notched two goals, including the 50th of her career, in a GNAC quarterfinal win over Lasell on Saturday.

Through 18 games this fall, Rutledge has 21 goals and 10 assists for 52 total points. The 2019 GNAC Player of the Year currently ranks first in the conference in goals, assists, and points and second in game-winners (4). This is only Rutledge's second conference award of the season.

In 61 career games, Rutledge has scored 53 goals with 33 assists for 135 points. With her first goal scored on Saturday against Lasell in the GNAC Quarterfinal, Rutledge became the third player in SJC field hockey history to score 50 career goals. Only two players, Libby Pomerleau '20 (65) and Kayla Nowell '11 (57) have scored more goals during their SJC career.

Saint Joseph's will travel to Johnson & Wales University on Wednesday in the GNAC Semifinals slated to start at 4:00 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.