Field Hockey

Collins & Waryas Collect GNAC Weekly Honors

Posted: Sep 20, 2022

STANDISH, Maine - The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been announced and Saint Joseph's College sophomore Kassidy Collins (Gardiner, Maine) and freshman Maya Waryas (Bellows Falls, Vt.) have earned weekly honors.

Collins has been selected as the GNAC Field Hockey Goalkeeper of the Week while Waryas has claimed GNAC Rookie of the Week accolades.

Collins posted a 0.50 GAA with a .933 save percentage while logging nearly 121 minutes in a pair of SJC victories last week. The sophomore keeper made a career-high 14 saves in a 2-1 overtime win over Thomas College on Wednesday.

Through six games this fall, Collins sports a 1.16 goals-against average with an .829 save percentage after making 34 saves – while allowing just seven goals – in six starts and 360 total minutes. She currently leads the GNAC in shutouts (3), ranks third in save percentage, and fourth in goals-against average.

For Collins, the weekly conference honor is the second of her career. She previously earned GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week honors on September 20th, 2021.

Waryas claims the first GNAC weekly award of her career after netting the game-winning goal in a 2-1 overtime victory over Thomas College on Wednesday.

In six starts this season, Waryas has netted four goals – including three game-clinchers – with two assists for 10 total points. As of September 19th, the first-year forward leads the conference in game-winning tallies.

Saint Joseph's hosts the University of Southern Maine this evening at 7:00 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.