Chargers Top Monks, 2-0

Chargers Top Monks, 2-0

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (4-5, 4-2 GNAC) suffered a 2-0 loss at the hands of Colby-Sawyer College (8-2, 5-1 GNAC) in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) field hockey matchup at the SJC Athletics Complex on Wednesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks held the Chargers off the board until the 24:33 mark when junior Courtney Larson (Auburn, Maine) scored off an Aleah Murph (Portland, Maine) feed. Colby-Sawyer doubled the advantage in the 44th minute when freshman Ryleigh LaPorte (Leicester, Vt.) tacked on an unassisted tally.

TEAM STATS:

Colby-Sawyer held the lead in shots (16-3), shots on goal (8-1), and penalty corners (11-6) in the victory.

THE KEEPERS:

SJC junior Kassidy Collins (Pittston, Maine) turned away six shots in the loss while CSC junior netminder Carly Bernard (Swanze, N.H.) stopped the only shot she faced in a shutout performance.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

For the Chargers, tonight's victory over the Monks is the first in program history. Prior to this evening, St. Joe's had defeated Colby-Sawyer in seven-consecutive meetings by a combined score of 28-6.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host Elms College on Saturday in a GNAC contest set to start at 11:00 AM.

 

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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.