Men's Soccer

Men's Soccer Secures Top Seed in GNAC Tournament

Posted: Oct 27, 2022

WINTHROP, Mass. – Defending conference champion Saint Joseph's College of Maine (11-1) has secured the top seed in the 2022 GNAC Tournament, which begins this Saturday, October 29. The Monks are winners of four of the last five GNAC crowns dating back to the 2016 campaign, as Will Pike's program will host eighth-seeded Anna Maria College at 5PM on the 29th.

Second-seeded Johnson & Wales University finished 10-0-2 against GNAC competitors and will take on seventh-seeded Lasell University this Saturday at 2:30PM. JWU won the GNAC title in 2019 but was ousted in the 2021 GNAC Semifinals by Norwich University.

Norwich, meanwhile, enters playoff action as the third seed, playing host to sixth-seeded Emmanuel College at 1PM. The Cadets were tops among GNAC teams with 46 goals in league play, with its only two league losses coming at the hands of SJC and JWU.

If SJC were to advance, it would host the winner of the GNAC's 4v5 all-Connecticut matchup between fifth-seeded Albertus Magnus College and fourth-seeded University of Saint Joseph (CT). USJ, which will host Albertus at 6PM, has now qualified for the GNAC Tournament each of the four years since sponsoring a men's soccer program beginning in 2018, capturing the No. 4 seed each of the last three seasons.

There is no reseeding throughout the GNAC Tournament, with the league champion receiving the GNAC's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.

Quarterfinals - Saturday, October 29
#8 Anna Maria at #1 Saint Joseph's Maine - 5PM
#5 Albertus Magnus at #4 Saint Joseph (CT) - 6PM
#6 Emmanuel at #3 Norwich - 1PM
#7 Lasell at #2 JWU - 2:30PM

Semifinals - Wednesday, November 2
4/5 winner vs 1/8 winner
3/6 winner vs 2/7 winner

Championship - Saturday, November 5
Final at highest remaining seed

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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.