Women's Lacrosse

Bobcats Race Past Monks, 16-2

Final	1	2	T
Bates (1-0)	12	4	16
Saint Joseph's (Me.) (1-1)	1	1	2

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)

G: 2 Players (#10, #23) - 1

A: N/A

Sv: Madelyn Nelson - 11

GB: Heather Rohr - 3

Bates

G: Jordyn Tveter - 3

A: 3 Players (#7, #14, #24) - 1

Sv: Cammie Lavoie - 8

GB: Shelby Howard - 4

Team Stats

Bates

Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

16-17

16-20

Turnovers

Draw Controls

Free Position Shots

7-12

1-5

full stats

Posted: Mar 20, 2021

STANDISH, Maine – Bates College (1-0) defeated Saint Joseph's College (1-1), 16-2, in a non-conference women's lacrosse contest at the SJC Athletics Complex on Saturday afternoon.

The Bobcats opened play with four-consecutive goals, including a pair from junior midfielder Jordyn Tveter (Topsfield, Mass.), before junior attack Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) scored to make it a 4-1 game with 17:05 remaining in the first half.

Bates responded with eight unanswered tallies and carried a 12-1 cushion into intermission. The visitors extended their lead to 15-1 before freshman midfielder Cailyn Wesley (Peabody, Mass.) scored on a free-position attempt with 3:48 left to play.

Saint Joseph's junior goalkeeper Madelyn Nelson (Casco, Maine) made 11 saves in the setback while Bates starter Cammie Lavoie, who picked up the win, made four saves in the first half while Rachael Deptula turned away four shots in the second stanza.

A total of 10 different players scored for Bates, as Tveter led the offensive attack with three goals and an assist and Kathryn Grennon (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), Margaret Smith (Wilton, Conn.), Lila Hutchins (Westfield, N.J.), and Kate Loughlin (Portsmouth, N.H.) netted two goals apiece in the Bobcats' season-opener.

For the Monks, freshman Megan Mourmouras (Biddeford, Maine) notched four craw controls, first-year Carson Battaglia (Gorham, Maine) picked up three draw controls, and freshman Heather Rohr (Merrimack, N.H.) tallied three ground balls and a pair of draw controls.

Saint Joseph's will host Becker College next Sunday at 2:00 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.