Women's Lacrosse

Dexter Becomes Monks' All-Time Points Leader

Dexter Becomes Monks' All-Time Points Leader
Posted: Apr 26, 2023

STANDISH, Maine – In a 17-3 home victory over conference-rival Lasell University on Wednesday, April 5th, Saint Joseph's College grad student Lydia Dexter (Oakland, Maine) became the Monks' all-time points leader.

Dexter entered the contest versus the Lasers three points shy of the Monks' career record, which was set by Elyse Caiazzo '18, who netted 318 (263 goals, 55 assists) points in 71 games over four seasons. Dexter tied the record with an assist on a Teegan Gilreath (Lowell, Mass.) goal 4:52 into the game and surpassed the total with an unassisted tally at the 6:56 mark of the first half.

Dexter closed out the game with three goals and three assists and has notched 321 points (178 goals, 143 assists) in just 56 career contests.

As of April 25th, Dexter has netted 200 goals with 154 assists for a total of 354 points in 61 career games. She ranks as the Monks' all-time leader in points, points per game (5.80), assists, and assists per game (2.52) and is also second in man-up goals (13), fourth in total goals, free-position tallies (33), and game-winning goals (10), and fifth in goals per game (3.28).

Among active NCAA DIII Women's Lacrosse players, Dexter ranks fourth in career points and assists, eighth in points per game (5.80), 10th in goals, 11th in assists per game, and 13th in ground balls (173).

Last spring, the 2022 GNAC Offensive Player of the Year led the Monks to the program's second GNAC Championship while setting SJC single-season records for points (155), points per game (7.38), goals (80), goals per game (4.44), assists (75), assists per game (4.00), and man-up goals (9).

She also shattered the GNAC single-season points record (previously 130 points) during the 2022 campaign.

Dexter became the first SJC player to garner IWLCA All-Region accolades last spring after ranking third nationally in points (155), sixth in assists (75), ninth in assists per game (3.57) and points per game (7.38), and 18th in goals (80).

With Dexter on the field, the Monks have posted an incredible 48-13 (.787) overall record, including a 33-6 (.846) mark in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.

 

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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.

 

 

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