STANDISH, MAINE - #1 seed Saint Joseph's College advanced to the title game of the DIII Independents Northeast Women's Soccer Championship with a 2-0 victory over Russell Sage College (7-4-6). St. Joe's (11-6) will take on the winner of #3 Green Mountain College vs. #2 Meredith College game tomorrow at 1:30 PM.

The Monks struck early as senior tri-captain Kerri Driscoll (Surry, ME) delivered a perfect pass to first-year Heather Stanger (Rockport, MA) for a shot to the upper right corner of the goal just 8 minutes into the match.

St. Joe's weathered a scare in the 23rd minute as junior Krista Wotherspoon (New Gloucester, MA) came out to challenge a shot by first-year Alex Adams (Saratoga Springs, NY) and sophomore midfielder Allison Walton (Meredith, NH) made a tremendous defensive play for the save.

First-year Megan Willette scored her 23rd goal of the season in the 70th minute, losing her defender and making the most of a difficult angle to beat keeper sophomore Schuyler Kokernak (Watervliet, NY).

Schuyler recorded 3 saves for the Gators while Wotherspoon had 2 for the Monks.

Russell Sage plays at 11:00 AM tomorrow in the consolation game.

Soccer Game Summary (Final)
(Nov 05, 2005 at Standish, ME)
Russell Sage (7-4-6) vs. Saint Joseph's (11-6)

Goals by period        1 2 Tot
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Russell Sage........    0 0 - 0
Saint Joseph's...... 1 1 - 2

SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 8:12 SJC Heather Stanger (Kerri Driscoll)
2. 69:10 SJC Megan Willette (unassisted)

Shots: Russell Sage 4, Saint Joseph's 10

Saves: Russell Sage 3 (Schuyler Kokernak 3), Saint Joseph's 2 (Krista                         Wotherspoon 2)