Women's Soccer

Monks Fall in GNAC Semifinal, 2-0

Final	1	2	T
Saint Joseph's (Me.) (12-8-0)	0	0	0
Lasell (13-4-0)	2	0	2

Scoring Summary

1st - 16:14 - Alyssa DeOliveira (Lasell)

1st - 34:40 - Alexys Suojanen (Lasell)

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)

G: N/A

A: N/A

Sh: Aaliyah Wilson-Falcone - 4

Sv: Adia Grogan - 8

Lasell

G: 2 Players (#13, #14) - 1

A: Bobbi O'Guin - 1

Sh: Alyssa DeOliveira - 7

Sv: Angela Sanzari - 3

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Lasell

Shots (on goal)

7 (3)

18 (10)

Saves

Fouls

Corner Kicks

Offsides

full stats

Posted: Nov 03, 2021

NEWTON, Mass. - #2 Lasell University (13-4-0) defeated #3 Saint Joseph's College (12-8-0), 2-0, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Soccer Semifinal matchup on Wednesday afternoon.

The Lasers received first-half goals from Alyssa DeOliveira and Alexys Suojanen to advance to the GNAC Championship game for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons. Lasell will face the winner of the #4 University of Saint Joseph / #1 Johnson & Wales University in the title game, with an NCAA Tournament berth on the line, on Saturday.

For the Monks, today's loss brings an end to the 2021 season and the college soccer careers for the program's nine seniors: Emma Auclair (Kittery, Maine), Caitlin Callahan (Gorham, Maine), Maddi Cormier (Bangor, Maine), Ashley Emery (Madison, Maine), Elizabeth Flynn (Kennebunk, Maine), Adia Grogan (Kennebunk, Maine), Kayley Mattos (Mahopac, N.Y.), Kimberly Santos (Medford, Mass.), and Eilidh Sidaway (Dedham, Maine).

This the 2022 graduating class led the Royal Blue to a 42-16-3 (.689) overall record with a 29-7-1 (.784) mark in GNAC play with a pair of GNAC Championship game appearances. As freshmen, these players helped the Monks win the 2018 GNAC Championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.

Lasell held the lead in shots (18-7), shots on goal (10-3), and corner kicks (12-2) in the triumph while Grogan posted eight saves and Lasers keeper Angela Sanzari made three stops in a shutout performance.

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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.