Saints Clip Monks Under the Lights, 3-1

Saints Clip Monks Under the Lights, 3-1

PHOTO CREDIT: Brian Berthiaume '24

STANDISH, Maine – Emmanuel College (10-1-0, 8-0-0 GNAC) defeated Saint Joseph's College (3-6-2, 3-4-2 GNAC), 3-1, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's soccer match at the SJC Athletics Complex on Wednesday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The conference contest stood at a scoreless stalemate until the 35th minute when Emmanuel sophomore Sarah Dullaghan (Belmont, Mass.) netted an unassisted tally. The Monks tied the game four minutes later when senior Darcy Wright (Salem, N.H.) scored her first goal of the season on a PK attempt.

The SJC lead lasted less than three minutes however, as senior Sophie Patterson (Scituate, Mass.) lifted the Saints to a 2-1 edge with a strike off a Kayla Francillon (Medford, Mass.) feed.

Emmanuel sophomore Annebel Balogh de Galantha (Grafton, Mass.) closed out the game scoring with her third goal of the season at the 71:46 mark.

TEAM STATS:

Emmanuel held the advantage in shots (18-5), shots on goal (12-2), and corner kicks (10-2) on the evening.

THE KEEPERS:

SJC senior Carly Downey (Yarmouth, Maine) made eight saves for the hosts while Emmanuel sophomore Gaby Baker (Grafton, Mass.) posted one stop for the visitors.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the loss Saint Joseph's falls to 7-13-0 all-time versus Emmanuel College. The Saints clipped the Monks by a 1-0 score in Boston last fall (9/28/22).

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host GNAC-rival Simmons University on Saturday at 4:30 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.