Standish, ME- The Saint Joseph's College women's basketball team dropped their home opener to Maine-Farmington tonight, 89-51. The young Monks squad had few answers for the 2006 NAC champion and NCAA tournament participant.

Farmington first-year Caitlyn Laflin (Farmingdale, ME) led all scorers with 22 points.

First-year Carolyn Freeman (Scarborough, ME) continued to impress, scoring a team-high 13 points. Junior captain Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) finished with 11 points and 9 rebounds and junior captain Marie Lint (Orono, ME) had 9 points.

Farmington jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never looked back. Senior captain Karen Sirois (Augusta, ME) and first-year Stephanie Bossie (Winslow, ME) had 13 points apiece.

Although the Monks were unable to recover after a disastrous defensive performance in the first half, they fought throughout the second stanza, but UMF continued to find the open player and make the extra pass for easy baskets. Farmington (2-1) shot 55% from the floor while St. Joe's (1-2) was 40.8%.

St. Joe's returns to action at home on Sunday, November 26th at 3:00 PM.