PHOTO CREDIT: BRIAN BERTHIAUME '24

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (4-6-2, 4-4-2 GNAC) rallied past Simmons University (0-10-2, 0-8-2 GNAC), 3-1, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's soccer contest at the SJC Athletics Complex on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Sharks claimed a 1-0 lead graduate Riley Wasiuk (Rutland, Mass.) scored off a Maria Nikolakopoulos (Lynn, Mass.) feed at the 19:54 mark. Senior Aaliyah WilsonFalcone (Winthrop, Maine) tied the game nine minutes later with a shot from inside the box that sailed beyond the reach of Simmons keeper Julia Rodgers (Haverhill, Mass.) into the top left corner.

WilsonFalcone struck again in the 58th minute when she was sent on a breakaway with a well-placed lead pass from classmate Darcy Wright (Salem, N.H.) and chipped a shot to the lower right corner.

The Monks tacked on an insurance tally at the 61:04 mark when senior Tatum Hancock (Damariscotta, Maine) converted a penalty kick after being taken down in the box.

TEAM STATS:

Saint Joseph's held the lead in shots (16-10), shots on goal (11-3), and corner kicks (5-3) in the victory.

THE KEEPERS:

SJC senior Carly Downey (Yarmouth, Maine) made a pair of saves in the victory while Rodgers posted seven stops in the setback.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

Saint Joseph's is now 12-6-1 all-time versus Simmons University and has now defeated the Sharks in five-consecutive meetings.

SENIOR MOMENT:

Prior to the start of the game the men's soccer program held a brief ceremony to honor the team's six seniors: Tatum Hancock, Randi Robinson (Hollis, Maine), Claudia Janelle (Biddeford, Maine), Aaliyah WilsonFalcone, Darcy Wright, and Carly Downey. With this senior class on the pitch, the Monks have posted a 26-23-3 (.500) record overall with a 24-10-3 (.649) mark in conference play and a pair of GNAC Tournament semifinal appearances.

NEXT!

The Monks will play at New England College on Wednesday in a GNAC matchup set to begin at 7:00 PM.

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