WEST HARTFORD, Conn.- Saint Joseph College sophomore forward Paige Briglia (Watertown, Conn.) scored her eighth and ninth goals of the season as the Blue Jays shut-out visiting Rivier College, 4-0, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play on campus in West Hartford.  With the win, the Blue Jays earned their eighth shut-out of the season and improved to 7-3-1 on the year (4-1-1, GNAC) while the loss drops the Raiders to 2-7 overall and 1-5 in league play.

Just 4:30 into the contest Saint Joseph College senior midfielder Laura Conover (Manchester, Conn.) notched her first goal of the season when junior defender Susie McKenna (Southbury, Conn.) found her teammate waiting in the box off a direct kick to make it a 1-0 contest. The Raiders struggled to get any offensive flow going as the stingy Blue Jay defense kept the ball out of their half of the field. With just under 13 minutes to play in the half, Briglia rocketed the ball off the cross bar and into the net off a feed from first-year defender Melissa Maddaloni (Cheshire, Conn.) to make it a 2-0 affair at the intermission.
The Blue Jays out-shot the visitors 16-3 in the first half with a shot-on-goal advantage of 9-2 in favor of SJC. The Raiders were able to send two shots towards the net in the opening frame but SJC junior keeper Cait Witham (Prospect, Conn.) was up to the task each time. 

In the second half, the Blue Jays kept the momentum going as Briglia put the game out of reach in the 64th minute with a long shot over the head of Raiders net minder Brittany Puleo (Hudson, N.H.).  Blue Jays first-year midfielder Abby Montambault (Watertown, Conn.) capped the scoring with her first finish of the year following several rebounds from a corner kick for the 4-0 final. 

Witham made two saves in net for her eighth shut-out of the year while Puleo turned away nine shots in defeat.