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Winner St. Joseph's (Me.) SJMMS10 (5-4-2 (2-1-1))
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Rivier RIV (1-9 (0-4))
Winner
St. Joseph's (Me.) SJMMS10
(5-4-2 (2-1-1))
6
Final
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Rivier RIV
(1-9 (0-4))
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Team 1 2 F
St. Joseph's (Me.) SJMMS10 3 3 6
Rivier RIV 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

St. Joseph's Monks Hand Rivier a 6-1 Loss

Nashua, NH - The St. Joseph's College Monks put the pedal to the metal all day on their way to a 6-1 GNAC victory over the Raiders of Rivier College.  The win improves the Monks to 5-4-1 overall and 2-1-1 in GNAC Play while the Raiders fall to 1-9 and 0-4 in the GNAC. 

The first goal came just 7:23 into the game, when a Rivier foul in the goal box gave St. Joseph's striker Paul Robins (Cornwall, ENG) a penalty kick that he knocked home to the lower left corner.  Rivier's goal tender John Jarvis (Henniker, NH) played strng in goal over the next 20 minutes, making 4 saves before Jesse West (Sheldon, VT) was able to break in on a good lead pass from teammate Jack LaFreniere (Alton, NH) for the 2-0 lead and what would be the eventual game winner.  West would add another goal before the end of the half fro a pass by Ross Suleski (Amesbury, MA) to make the score 3-0 at halftime.

Just like the first half, St. Joseph's took just over 7 minutes to score their next goal.  This time Gerald Cushing (Hampden, ME) took the pass from LaFreniere to extend the lead to 4-0.  Shortly after, Rivier's Shawn Gareau (Hardwick, MA) was fouled during a shot attempt which gave the Raiders a free kick opportunity.  Raiders striker Chris Nugent (Camberley, ENG) took the kick for the home team and planted a beautiful ball into the upper right corner of the goal to put Rivier on the board. 

With 20 minutes left on the clock, St. Joseph's continued to press on the offensive side and two more unassisted goals came their way, the first by Joe Murphy (Poland, ME) who was the recipient of a deflected pass attempt by the Raiders and the second by Brandon Noltkamper (Bath, ME) who scored on a free kick after a Rivier foul.  Noltkamper's kick was from about the same distance as Nugents before him, and he also placed a great ball into the upper right corner for the goal.  With a 6-1 lead in hand with less than two minutes to play, the Monks still pressed forward and got another shot attempt before the game ended, but Jarvis was there for the stop.

Jarvis had a busy day, recording 17 saves and allowing 6 goals in teh loss for the Raiders while his counterparts, Nick Campasano (Goffstown, NH) and Kenny Grade (Hampton, NH) combined for 2 saves and 1 goal allowed.  Campasano claimed the win for the Monks.