Nashua, NH – Fourteen different players scored at least one goal for the Monks of St. Joseph's College as they easily handled the Rivier College Raiders 25-2 today in men's lacrosse action. The Monks outshot the Raiders 66-5 in the rout and scored 8 fourth period goals after the game was already well in hand.

St. Joseph's was up 6-0 after the first period and went up 7-0 on Spencer Hunts (Jeffersonville, VT) third goal of the game before the Raiders got on the board. Freshman Danny Hooper (Wakefield, RI) scored the first goal for the Raiders on a pass from Carl Ghannad (Salem, NH) to make it 7-1. The Monks scored five goals by five different players over the rest of the half to take a 12-1 lead into halftime.

Rivier's Jeff Kelly (Westborough, MA) opened up the scoring in the third period with an unassisted gem from 25 feet, but that would be all the Raiders could muster as the Monks clamped down and didn't give Rivier many more opportunities in offense. The Monks once again scored five straight goals by five different players to push their lead to 17-2 after three complete periods. In the fourth period the Monks took 16 more shots, compared to just one for the Raiders, and scored 8 more goals to finish the game 25-2.

Hunt led the Monks with 6 goals and 4 assists while Zachary Chaisson (Concord, NH) and Jonathan Horgan (Hingham, MA) added 3 goals each. Horgan also notched 4 assists in the victory. Goal keepers Chris Driscol (Saco, ME) and Colin Finn (North Easton, MA) combined to allow just 2 goals and make 2 saves on the day. Rivier goalie Chris Benoit (Blackstone, MA) made 17 saves on the day while allowing 25 goals in the loss.

Rivier will travel to Emerson College on Tuesday for another GNAC match-up at 6:00 PM.