Standish, ME - Sophomore Kevin Melega (Easthampton, MA) completed his first career hat trick at 76:04 by blasting a goal off a corner kick by freshman Doug MacCallum (Hingham, MA) to lead the Monks to a 3-1 victory over Newbury College.

With yesterday's win, St. Joe's evens their record at 8-8 while Newbury drops to 5-10-1 on the season.

The Monks applied constant pressure to Newbury keeper junior Brian Picanco (Lowell, MA) from the opening minutes with well-placed crosses, but were unable to finish until Melega's first tally at 27:00 off a corner kick. St. Joe's held a 1-0 lead at the half.

In the 64th minute, an SJC corner kick set up Melega for his second goal of the afternoon. The Monks brought the ball out and moved it back to senior Kevin Hageman (Albion, ME) who found senior David Hakes (Whitefield, NH). Hakes crossed it to Melega for the header and a 2-0 St. Joe's lead.

Two minutes after Melega completed his hat trick, sophomore John Mawson (Amherst, MA) put the Nighthawks on the board at 78:09 with Newbury's only goal of the match.

Freshman Cory Smith (Ellsworth, ME) had 3 saves in the win and Picanco had 4 saves for Newbury.

The Monks play at Endicott College at 4pm in a double-header with the women's squad on Wednesday, October 25th.