Standish, ME - The Saint Joseph's College field hockey team dropped a 3-0 decision to Colby College today. The loss puts the Monks at 6-9 and Colby stands at 4-9 overall.

The home crowd cheered on Kristine Benere (Ayer, MA), the lone senior on the squad, in her final home match of the season and also said goodbye to sophomore Amanda MacPheters (Dover-Foxcroft, ME), who will attend pharmacy school next year.

Colby wasted no time jumping on the scoreboard, recording a goal just 5:39 into the contest as sophomore Frazer Humes (Littleton, CO) netted an unassisted goal for a 1-0 lead. The White Mules tallied their second goal a short time later as junior Jennifer Reilly (York Harbor, ME) beat keeper first-year Ashley Tessier (Enfield, NH) off a pass from sophomore Chelsea Rosenheimer (Nashotah, WI) at 6:40. The Mules held a 2-0 lead at the half and out-shot St. Joe's 10-2.

The Mules continued to apply pressure in the second half, holding an advantage in shots (12-4) and penalty corners (4-0). Colby made it 3-0 as Reilly found first year Ashley Wagner (Sudbury, MA) for the final goal of the game at 55:12.

The Monks were led by first-years Julia Ostrowski (Albany, NY) and Jillian Kimball (Albany Township, ME).

Tessier finished with 6 saves in 35 minutes and first-year Karrie Sirois (Thomaston, ME) took over in the second half for the Monks, also making 6 saves. Junior Jamie Enos (South Hamilton, MA) had three saves in the win for the Mules.

St. Joe's concludes the regular season at 6 PM on Friday, October 27 at Keene State College in New Hampshire.