SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Megan Quirion scored the winning goal early in the third quarter as the St. Joseph’s College field hockey team won its season opener, beating Skidmore College 2-1 on Saturday.
St. Joseph’s took a 1-0 lead in the second quarter on a goal by Meghan Hill.
Sarah Winter scored later in the quarter to tie the game for Skidmore.
Alexandria Simpson had 11 saves for St. Joseph’s, while Jess Gaetgens had four saves for Skidmore.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 3, KEENE STATE 1: Alexa Koenig scored the first goal of her career late in the first quarter and the Nor’easters (2-0) beat the Owls (0-2) in Biddeford.
Kendra MacDonald and Reanna Boulay also scored for UNE. Lindsay Burn added an assist and Liz Sargent stopped four shots.
SOUTHERN MAINE 3, JOHNSON & WALES, 1: Maggie Redman scored two goals as the Huskies earned their first win of the season by beating the Wildcats in Gorham.
Lindsay Pych made four saves for the Huskies. Samantha Ellis also scored for Southern Maine.
MEN’S SOCCER
SOUTHERN MAINE 1, COLBY-SAWYER 1: Mohamed Abdurahman scored for the Huskies (0-1-1), who played to a tie with the Chargers (0-1-1) in Northfield, Vermont.
Joseph Kalilwa had an assist and Cameron Atherton made two saves for the Huskies.
ST. JOSEPH’S 0, GORDON 0: David Walbridge made two saves for the Monks (1-0-1) and Brody Veleber stopped six shots for Gordon (1-0-1) at Wenham, Massachusetts.
The Monks outshot Gordon, 9-6.
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