PORTLAND -- The University of Maine at Farmington women's lacrosse team lost to St. Joseph's College 20-8 in non-conference action today at Memorial Field.

The Beavers (0-2) are scheduled to visit Becker College Saturday for a non-conference clash. Game time is slated for 4 p.m.

Hillary Morrison (Camden, Maine), Alyssa Neptune (Readfield, Maine) and Aimee St. Germain (Gorham, Maine) each scored two goals for Farmington, while Molly Carbin (Scarborough, Maine) and Miranda Levesque (Sanford, Maine) each added a goal.

Alyssa Marchant tallied 10 goals and dished out three assists for the Monks, who outshot the Beavers 36-18. broke the Monks' single-game records with 13 points and 20 draw controls in the lopsided triumph.
Marchant scored seven goals in the first half, including a pair in the opening three minutes, to put the game out of reach early. She added to her program-leading goal tally with three scored to begin the second stanza and closed out the game with 10 goals and three assists.

Amelia Santos chipped in four goals and three assists in the win with Cassandra Diplock and Erika Waterhouse each scoring two goals.

Hannah Goodenow (Freeport, Maine) registered three saves for the Beavers.

Taylor Allison and Haley Nason shared goalkeeping duties for St. Joseph's. The duo combined for four saves.

Marchant's two early goals lifted the Monks to a short-lived lead as St. Germain and Carbin found the back of the cage with scores just 20 seconds apart to knot the game at two apiece 4:19 into play.

The Monks never trailed, however, as Marchant proceeded to score a free-position goal 33 seconds later and Megan Cutter doubled the SJC advantage with a goal off an Anneka Adame pass with 22:07 remaining in the first half.

Later in the opening stanza, Marchant continued her offensive assault with two goals just 23 seconds apart to push the Monks' lead to 14-5 with 1:34 before the break. The Beavers responded by scoring twice, with goals from Neptune and St. Germain, in the final minute of the first half to make it a 14-7 score heading into intermission.

St. Joe's opened the second stanza by scoring six unanswered goals to erase the Beavers' hopes of a comeback bid, as Marchant netted three consecutive goals in the first nine minutes. Waterhouse, Santos and Diplock all scored over a two-minute span mid-way through the latter half.
Neptune capped the game scoring with a goal at the 6:09 mark.