STANDISH, Maine -- Saint Joseph's College tipped the University of Maine at Farmington, 1-0, in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) field hockey match at Mercy Field on Wednesday afternoon.

UMaine-Farmington fell to 5-3 in NAC play, and evened its overall record at 6-6. St. Joseph's College improved to 12-2 overall, 6-2 in the NAC.

The Monks netted the lone goal of the conference contest in the 22nd minute, when senior Theresa Hendrix netted her fifth goal of the year off a Carley Denis feed on a penalty corner play. Sophomore defender Meghan Williams served as the corner injector and pushed a long left-to-right pass to Denis, who passed off to Hendrix in the middle of the circle. The senior midfielder quickly turned and fired a knuckleball shot to the left corner of the cage to lift the hosts to a 1-0 lead with 13:10 remaining in the first half.

UMaine-Farmington goalie Curran Brierley made four saves in a losing bid while Monks netminder Emma Astbury made one stop to record her seventh shutout of the year.

Saint Joseph's held a 13-5 advantage in shots and an 11-5 lead in penalty corners on the afternoon. The shutout victory counts as the Monks' ninth goose-egg effort of the 2013 campaign and the team has not allowed a goal in five home games this fall.

With the victory, Saint Joseph's improves to 9-21 in the history of the series with UMaine-Farmington. The Beavers edged the Monks by a 3-2 score last fall, but St. Joe's has won six of the last eight meetings overall, including a trio of 1-0 triumphs.

UMaine-Farmington closes out the regular season on Saturday, Oct. 26, with a NAC game against Lasell College at 1:00 p.m. at Prescott Field. Saint Joseph's returns to action on Saturday when the team travels to New London, N.H. for a 12:00 p.m. conference contest versus Colby-Sawyer College.

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