The Simmons field hockey team fell to conference foe St. Joseph's (Maine), 5-0, on Saturday afternoon at the Lakeside Field. With the loss, the Sharks fall to 5-12, NAC 0-5 while the Monks  improve to 11-4, NAC 4-1.

St. Joseph's was led by Julie Ostrowski who scored three of the game's five goals, netting all three in the first half.  Kayla Nowell had one goal and one assist while Courtney Rague was credited with one goal for the Monks.  

Simmons junior goalkeeper Jen Szkolt (Bondsville, Mass.) had nine saves on the day while Meaghan Johnson and Taylor Allison combined for five saves for St. Joseph's. 

"I am pleased with how the team never let down, we need to really play together in the first half tomorrow so we aren't playing catch up for the whole second period," said Head Coach Kate Leonard.  "Jen played extremely well, especially in the second half, coming up with several awesome saves against a very aggressive and physical St Joe's team."

The Sharks return to action on Sunday, October 26 at 1:00 p.m., as they travel to Bangor, Maine to face North Atlantic Conference foe Husson in their final regular season game of the season.