Monks senior Kayla Nowell tallied two goals and a pair of assists in a 5-1 Saint Joseph's (10-3, 5-0 NAC) victory over Simmons College (5-8, 2-4 NAC) in a North Atlantic Conference Field Hockey match at Lakeside Field on Sunday afternoon.

Courtney Rague also scored twice for the Monks and Sarah Bartell chipped in with a marker in the SJC offensive onslaught.

Nowell opened the game scoring just 2:10 after the opening whistle and proceeded to score her second goal of the match at the 16:15 mark to provide the Royal Blue with a 2-0 cushion. Rague beat Sharks netminder Renna Smith (Belfast, Maine) four minutes later off a Nowell dish to give the Monks a 3-0 lead heading into intermission.

Bartell netted her seventh goal of the year in the 48th minute off Nowell's second helper of the afternoon and Simmons rookie TJ Cowin (Newry, Maine) steered a shot past St. Joe's keeper Jackie Goodell nine minutes later, off a Monica Doucette (Rockport, Maine) pass, to make it a 4-1 game. With 52 seconds remaining, Rague capped the action with her ninth tally of the season off an Alyssa Dunn feed.

Smith made 13 saves for the Sharks, while St. Joe's keepers Meaghan Johnson and Goodell combined to face just one shot – Cowin's marker, which was allowed by Goodell.

St. Joe's will host non-conference foe Endicott College on Wednesday at 3:00 PM. Simmons is set to host Western New England on Wednesday at 7:00 PM.