COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College field hockey senior goalkeeper
Joelle Cameron (West Bridgewater, Mass./West Bridgewater) set an NCAA Division II record with 48 saves on Wednesday against defending national champion Saint Anselm College during an 8-0 loss at Duffy Field. Cameron had matched the prior national mark with 45 stops just 10 days prior against 2024 national runner-up Kutztown University.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (0-5), Saint Anselm (3-3)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Meghan Smith, 1 goal, 2 assists
- Sophomore Kelly Holmes, 2 goals
- First-year Breanna Shorey, 1 goal, 1 assist
- First-year Layla Cameron, 0 saves in 30 minutes, win
GAME FACTS
- Cameron's 48 saves were the most by any NCAA Division I, II or III goalkeeper since Oct. 20, 2004, when Ali Formicola of Division III Wells College made 49.
- Cameron's 48 saves are good for eighth in NCAA field hockey history, across all three divisions.
- On Sept. 7, Cameron had tied an NCAA Division II mark (45) set by Mansfield's Cathy White in 1992 and matched by Mercyhurst University's Lindsay Christopher on Oct. 11, 1998.
- With 149 saves this season, Cameron stands eighth in program history, just 31 away from Jean Harbeck's '90 37-year-old program record of 180, set in 1988. She vaulted into a tie for fifth in career saves with 324, matching Caroline Patrie '88.
- The Northeast 10 Conference counterparts played a non-league affair.
- While the Hawks are .500, their only losses have come against nationally-ranked squads.
THE ACTION
- Cameron made 13 saves while keeping Saint Anselm off the board for the opening 10:36 before junior Laurentien van den Akker finally broke through midway through the 11th minute, blasting home a shot during a corner sequence. Shorey's putback at 12:46 doubled the lead.
- Cameron stopped the first nine shots sent her way in the second quarter before the Hawks tallied in the 27th minute and once more with no time remaining, with the latter kicking off a flurry of four goals in 8:20.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. Southern Connecticut State University, 11 a.m.
