PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sophomore Rayne Millett scored the game-winning goal midway through the third quarter to lift the top-seeded JWU (Providence) field hockey team to a 2-1 win over No. 5 St. Joseph's (ME) in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Semifinal action Wednesday evening at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.

The win sends the Wildcats to the conference championship for the fourth-consecutive season, where they will meet the winner of No. 2 New England College / No. 3 Simmons on Saturday at the SMAC. JWU improves to 17-3 with the win while the Monks season ends at 10-11.

Millett staked the home team to a 1-0 lead 29 seconds into the second quarter when she knocked home a ball off the stick of junior Zofia Bangs. The Monks tied the game at one early in the third on a shot from Sadie Tirrell off a penalty corner.

The Wildcats went in front for good less than six minutes later when they scored off a play which began on a penalty corner. Senior Madison Young let go of a shot that was knocked around in front of the cage before finding the stick of Millett, who buried her eighth of the season.

After grabbing the lead, the Wildcats clamped down defensively in the fourth quarter, outshooting the Monks 8-1 and allowing just one corner over the final 15 minutes. Sophomore Sophia Brea recorded two saves to improve to 13-3 on the season.