ALBANY - The College of Saint Rose men's soccer team returns to action this afternoon. The Golden Knights (0-8-0/0-5-0) are set to welcome Southern New Hampshire University (6-2-0/4-2-0 NE-10) to Sullivan Field for a noon pm kickoff. Follow the action online by viewing Live Stats throughout the contest.

LAST MEETING (October 16, 2010)
Saint Rose was outshot 24-5 and host Southern New Hampshire University scored twice in each half on the way to a 4-0 Northeast-10 Conference victory at Larkin Field last October 16. Danny Hernandez led the Penmen with two goals and an assist. Meanwhile, Michael Adam and Mark Cotton each had a pair of strikes.

The Golden Knights nearly got on the board in the 73rd minute. Saint Rose began applying pressure when sophomore midfielder Jacob Sand fired a shot that was stopped by Southern New Hampshire senior keeper Mark Painchaud. Just more than a minute later, Anthony Eleftherion was denied by the post. Senior keeper Patrik Ohlsson finished with five saves in 90 minutes of action for the Golden Knights. Painchaud needed to make one stop for the Penmen.

SCOUTING SAINT ROSE (0-8-0/0-5-0 NE-10)
The Golden Knights are coming off of a 2-0 setback at #3 Franklin Pierce on Tuesday night. Saint Rose is still in search of its first win of the 2011 campaign. Five of its eight losses have come by a mere one goal.

Junior midfielder Zak Duguay and sophomore back Alan McGrath have each provided a one strike this year for the Golden Knights. Meanwhile, Ohlsson has collected 32 saves having playing all but 14:16 in goal thus far. Ohlsson ranks fifth in the NE-10 in saves as one of only five netminders who have registered more than 30 stops on the year.

SCOUTING SO. NEW HAMPSHIRE (6-2-0/4-2-0 NE-10)
The Penmen  have won three in a row following a 1-0 triumph at Saint Michael's on Wednesday. Freshman midfielder Mohamed Toufik scored his third goal of the year midway through the second half to seal things for Southern New Hampshire. The Penmen have the fourth-best scoring defense in the league behind a 0.85 goals-against-average.

Four keepers have seen time between the posts led by senior Joey Kapinos. He leads the NE-10 with a 0.51 GAA and is second with an .875 save percentage. Junior forward Chris Tsonis is tied for the league lead with seven goals, which represents nearly half of Southern New Hampshire's scoring output this year (15 goals).

UP NEXT
Saint Rose has tomorrow off before welcoming Concordia College to Albany for a non-conference match at 6:30 pm Monday. Meanwhile, Southern New Hampshire is idle until Wednesday when the Penmen entertain Post University at 7:00 pm.