ALBANY - The College of Saint Rose women's soccer team returns to action today following a one-week layoff. The Golden Knights (10-0-1/8-0-1 NE-10) are scheduled to host Saint Anselm College (1-7-2/1-5-2 NE-10) at noon at Sullivan Field. Saint Rose owns an 8-2-2 record in the all-time series and is unbeaten (4-0-1) in five straight games against the Hawks.

LAST MEETING (October 10, 2010)
Saint Rose scored three times within the opening eight minutes of the second period to break open a 1-0 match on the way to a 5-0 victory at Northeast-10 Conference rival Saint Anselm last October 10. Senior midfielder Brittany Godin registered a pair of strikes during the second half outburst and fellow senior midfielder Christina Cuffari had a goal and an assist to lead Saint Rose. Sophomore midfielder Sydney Bond and junior midfielder Lindsay McQuade accounted for the other two tallies; while Amanda Deck, sophomore forward Carmelina Puopolo, and senior forward Gianna D'Errico each collected an assist.
 
SCOUTING #8 SAINT ROSE (10-0-1/8-0-1 NE-10)
The Golden Knights are ranked #8 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II Poll after spending three straight weeks ranked ninth. Saint Rose has had a week off, its longest layoff of the year, since defeating Stonehill 1-0 last Saturday.

The Golden Knights are second in the country with 4.36 goals per-game and stand sixth with a 0.264 team goals-against-average. Saint Rose has now outscored its opponents by a 48-3 margin on the year and has recorded six straight shutouts. The team has not allowed a goal since surrendering a last minute strike in a 3-1 triumph at Southern New Hampshire (9/11/11), a span that now stretches 540:23.

Sixteen different players have figured in the scoring column, including freshman forward Brittany Barry and Puopolo who are among the nation's top-five NCAA II players in several categories. Barry stands second and fourth respectively in the country with 26 points and 12 goals, while Puopolo leads all players with five game-winning strikes thus far. She is also sixth in both points (24) and goals
(10).

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM (1-7-2/1-5-2 NE-10)
The Hawks are winless in five straight, although they pushed top-ranked University of Bridgeport to the limit on Tuesday before surrendering a goal in the 73rd minute to suffer a 1-0 setback. Saint Anselm is still in search of its first road win of the year (0-3-1).

Junior forward Kaitlin Oldfield represents the top scoring threat for the Hawks, who come into today with the lowest scoring offense in the league (0.5 goals p/g). Oldfield has three strikes on the year, while sophomore midfielder Amy Millet and sophomore forward Lindsay Johnson each have one marker.

Freshman keeper Gabriella Primera has played all 940 minutes between the posts throughout her rookie campaign. She is seventh in the league with 43 saves to go along with a 1.05 GAA.

UP NEXT
Saint Rose returns to action Wednesday when the Golden Knights welcome the University of New Haven for a 5:00 pm NE-10 encounter. Meanwhile, Saint Anselm returns home to host Bentley University at 7:00 pm Wednesday. 

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