Saturday, October 13, 2012 | 2:00 pm
Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex | Albany, New York
#17 Saint Rose (10-1-2/7-1-2 NE-10) vs. Merrimack (8-5-0/6-4-0 NE-10)
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NE-10 Standings
The Plot: The College of Saint Rose welcomes
Northeast-10 Conference rival Merrimack to
Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex for a key league match this afternoon. The Golden Knights are tied for first place with American International, while the Warriors are fourth.
Last Meeting (11/13/11): After a scoreless first half, the Golden Knights exploded for five second half goals en route to a 5-0 win against Merrimack in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The five strikes covered a 20-minute span, as junior forward
Carmelina Puopolo registered two goals and an assist while Brittany Godin added a goal and an assist.
Scouting #17 Saint Rose (10-1-2/7-1-2 NE-10): Coming off of Monday's 3-0 “Senior Day” win versus Mercy, the Golden Knights put together another victory on the board with Wednesday's 2-0 NE-10 triumph at Assumption in Worcester, MA. Puopolo added to her conference leading point total with a goal and an assist to run her season tally to 37 points (13-11-37). Junior midfielder
Sydney Bond enters this afternoon tied for second in the league in goals (10) and tied for third in points (23). Freshman midfielder
Kristin Carr also finds herself among the conference's top-10 scorers as well. She is seventh behind 16 points (6-4-16). Furthermore, junior keep
Jessica Gerski owns a league best 0.34 goals-against-average. Saint Rose has outscored its opponents 19-1 in the opening period of its 13 games to date. Career wise, Puopolo and Bond are both already among the top-10 point producers in Golden Knights annals. Puopolo is the all-time leader with 119 points (42-35-119), while Bond has moved into 10th place via 80 points (32-16-80).
Scouting Merrimack (8-5/6-4 NE-10): The Warriors started the season 5-0, but have since gone 3-5. Merrimack is led by junior forward Danielle Dion, who ranks second in the NE-10 with 23 points (10-3-23). Dion has scored two goals in a game on two occasions, first versus Southern Connecticut State (9/9/12) and again at Pace (9/15/12). Junior keeper Nicole Curtis has played in all 13 games. She is averaging 4.77 saves to go along with a 1.21 GAA.
Domestic Violence Awareness: Throughout the week, the Golden Knights coaching staffs and student-athletes, along with members of the Saint Rose student affairs office, are wearing purple pins to help spread awareness of domestic violence.
Up Next: Saint Rose returns home Tuesday for a 5:30 pm NE-10 match versus Southern Connecticut State. The game can be watched live on
www.gogoldenknights.tv. Merrimack is also in action on Tuesday with a 3:00 pm conference date at Saint Michael's in Colchester, VT.
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