2015 SAINT ROSE MEN'S SOCCER
Saturday, September 19 | 5:00 pm
Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex | Albany, New York
#3 Southern New Hampshire (4-0/1-0 NE-10) at Saint Rose (2-1/1-0 NE-10)
Live Stats | Saint Rose Statistics | SNHU Statistics | NE-10 Standings
Last Meeting (10/31/14): Southern New Hampshire scored five times in the second half to upend The College of Saint Rose 7-1 in Manchester. Senior midfielder Sebastian Stezewski scored a pair of goals and set up another for the host Penmen, who were coming off their first loss of the year. Senior keepers
Colan Balkwell and
Christian Esposito made seven saves collectively for the Golden Knights.
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Last Time Out: Saint Rose opened its Northeast-10 Conference docket in outstanding fashion with Tuesday's 3-1 victory at Stonehill. The Golden Knights scored all three of their goals in the first half and forged a balanced attack with six different players figuring in the scoring column. Saint Rose struck in the opening three minutes and twice within a five minute span late in the period, before the Skyhawks got on the board midway through the second stanza. Sophomore back
Nathan Brown, sophomore forward
Romaine Williamson, and junior forward
Joshua Hanif all found the back of the net as the Golden Knights engineered a 5-0 shot-on-goal differential throughout the opening 45 minutes.
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Scouting Saint Rose (2-1/1-0 NE-10): Saint Rose has won two straight on the road following a season-opening 1-0 setback to visiting Mercy…Williamson and Hanif both have a goal in each of the last two games…Balkwell has played all 270 minutes to date…He has recorded a 0.67 goals-against-average and an 0.846 save percentage…The former mark places him third among the league leaders.
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Scouting Southern New Hampshire (4-0/1-0 NE-10): The three-time defending NE-10 Champion Penmen are ranked #3 in this week's NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II Poll…They have outscored their four opponents 9-1 and are coming off of Wednesday's 1-0 home win versus conference rival Bentley…Graduate student midfielder Sofiane Tergou accounted for the game's lone goal in the 23rd minute…He now has two strikes and a pair of assists on the year while sophomore midfielder Enzo Giuliani and Stezewski each have two goals and an assist to their credit…Senior keeper Nick Zucco has yet to allow a goal throughout 270 minutes between the posts.
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Up Next: Both squads return to the pitch on Wednesday. The Golden Knights will host
Upstate Challenge rival Le Moyne at 7:00 pm. That match may be seen live on
www.gogoldenknights.tv. Meanwhile, Southern New Hampshire will travel to North Easton, Mass. to take on NE-10 rival Stonehill at 4:00 pm.
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