NYACK, NY–The College of Saint Rose delivered 20th year head coach
Laurie Darling Gutheil her 299th victory in style with a 6-1 season opening win at Nyack this afternoon. The third-ranked Golden Knights (1-0), who will play their home opener at 6:00 pm tomorrow, used a balanced attack as five players accounted for the six strikes.
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Saint Rose scored three times within a three-minute span in the early going to set the tone. Senior midfielder
Silvana Giovannone scored twice and set up senior forward
Jennifer Busk to make it 1-0 with 14:29 elapsed. Sophomore forward
Morgan Burchhardt and Giovannone then made it 3-0, which is where things stood at intermission.
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Saint Rose started the second half in similar fashion as the first. Giovannone found the back of the net again nine minutes in, before Nyack (0-1) ruined the shutout for freshman keeper
Madison Taylor when sophomore midfielder Julianna Kranes struck in the 66th minute.
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Freshman midfielder
Sophia Constantine then scored in her collegiate debut, before sophomore midfielder
Torez Ramsey closed it out in the 74th minute.
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Looking ahead, Saint Rose hosts Holy Family at 6:00 pm tomorrow while Nyack entertains NYIT at 4:00 pm on Thursday.
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