ALBANY, N.Y.-The College of Saint Rose closed out its regular-season with this afternoon's 1-1 draw against visiting Northeast-10 Conference foe Southern New Hampshire on Faculty and Parents Appreciation Day. The Golden Knights (12-3-3/9-3-2 NE10) will now host Saint Anselm in an NE10 Championship Quarterfinal Tuesday.
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Today's match featured plenty of action as the two squads combined for 43 shots, 19 corner kicks, and 17 keeper saves. The Penmen (13-3-3/10-2-2 NE10), who are ranked #23 in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Weekly National Poll, generated 11 shots-on-goal, while Saint Rose (12-3-3/9-3-2 NE10) engineered eight.
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Freshman forward
Kaelyn Britt put the Golden Knights ahead 1-0 with 57:01 gone by when she touched home a pass from junior forward
Nina Predanic. Southern New Hampshire leveled it 27 minutes later when senior midfielder Miranda Peloquin finished a feed off the right side from freshman forward Dorthea Glorud.
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Saint Rose almost scored in the third minute as junior midfielder
Sanja Ratkovic flicked a ball over the head of Southern New Hampshire freshman keeper Hannah Rose that forced the latter to scramble backwards to prevent it from rolling over the goal line. In the 79
th minute, senior midfielder
Sophia Constantine lined a corner from the right flag that senior midfielder
Julianne Johnston got in the air to head just beyond the near goal post.
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The Penmen had a great chance themselves at the 59:59 mark when junior midfielder Shae Roys lined a shot that Golden Knights junior keeper
Marika Laurendeau deflected out of the way while diving to her right.
Notes: Team players recognized several faculty members and their parents prior to today's match...Saint Anselm upended Saint Rose 2-1 in Manchester, N.H. in this year's meeting between the two schools…The Golden Knights will be going after an NE10 record eighth postseason title…Saint Rose is ranked #7 in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region Poll…Johnston was named the NE10 Player of the Week on Monday…Junior forward
Nina Predanic continues to lead the conference in points (33) and is second in goals (12)…She also stands tied for the conference lead in assists (9), along with fellow junior forward
Morgan Burchhardt…Laurendeau is second in save percentage (.858) and sits third in goals-against-average (0.85)…Saint Rose has outscored its opponents 38-16 this autumn.Â
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