COLCHESTER, Vt.-The College of Saint Rose suffered just its first loss of the year with today's 1-0 setback at Northeast-10 Conference rival Saint Michael's.
Junior forward Jacob von Giebel provided the difference for the Purple Knights (3-4-1/2-2-1 NE10) who are now unbeaten throughout their last three matches after having dropped the previous two. Von Giebel struck in the 59
th minute when he drove a shot from the top of the area under the crossbar for his sixth goal of the year.
Saint Michael's engineered a slight 14-13 shot advantage and the threats on target were even at four apiece. Junior keeper
Gianni Carillo made three saves for the Golden Knights (6-1-1/3-1-1 NE10), while sophomore Leland Gazo registered four stops at the other end.
Freshman midfielder
Filippo Bellú recorded two shots-on-goal for Saint Rose, while senior forward
Kyle Clemens and sophomore midfielder
Oskar Aaströem accounted for the other pair.
Looking ahead, both teams have conference matches Saturday. The Golden Knights host Stonehill at 4:00 pm, while the Purple Knights head to Waltham, Mass. to take on Bentley at 1:00 pm.
Notes: Saint Rose is ranked #8 in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region Poll…Despite today's setback, the Golden Knights are still off to the best start in their 37-year history…Bellu is tied for third among the NE10 leaders with six goals and Carillo is fourth with a 0.97 goals-against-average…Saint Rose has outscored its opponents by an 8-3 margin in the second half, and 16-8 overall this season…Senior forward
Paulo Sdoia was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll yesterday.
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