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2019 SAINT ROSE MEN'S SOCCER
Saturday, November 16 | 1:00 pm | NE10 Championship Final
Assumption Multi-Sport Stadium | Worcester, Mass.
Saint Rose (10-5-4) at Assumption (11-7-0)

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Tickets: Adults - $6 | Children and Seniors - $4 | Students (with a valid NE10 ID): $1

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Series: Assumption leads 12-7-3 | First Meeting: 9/28/98

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Last Meeting (10/19/19) | Box Score | The College of Saint Rose engineered an 8-7 shot-on-goal advantage, but the host Greyhounds scored twice four minutes apart in the early portion of the second half to upend the Golden Knights 2-0. Sophomore midfielder Juan O'Neill struck with what proved to be the game-winner at the 61:53 mark and senior forward Jason Lages afforded the Greyhounds some breathing room. O'Neill finished top side off a counter, while Lages buried a through ball from sophomore forward Connor Willis. Sophomore keeper Ryan Henning turned aside five threats-on-target for Saint Rose, while junior midfielders Andrew Lule and Oskar Aaströem each put a pair of shots on frame.
 
Last Time Out | Box Score | The Golden Knights punched a ticket to their first-ever Northeast-10 Conference Championship match after advancing on penalty kicks at #18 and three-time league champion Franklin Pierce Wednesday night in Rindge, N.H. The two sides played to a 1-1 deadlock after 110 minutes of soccer. However, the five Saint Rose PK shooters each scored while a Ravens attempt hit the left post to provide the Golden Knights all they needed to extend their season to Saturday's final. Senior midfielder Niv Fogel, the fifth Saint Rose shooter, delivered the decisive strike after the Franklin Pierce miscue. Sophomore midfielder Filippo Bellú; leveled the contest for Saint Rose with 50:08 elapsed when he deked a defender on a counter and finished for his seventh goal of the year. Midfielder Javier Garcia Borrás, a graduate student, put Franklin Pierce up 1-0 at the 34:02 mark when he one-timed a cross into the lower right corner that was delivered by junior forward Antonio Ferreira from the left sideline. Senior keeper Gianni Carillo recorded 10 saves for the Golden Knights.
 
Head Coach John Ciano following Wednesday's Semifinal: "Unbelievable! Just unbelievable! Franklin Pierce is one of the best teams in the region and to win at their place in a game of this magnitude is just so amazing. This is just such a special group of guys who are so unified. Their resiliency to come back in the second half and press on was inspiring. I'm just so proud to be the coach of this team, and I'm just so happy for them."
 
Scouting Saint Rose (10-5-4): The Golden Knights are making their fourth overall NE10 Championship appearance after also qualifying in 2017, 2015, and 2013…Saint Rose reached the 10-win mark this autumn for the first time in the program's 38-year history…The Golden Knights previously posted nine wins in 1989 and 1990, going 9-11 and 9-8 respectively when they were an NAIA member…Saint Rose is now unbeaten in five of its last six matches…Nine different players have found the back of the net…As a team, Saint Rose is second in the NE10 with a 1.19 goals-against-average…Freshman forward Hilmar Halldorsson is tied for third among the league leaders with a team-high nine goals…Carillo has started the last six matches…He has surrendered just four goals throughout 600 minutes of action during that span.
 
Scouting Assumption (11-7-0): The fifth-seed Greyhounds advanced with Wednesday's 3-2 win against visiting eighth-seed American International…Junior midfielder Kevin Hernandez scored the game-winner with his second strike of the evening at the 85:54 mark, four minutes after junior midfielder Connor Hicks leveled it 2-2 for American International…Lages is the top scoring threat…He stands second among the NE10 leaders with 27 points behind 11 goals and five assists on the year…Hernandez has a team-high seven helpers…Sophomore Sebastian Jimenez is fourth among the league keepers with a 0.770 save percentage
 
Diversity: The Saint Rose roster features student-athletes from eight foreign countries including; Sweden, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Israel, Iceland, Nigeria, and Finland.

Watch Party: Saint Rose is sponsoring a watch party at MidKnight Eats located inside Centennial Hall on Madison Hall. Hot chocolate and snacks will be provided.
 
Five Earn All-Conference Accolades: A school record five players earned seven different All-Conference awards. Halldorsson was named the Co-Rookie of the Year in addition to a second-team All-League and All-Rookie selection. Aaströem joined him on the second team. Senior midfielder Victor Goncalves-Rocha and senior back Jaakko Teräsranta garnered third-team accolades, while freshman back Nick Koenig was also chosen to the All-Rookie squad.
 
NE10 Championship Notes: Both sides are playing in their first NE10 Championship Final…The last time neither a one or two-seed made the NE10 Championship Final was 2007, when third-seed Southern Connecticut State beat fifth-seed Merrimack 2-1…The lowest seed ever to win the NE10 Men's Soccer Championship is a fifth-seed, when New Hampshire College (Now Southern New Hampshire) beat second-seed Saint Anselm 1-0 in 2000…Saint Rose and Assumption are both appearing in their first NE10 Championship Final.
 
NCAA Berth at Stake: The winner of today's match will garner an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship Tournament that begins next week.

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