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ALBANY, N.Y. – The top-seed College of Saint Rose punched its ticket to another date in the NCAA Championship Tournament with today's 1-0 second-round victory against visiting fourth-seed Stonehill that was played on a 35-degree rain-soaked pitch.
 
The Golden Knights (19-2-1) will now host third-seed Molloy in the East Region Final (Round of 16) on Friday, December 6. The Lions (15-4-3) advanced on penalty kicks at second-seed Mercy after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw throughout 110 minutes of soccer today in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. The Golden Knights upended visiting Molloy 2-1 earlier this season.
 
"I'm just so happy for these young ladies who have worked so hard. They have overcome a lot and each one has contributed in her own unique way. We're so happy to be able to continue to play in Albany in front of our fans and our entire community," said head coach Laurie Darling Gutheil.
 
Senior forward Nina Predanic, the Northeast-10 Conference and D2CCA East Region Player of the Year, provided the difference with 10:04 expired when she touched home a feed off the right flank from senior midfielder Morgan Burchhardt. Stonehill keeper Kaitlin Brown appeared to get a piece of Burchhardt's delivery, but not enough to push it past Predanic who in the process became just the fourth player in Saint Rose annals to chalk up 19 goals in a season.
 
Overall, the Golden Knights controlled possession for 52 percent of the match and engineered a 17-6 shot advantage, including a 7-2 margin in threats on target. They also generated a 7-3 corner kick differential. Meanwhile, junior keeper Marika Laurendeau and her accompanying defensive unit of seniors Karmyn Carter, Nia Brown, and Deanna Trongone, and freshman Sanna Rein, stood stout as Saint Rose posted its second straight shutout.
 
Nevertheless, both sides had chances to add to the scoring in the first half. Predanic touched a nice ball from the top of the area to freshman forward Olivia Boucher whose one-timer from 12-yards away sailed just over the crossbar with 22 minutes gone by.
 
At the other end, the Skyhawks (12-5-4) countered on a Saint Rose miscue and entered the attacking third. Sophomore forward Camryn Thompson pushed a pass to junior forward Alex Giardina who subsequently sent a diagonal ball through the area that skipped just beyond the sliding reach of junior forward Kayla Henry at the opposite post.

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Notes: The Golden Knights have won at least 15 matches in 12 of the past 17 years and are ranked #11 in the most recent United Soccer Coaches National Poll…Predanic, the 2019 NE10 and D2CCA East Region Player of the Year, continues to lead the league in goals (19), points (51), and assists (13)…The next closest overall scorer trails her by 21 points, which is none other than Boucher…Predanic is also among the top-10 in each category nationally, and entered the NCAA Tournament second with eight game-winning goals, which now stands at nine…Boucher is tied for second in the NE10 with 12 goals on the year…Laurendeau is second among the league leaders with a 0.86 goals-against-average and fifth behind a 0.804 save percentage…Predanic and Burchhardt have accumulated 131 and 110 career points respectively…Saint Rose is the nation's lone squad with a pair of 100 point scorers…Predanic is second on the College's all-time scoring list…Only former National Player of the Year Carmelina Puopolo ('14) produced more overall scoring with 199 points…Furthermore, today's strike moved her past Sydney Bond ('13) into second place all-time with 48 goals…Burchhardt is in fifth place on the all-time point production list, three shy of moving past Eliza Whipple ('03) into fourth…She is also an assist shy of tying Puopolo's school record of 53…In addition, Predanic is one of a mere 13 active players in the country with 30 goals and 20 assists…Burchhardt is a goal shy of becoming the 14th…The Golden Knights have outscored their foes 62-19, including 33-7 in the first half…They came into the NCAA Tournament 11th in the country in scoring with 2.85 goals per game.

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Golden Knights in the NCAA Championship Tournament: This year marks the 15th time in 18 years that the Golden Knights have been afforded the opportunity to contend for the NCAA Division II National Championship…They are now 26-11-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament contests…Saint Rose has made six national semifinal appearances (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014) within the past 12 years, and of course captured the 2011 National Championship.

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