GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – The College of Saint Rose will now take aim at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship following tonight's 2-0 setback in its regular-season finale at #6 and defending league champion Adelphi.
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Both sides will begin their postseason runs Saturday with NE10 Championship quarterfinal matches. The sixth-seed Golden Knights (10-5-2/6-4-2 NE10) will visit third-seed Southern New Hampshire at 4:00 pm, while the top-seed Panthers (15-1-1/10-1-1 NE10) will host eighth-seed American International at 7:00 pm.
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In this year's meeting, Saint Rose and the Penmen played to a 2-2 draw on Saturday, October 5 in Albany where Southern New Hampshire scored the game-tying goal off a direct kick with two seconds left in regulation.
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This evening, Adelphi (15-1-1/10-1-1 NE10) struck twice within a seven-minute span midway through the first half to improve to 9-0-0 at home on the year. Senior back Alessandro Corti accounted for what proved to be the game-winner at the 22:06 mark when he drove a shot from the top of the area inside the right post. Sophomore midfielder Paolo Marciano then gathered in a loose ball and finished for an insurance tally.
Notes: Saint Rose will be making its fourth NE10 Championship appearance after qualifying in 2017, 2015, and 2013…The Golden Knights reached the 10-win mark this autumn for the first time in the program's 38-year history…Saint Rose previously posted nine wins in 1989 and 1990, going 9-11 and 9-8 respectively when it was an NAIA member…The Golden Knights are #6 in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region Poll…Nine different players have found the back of the net…As a team, Saint Rose is third in the conference with a 1.13 goals-against-average…Freshman forward
Hilmar Halldorsson is tied for third among the league leaders with a team-high nine goals.
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