2019 SAINT ROSE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Sunday, December 8 | 1:00 pm | NCAA National Quarterfinal
Afrim's Sports Park | Colonie, New York
#6 Bloomsburg (18-2-1) at #11 Saint Rose (20-2-1)
Tickets: General Admission - $6 | Students with ID/Senior Citizens - $3 | Children, ages 3-12 - $1
Children under the age of 2 shall be admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult.
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Series: First Meeting
At Stake: The winner of Sunday's match will advance to Thursday's National Semifinal at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Last Time Out (12/6/19) | Box Score | The College of Saint Rose manufactured a familiar performance in an unusual setting by upending Molloy 4-1 Friday on this very pitch. The Golden Knights scored three times within a 22-minute stretch late in the opening stanza to put themselves in the driver's seat. Senior forward
Nina Predanic, the 2019 Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year and a CoSIDA Academic All-American®, had a goal and set up two others to lead the offense. Freshman forward
Olivia Boucher, sophomore forward
Kaelyn Britt, and senior forward
Caitlyn Dabagian accounted for the other three strikes. Senior keeper
Marika Laurendeau made four of her five saves after halftime to keep Molloy (15-5-3) in check.
Golden Knights in the NCAA 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…Saint Rose is now 27-11-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament contests…The Golden Knights have 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.
Scouting #11 Saint Rose (18-2-1): The Golden Knights have now won 20 games for the eighth time in a 12-year span, and for the first time since their 2014 national semifinal run…They are ninth in the country in scoring with 2.87 goals per game…Saint Rose also owns the nation's seventh best winning percentage…Predanic became only the second player in school annals to record 20 goals in a season on Friday, the other being former National Player of the Year Carmelina Puopolo ('14) who twice pulled off the feat…She, along with Puopolo and Christina Cuffari ('11), are also the lone players to register 15 assists in a season…Predanic continues to be among the top-10 nationally in goals (20), points (55), and assists (15)…She is also second with nine game-winning goals…Predanic and senior midfielder
Morgan Burchhardt have accumulated 135 and 110 career points respectively…Saint Rose is the nation's lone squad with a pair of 100 point scorers…Burchhardt is in fifth place on the all-time point production list, three short of moving past Eliza Whipple ('03) into fourth…The country's active career assists leader, Burchhardt is one shy of tying Puopolo's school record of 53…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…Laurendeau now has 49-wins between the posts, second only to Jessica Gerski who registered 62 from 2011-13…The Golden Knights have outscored their foes 66-20 on the year, including 37-8 in the first half.
Scouting #6 Bloomsburg (18-2-1): The Huskies scored with less than six minutes remaining to claim their second consecutive Atlantic Region championship behind Friday's 2-1 win versus West Chester…Junior midfielder Lauren Hoelke leads the offense with 12 goals and 10 assists, while sophomore forward Nicole Varano has 10 goals and four assists this year…Six of Varano's goals have gone for the game-winner…As a team, 14 Huskies have found the back of the net this year while 17 have registered at least one point…Bloomsburg has outscored its opponents 53-8 on the year and outshot them 407-188…The Bloomsburg defense has been one of the best in the country with a 0.37 GAA, fourth in the nation.
Diversity: The Saint Rose roster features student-athletes from nine states and Canada, in addition to Finland, Serbia, Bermuda, and Slovenia.
D2CCA All-East Accolades: Predanic was named the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) East Region Player of the Year last month. The Golden Knights had five players honored, more than any other school. Laurendeau and senior back
Deanna Trongone joined Predanic as first-team selections, while Burchhardt and Boucher garnered second-team accolades.
Prolific All-Conference Honors: Saint Rose dominated the 2019 NE10 All-League list with four major honors being bestowed to student-athletes that wear a Golden Knights uniform. Furthermore, Saint Rose was represented by nine student-athletes on the All-Conference teams. Predanic was named the Player of the Year, Trongone the Defensive Player of the Year, Laurendeau the Goalkeeper of the Year, and Boucher the Rookie of the Year. All four were named first-team All-Conference picks as well, along with Burchhardt. Senior backs
Nia Brown and
Karmyn Carter were tabbed second-team picks, while senior midfielder
Eva Frazzoni was chosen a third-team honoree. Boucher and freshman back
Sanna Rein were named to the All-Rookie team.
Academic All-America®
Honors for Predanic: Predanic was named a second-team Academic All-America® pick Wednesday, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She is one of a mere 33 student-athletes from NCAA Division II schools to be so honored for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
More Academic Excellence: Saint Rose also had the greatest representation on the Academic All-District® Team, as selected by CoSIDA. The Golden Knights had four student-athletes chosen, while no other institution had multiple honorees. The Saint Rose quartet consisted of Laurendeau, Brown, and sophomore back
Luisa Gaudl, in addition to Predanic.
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