COLCHESTER, Vt. – The College of Saint Rose erased a three-goal third quarter deficit in today's 9-7 Northeast-10 Conference win at Saint Michael's. The Golden Knights (3-6/2-5 NE10) held the hosts scoreless for the final 21:09 to earn the road comeback victory.
Sophomore midfielder
Kyle Meoli led Saint Rose with a career-high four points, two goals and two assists. Senior attack
Carter Badour added three goals, including the eventual game-winner with 3:47 to go in the fourth, and an assist.
"I'm proud of the team to be able to go on the road and grind out a tough win against a very well coached and motivated Saint Michael's team," said Saint Rose Head Coach
Jim Morrissey. "This win was needed to get some positive momentum going into Saturday's home game against #1 Adelphi."
Senior midfielder
Nicolas Johnson went 11-for-20 on face-offs and scooped a game-high nine groundballs, while freshman goalie
Owen Anzalone made 12 saves to pick up the victory.
The Golden Knights used a 4-0 run to take a 4-2 lead with 9:52 left before the half. Saint Michael's (3-6/0-5 NE10) answered with five goals across the next 18:43 to regain the advantage. The Purple Knights, who received four goals from junior attack Ralph Grillone III, never scored again
NE10 action continues on Saturday afternoon. Saint Rose hosts top-ranked Adelphi at 1:00 pm. Saint Michael's is at Bentley at 3:30 pm.
Notes: Senior midfielder
Nicolas Johnson began the week second nationally with a league-best 12.00 groundballs per game…He entered today's contest 12
th nationally and third in the NE10 with a 68.1 face-off winning percentage…Badour was named to today's NE10 weekly honor roll...The Saint Rose co-captain, third on the Saint Rose career scoring list with 125 points, is second in program annals with 94 goals.
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