2021 SAINT ROSE MEN'S SOCCER
Tuesday, October 19 | 6:00 pm | Best Buddies Night
Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex | Albany, New York
Stonehill (5-6-1/2-4-1 NE10) at Saint Rose (5-4-2/4-2-1 NE10)
Series: Stonehill leads 18-5 | First Meeting: 10/5/97
Last Meeting (11/16/19): Stonehill struck twice in the final 19 minutes to upend The College of Saint Rose 4-3 in Easton, Mass. Keegan Nutt tied it 3-3 by converting a penalty kick with 71:40 gone by and then accounted for the game-winner at the 86:23 mark. Sophomore midfielder
Hilmar Halldorsson scored twice and Niv Fogel set up a pair of goals for the Golden Knights.
Last Time Out: Saint Rose scored a season high four goals with four different players providing the strikes in Saturday's 4-0 victory against visiting Northeast-10 Conference rival Assumption. The contest was marred by torrential rain although the Golden Knights did not miss a beat. Halldorsson, sophomore back
Nick Koenig, sophomore midfielder
Josh Elliott, and senior midfielder
Oskar Aaströem all found the back of the net. Koenig also had an assist as did sophomore forward
Nico Faretta and freshman midfielder
Daniel Zholendz. Freshman keeper
Tomas Rozman recorded a pair of saves to post his second clean sheet in five starts this autumn.
Head Coach John Ciano on Saturday's victory: "I thought today was a very complete game on both sides of the ball. Assumption is a dangerous team with some very good attacking players and I was really happy with how we defended them. We scored some nice goals as well from the attacking side of the game, but now we must be ready to prepare for a strong Stonehill side on Tuesday."
Scouting Saint Rose (5-4-2/4-2-1 NE10): The Golden Knights have a young squad with 25 underclassmen listed on their roster…They extended their unbeaten streak to four matches with Saturday's victory…Saint Rose is 1-1-2 in overtime this autumn…Elliott and freshman back
Victor Boje Henriksen pace the team with four goals apiece…The former has scored all four of his goals throughout the past four matches…Koenig and Rozman were named to the NE10 weekly honor roll yesterday…Rozman leads all NE10 goalkeepers with a .889 save percentage and stands second behind a 0.55 goals-against-average.
Best Buddies Night: The Golden Knights will be joined by their Best Buddies for part of their warm-up and their starting lineup walkout. There will also be a postgame photo session.
About Best Buddies: Best Buddies is the world's largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The organization's programs empower the special abilities of people with IDD by helping them form meaningful friendships with their peers, secure successful jobs, live independently, improve public speaking, self-advocacy and communication skills, and feel valued by society.
Scouting Stonehill (5-6-1/2-4-1 NE10): The Skyhawks are coming off Saturday's 4-0 setback to visiting #14 league rival American International…The Yellow Jackets scored three goals in the second half to break open a 1-0 game…Stonehill has dropped two straight after going unbeaten throughout its previous three matches…Freshman midfielder Iago Luiz De Sousa-Vieira is the top scoring threat with eight goals this season…That mark puts him fourth among the league leaders…Junior Andrew Hammersley has played all but 76 of the team's minutes between the posts…He owns a 1.85 GAA and has made five-plus saves on eight occasions this season.
Diversity: The Saint Rose roster features student-athletes from six countries including; Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, and Australia, in addition to the United States.
Up Next: Both sides are back in action with conference matches this weekend. The Golden Knights have a 6:30 pm road date Friday at Bentley in Waltham, Mass. Meanwhile, Stonehill hosts top-ranked Franklin Pierce at 11:00 am Saturday.
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