2021 SAINT ROSE WOMEN'S SOCCER
Sunday, November 21 | 2:00 pm
NCAA Championship Tournament East Region Semifinal
Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex | Albany, New York
Jefferson (12-5-2) at #8 Saint Rose (15-3-1)
Tickets: General Admission - $10 | Students with ID/Senior Citizens - $5 | Children, ages 3-12 - $1
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hildren under the age of 2 shall be admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult.
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Series: Jefferson leads 6-3-1 |
First Meeting: 10/15/94
Last Meeting Jefferson (9/5/21 at Jefferson | Box Score): Seven different players figured in the scoring column and The College of Saint Rose posted its second consecutive clean sheet to open the season with a 4-0 victory at Jefferson, which was then ranked #8 in the country. The Golden Knights engineered a 20-4 shot advantage, including a 10-0 differential in shots-on-target, and put themselves in the driver's seat behind two goals in the opening six minutes. Senior midfielder
Ciera Lundy, junior midfielders
Janina Mueller and
Theresa Durle, and freshman midfielder
Katlyn Krupski each found the back of the net. Sophomore midfielder
Tatiana Leggiero, freshman forward
Mia Klammer, and sophomore forward
Olivia Boucher were credited with assists.
Last Time Out (11/14/21) | Box Score | Saint Rose punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament by capturing its record ninth Northeast-10 Conference postseason title behind a 1-0 victory against visiting Southern Connecticut State. In the process, the Golden Knights avenged their only setback of the season. Sophomore back
Sanna Rein provided a celebratory moment for the game's lone goal by finishing a corner kick off the foot of sophomore midfielder and the Championship Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Lauren Amerena with 35:35 elapsed.
Golden Knights in the NCAA Tournament: This year marks the 16th time in 19 years (excluding 2020) that the Golden Knights have been afforded the opportunity to contend for the NCAA Division II National Championship…Saint Rose is now 28-12-5 all-time in NCAA Tournament contests…The Golden Knights have made seven national semifinal appearances (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2019) within the past 14 years, and of course captured the 2011 National Championship.
Scouting #8 Saint Rose (15-1-3): Saint Rose, ranked #8 in the most recent United Soccer Coaches National Poll and the top seed in the East Region, has outscored its 19 opponents 48-7 and has surrendered only three, second half goals all year…The Golden Knights are third in the country with a 0.35 team goals-against-average and are 25th in scoring offense behind 2.53 goals per game.…They stand 16th in the country with 6.32 corner kicks per game…Seventeen different players have at least one goal…Saint Rose has given up just one goal in its last seven contests…Fifth-year keeper
Marika Laurendeau, an All-American in 2019, is fifth nationally with an NE10 best 0.37 GAA on the strength of 10 shutouts and is sixth nationally with an .889 save percentage…Her 10 clean sheets put her 10th among the country's leaders…Klammer paces the NE10 with 12 goals and 27 points, despite only playing 15 games…She is 20th in the country with 0.80 goals per game…Mueller is 31st in the country with a 0.42 assists average.
Scouting Jefferson (12-5-2): The fifth seed Rams are unbeaten in their last four matches following Friday's opening round 0-0 draw versus Saint Anselm, against whom they prevailed 4-2 on PKs…It marked their ninth shutout this season…Jefferson garnered an NCAA Tourmament automatic berth by capturing its third consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) title with a 2-0 win as a third seed over fourth seed Wilmington (Del.)…This is Jefferson's fourth NCAA Tournament Appearance…The Rams have advanced past the first round just once…That came in 2015 against none other than Saint Rose via PKs following a 0-0 draw in a match that they were outshot 32-1 by the Golden Knights…Five players have produced double-digit point totals this season…Junior forward Laurel Erick paces the squad with six goals, while sophomore forward Kiery Spatz has five to her credit…Junior midfielder Devin Sullivan, the CACC Player of the Year, leads Jefferson with five assists…Freshman goalkeeper Liv Riddel, who played all 110 minutes Friday, owns a 0.86 GAA while handling just a bit more than half of the team's minutes between the posts.
Diversity: The Saint Rose roster features student-athletes from six states and Canada, in addition to Germany, Finland, England, and Brazil.
All-Conference Honors: Saint Rose is represented by seven student-athletes who were bestowed with 11 total honors on the 2021 NE10 All-League Teams, which were selected by the league's 14 head coaches. Laurendeau was named the Goalkeeper of the Year for the second straight competitive season, while Klammer garnered Rookie of the Year accolades. Rein and Lundy joined them on the first team. Mueller and freshman back
Jada Brown earned second-team honors, while junior forward
Kaelyn Britt collected a third-team nod. Klammer and Brown were also named to the All-Rookie Team.
Going Forward: The winners of today's match will move on to the East Region Championship Final (round of 16) on Thursday or Friday, December 2 or 3 for, versus Mercy College at the site of the Atlantic Region Champion. The Mavericks, a sixth seed, moved on behind Saturday's 1-0 triumph at second seed Molloy College. The East Region champion will face the Atlantic Region champion in a national quarterfinal match on Saturday or Sunday, December 4 or 5. The winner will advance to the national semifinals at Switchbacks FC Stadium in Colorado Springs, CO. on Thursday, December 9. The national championship match is set for Saturday, December 11.
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