2021 SAINT ROSE MEN'S SOCCER
Saturday, November 6 | 1:00 pm
NE10 Championship Tournament Quarterfinal
Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports Complex | Albany, New York
Le Moyne (10-6-0) at Saint Rose (9-5-2)
Series: Le Moyne leads 17-4-1 | First Meeting: 9/27/89
Setting The Stage: The College of Saint Rose is the third seed and Le Moyne the sixth in this year's Northeast-10 Conference Championship Tournament…Today's winner will advance to Wednesday's semifinal to face either second-seed American International or seventh-seed New Haven…That match will be played at the higher seed with the kickoff time to be determined.
Last Meeting (10/6/21 at Le Moyne): Sophomore midfielder
Josh Elliott scored the game-winner 1:15 into overtime to lift the Golden Knights to a 2-1, come-from-behind victory. Fellow junior midfielder
Kevin Winglosky set up Elliott's strike and also tied it midway through the second half after the Dolphins took a 1-0 lead on a goal by midfielder Joe Falcone in the opening 17 minutes.
Last Time Out: Saint Rose ovrcame a 2-1 halftime deficit as sophomore forward
Nico Faretta came off the bench with 16:00 minutes remaining in regulation and nine minutes later scored the game-winner to lift the Golden Knights to Wednesday's 3-2 win against visiting Adelphi. Senior midfielder Oskar Aastroem and sophomore forward
Hilmar Halldorsson accounted for the other two Saint Rose strikes.
Head Coach John Ciano on Wednesday's victory: "This is a special moment for our program. Adelphi is a very talented and well-coached team and we knew this was going to be a difficult match. To come back and win, and earn our program's first ever home playoff game is a really an amazing feeling."
Scouting Saint Rose (9-5-2): Saint Rose has a young squad with 25 underclassmen listed on its roster…The Golden Knights have now won seven of their last eight…Saint Rose has outscored its last eight opponents 18-7…Freshman
Tomas Rozman stands third among all NE10 goalkeepers with an .827 save percentage and a 0.86 goals-against-average…Eleven different players have found the back of the net this fall…Elliott and freshman back
Victor Boje Henriksen lead the team with six goals each…Elliott was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll Monday…He has registered at least one point in eight of the last nine games…A victory today would tie a program single-season record of 10 victories, which was also accomplished in 2019.
Saint Rose in the NE10 Championship Tournament: Saint Rose is making its fifth appearance in the NE10 Championship Tournament, all in the past nine years. The Golden Knights advanced to the 2019 Championship Final as a sixth-seed, before falling 2-1 at Assumption. They also qualified for the postseason in 2013, 2015, and 2017. Saint Rose has never been higher than a sixth seed, which they were in 2017 and 2019. The Golden Knights were an eighth seed in 2013 and the seventh seed in 2015.
Scouting Le Moyne (10-6-0): The Dolphins wrapped up their regular-season docket with Wednesday's 3-0 victory against visiting Southern Connecticut State…They generated a 19-4 shot advantage…Forward Brett Stern accounted for the game winner with a mere 11:52 expired.…Forward Robert Rohrhirsch is Le Moyne's top scoring threat…He is tied for fifth among the NE10 leaders with nine goals, four of which have been game-winners…Rookie forward Michael Sparkes has five strikes to his credit…Josh Mahr has played all 1,480 minutes between the posts…He owns a 0.91 GAA on the strength of seven shutouts.
Diversity: The Saint Rose roster features student-athletes from six countries including; Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, and Australia, in addition to the United States.
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