2022 SAINT ROSE MEN'S SOCCER
Saturday, October 1, 2022 | 4:30 pm
Sullivan Field at The Plumeri Sports Complex| Albany, N.Y.
American International (1-3-5/0-1-3 NE10) at Saint Rose (4-3-2/1-2-2 NE10)
Series: American International 17-6-2 | First Meeting: 9/29/99
Last Meeting (11/10/21 at Saint Rose): American International upended The College of Saint Rose 1-0 in a Northeast-10 Conference semifinal match in Springfield, Mass. The then #23 nationally ranked Yellow Jackets scored the game's lone goal midway through the second half.
Last Time Out: The Golden Knights are coming off Wednesday's 3-3 draw at league rival New Haven. Saint Rose rallied from a 3-0, second half deficit by scoring three times in the final 30 minutes to forge the deadlock. Senior midfielder
Andrew Lule got the Golden Knights on the board, before junior midfielder
Josh Elliott and junior forward
Hilmar Halldorsson converted penalty kicks. The Chargers also converted a PK.
Scouting Saint Rose (4-3-2/1-2-2 NE10): Saint Rose is back home for the first time in 17 days…Halldorsson is tied for third among the league leaders with five goals on the year…Lule has established a school record with 75 games played...Nine different players have scored at least once this season…Elliott was named to the NE10 weekly honor roll Monday…All three of the team's setbacks have been by one goal…Senior
Ryan Henning and sophomore
Tomas Rozman have pretty much split the goalkeeping duties…They own a collective 1.44 goals-against-average and a .729 save percentage…Head coach
Steve Wieczorek is in his first year at the helm…He has led three programs to NCAA Tournament berths.
Scouting American International (1-3-5/0-1-3 NE10): The Yellow Jackets have played to three consecutive ties, two of which have been scoreless…Graduate student midfielder Dirk Doppin and freshman midfielder Christian Amaral pace the squad with three and two goals respectively…Sophomore Lucas Morales-Fernandez has played the majority of time between the posts…He owns a 1.43 GAA and a .792 save percentage…Head coach Luke Perry is in his eighth year, 10th overall, with the Yellow Jackets.
Diversity: The Saint Rose roster features student-athletes from eight countries including; Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Brazil and Australia, in addition to the United States.
Up Next: Looking ahead, the Golden Knights have a non-league meeting at St. Thomas Aquinas on Tuesday. Kickoff is set for 2:30 pm. Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets host defending league champion #2 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce on Saturday for a rematch of last season's NE10 title match. Game time is 6:00 pm.
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