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ALBANY, N.Y. – The College of Saint Rose scored four unanswered goals in the opening eight minutes and never looked back on the way to today's 18-7 win against visiting Caldwell amidst challenging weather conditions with snow falling on Sullivan Field at The Plumeri Sports Complex.
 
Regardless, the Golden Knights (5-1) have now won four straight and are 3-0 at home after extending the best start ever in program history.
 
"Today our guys were really excited to get out there and compete. We didn't let the unexpected weather distract us or disrupt our game plan. We played an exciting brand of lacrosse in conditions that could have easily allowed us to go the other way. It was really great seeing them take another step forward, share the ball, and play selfless," said Head Coach Alex Williams.
 
Saint Rose again had a balanced attack with seven different players finding the back of the net. Meanwhile, the defensive unit limited the Cougars (1-2) to four goals throughout the initial three periods.
 
Junior attack Eddie Baker led the way with four strikes, while fifth-year attack Jack Pemrick, junior attack Cam Smith, and junior midfielder Gabriel Nish recorded three each. Smith and Nish also registered a pair of assists, while fifth year attack Brendan Sheedy finished with two goals and a team-leading three helpers. Fifth-year midfielder John Loughlin had a pair of goals and an assist, while junior attack Greg Walsh contributed a goal as well.
 
In addition, sophomore defenseman Walter Ross recorded three of the team's season-high 14 caused turnovers.
 
Freshman attack Ben Taylor and sophomore attack Jason Staudte had two goals apiece to lead Caldwell.
 
Sheedy sandwiched a pair of strikes around goals by Walsh and Nish to afford Saint Rose its early advantage. The Cougars (1-2) then cut their deficit in half with a pair of goals 45 seconds apart to make it a 4-2 game with 2:48 to go in the first quarter. However, the Golden Knights rattled off 11 of the game's ensuing 12 goals to afford themselves an insurmountable 15-3 cushion in the opening two minutes of the third quarter.
 
Looking ahead, Saint Rose is off until Saturday, March 19 when it begins the Northeast-10 Conference portion of its 2022 docket with a 4:00 pm home game versus Bentley. Meanwhile, Caldwell returns home Sunday to host Roberts Wesleyan at noon.

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Notes: Saint Rose is off to the best start in program history…Its five wins are already the third highest in program history…The Golden Knights won nine games in 2018 and seven in their inaugural 2012 campaign…Freshman midfielder Nathan Ham was named the NE10 Rookie of the Week, while Nish was selected to the weekly honor roll on Monday…The Golden Knights have outscored their opponents 69-24 and have engineered a 207-145 shot advantage during their current four-game win streak…Baker leads the team with 28 points on 21 goals and seven assists…Smith follows with 25 points on 21 goals and four helpers, while Nish has 20 points behind 13 goals and seven assists to his credit…Fleming has played 240 of the team's 363 minutes between the posts…He owns a 5.74 goals-against-average and a .693 save percentage…Sophomore midfielder Luke Pemrick and Ross pace the squad with nine caused turnovers.

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