ALBANY, N.Y. – The College of Saint Rose scored the lone goal it needed late in the first half and added two more throughout the game's final 12 minutes to upend visiting Northeast-10 Conference rival Assumption 3-1 tonight.
In the process, the #8 ranked Golden Knights (8-0-2/4-0-2 NE10) extended their season long unbeaten streak to 10 matches and improved to 4-0 at home.
Saint Rose controlled possession for 56.0 percent of the game and six different players figured in the scoring. The Golden Knights developed an 18-6 shot advantage and a 12-4 corner kick differential, while posting their fifth shutout of the season. It also marked the ninth time they held an opponent to a goal or fewer.
Junior midfielders
Caylee Boorse and
Kelly Coster, and junior back
Sanna Rein accounted for the three Saint Rose goals. Meanwhile, junior midfielder
Jen Bartlett, freshman forward
Madelyn Wania, and sophomore back
Alexandra Getfield each collected an assist.
Freshman keeper
Pia Bozic recorded both of her saves in the second half.
Boorse scored the eventual game-winner when she touched home a loose ball that deflected off a few players following a corner kick from the near flag with 37:31 elapsed.
Saint Rose then played the vast majority of the second half in the offensive third that eventually yielded a pair of strikes seven minutes apart.
Wania delivered a corner to the middle of the area that Rein headed home at the 78:37 mark. Getfield then drove a hard strike from about 12-yards out that forced Assumption (2-3-2/1-3-1 NE10) sophomore keeper Julia Walsh to make a nice diving save to her right. However, Coster immediately knocked in the rebound to make it 3-0 Golden Knights with 85:10 gone by.
Up next, both sides have home league matches Saturday. Saint Rose faces Saint Anselm at 2:00 pm, while the Greyhounds meet Southern Connecticut State at 3:00 pm.
Notes: The Golden Knights came into this evening tied for 10th in the country with an overall 0.889 winning percentage…They are unbeaten through 10 matches for the second consecutive year…Six of their 10 contests have been on the road…Saint Rose has outscored its opponents 22-6, including 14-2 in the first half…The Golden Knights have also generated 73 corner kicks while yielding 32…Twelve different players have found the back of the net…Saint Rose now stands third in the NE10 with a 0.60 team goals-against-average…Senior forward
Kaelyn Britt is tied for second in the league with four goals…Sophomore forward
Mia Klammer is tied for fourth with three assists, while Bozic paces the conference with a 0.46 goals-against-average and a 0.871 save percentage…Senior midfielder
Janina Mueller and Bozic were both named to the NE10 weekly honor roll yesterday.
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