Box Score ALBANY, N.Y. - The regionally-ranked Saint Michael's College women's soccer team lost to 10th-ranked The College of Saint Rose, 3-0, on Tuesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play at the Plumeri Sports Complex. The Purple Knights were 10th in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll, while the Golden Knights are 10th in the nation and second in the regional rankings.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (4-5-1, 2-4-1 NE10), Saint Rose (8-0-1, 5-0-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Janina Mueller, 1 goal
- Sophomore Jen Bartlett, 1 goal
- First-year Lexi Grassia, 1 goal
- Fifth-year Marika Laurendeau, 3 saves
GAME FACTS
- Each of the Purple Knights' last 11 games since 2019 had been decided by a goal or less.
- The Purple and Gold had allowed only four goals in the past seven games entering tonight, and never more than one in a contest.
- Saint Rose was the 2019 NE10 regular-season and postseason titlist, and advanced to the NCAA Final Four that season, having qualified for 12 of the past 14 NCAA Tournaments.
THE ACTION
- Saint Rose broke the stalemate in the 16th minute, as sophomore Kelly Coster's long throw-in bounced into the box toward the right post, where Mueller's flick-on header with her back to the frame sent the ball along the goal line and inside the left netting at 15:03.
- Not long afterwards, senior Maggie Taylor (Lake Forest Park, Wash./Shorecrest) served a 17th-minute corner kick that junior Izzy Ruprecht (Kingston, Mass./Silver Lake Regional) headed into a defender, and Laurendeau eventually collected the loose ball.
- In the 31st minute, Taylor took a giveaway at the top of the 18, switched feet, and fired a long one-hopper on net that Laurendeau corralled.
- Junior Kaelyn Britt came up with a dangerous bid late in the opening half, during the 43rd minute, gaining space at the top of the box by switching from her left foot to right before firing a shot toward the lower left corner, forcing Escobedo to dive for the save. Saint Rose controlled the rebound but sent no further shots.
- First-year Elani Gikas (Peabody, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) nearly tied the game in the 49th minute, as her free kick from 30 yards was tipped over the crossbar by a leaping Laurendeau.
- Saint Rose doubled its lead at 51:24, as first-year Mia Klammer had a shot from the right side of the box stopped by Escobedo before the rebound popped to the middle for an unmarked Bartlett, who found the back of the net.
- Escobedo made another fine save in the 55th minute, tipping away sophomore Sanna Rein's header ticketed for just under the crossbar.
- The Golden Knights added an insurance goal in the 86th minute, as a long free kick landed in the box, where first-year Tabitha Mwaura tapped the ball to Grassia for a close-range on Escobedo, who denied the initial shot, but the rebound kicked back to Grassia, who put it home from out front.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. Adelphi University, 11 a.m.
- The Purple Knights will host Senior Day.
