Box Score COLCHESTER, Vt. - In a match-up between regionally-ranked squads, the Saint Michael's College women's soccer team yielded only a 65th-minute penalty kick during a 1-0 loss to Saint Anselm College on Wednesday during Northeast-10 Conference play at Duffy Field. The Purple Knights were ninth in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll, while the Hawks stood eighth.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (4-4-1, 2-3-1 NE10), Saint Anselm (5-1-1, 3-1-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Kathryn White, 1 goal
- Junior Kate Macaluso, 3 saves
GAME FACTS
- Each of the Purple Knights' last 11 games since 2019 has been decided by a goal or less.
- Six of the Purple and Gold's last seven games were 1-0 affairs.
- The Purple and Gold has allowed only four goals in the past seven games, and never more than one in a contest.
- Saint Michael's has seen multiple goals scored between the teams only twice in nine games this season.
- The Purple Knights have played four teams either nationally or regionally ranked this year, and each contest has ended 1-0, in wins over regionally-ranked American International College and Pace University and losses to Southern New Hampshire University, which was 19th nationally, and now Saint Anselm.
- Saint Anselm posted its fourth straight clean sheet, extending its shutout run to 420:48. The Hawks have allowed only three goals in five NE10 games, all to The College of Saint Rose, which is currently ranked third nationally.
THE ACTION
- Escobedo kept Saint Anselm off the board by intercepting senior Regan Pratt's dangerous cross under pressure in the 14th minute.
- The Purple Knights countered with a chance of their own in the 25th minute, as sophomore Claire Williams (Saint Leonard, Md./Calvert) sent a through ball into the box for junior Zoe Rogers (Shelton, Conn./Shelton), but Macaluso collected just before Rogers could get a touch.
- Escobedo was busy early in the second half, diving to her right to deny first-year Josie Pecor's shot from the middle of the box in the 48th minute before moving to deny sophomore Lily LaGrassa's one-touch bid from the 6 in the 50th.
- Early in the 61st minute, a hand ball was called on a Purple Knight, leading to the Hawks being awarded a penalty kick. White drilled her shot toward the lower left corner, but Escobedo dove to the spot and made a save, keeping the teams scoreless. However, just 4:36 after the initial penalty kick, another was awarded due to another hand ball. This time White scored into the lower left, potting the game's only goal at 64:43 beyond a diving Escobedo.
- With Saint Anselm possessing and moving toward its own goal in the 70th minute, senior Dora Barrett (Medford, Mass./Medford) applied pressure up top, leading to a loose ball, which Williams struck well from inside the 18 but pushed over the bar.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Tuesday at No. 3 Saint Rose, 6 p.m.
- The Golden Knights are not only ranked third nationally by the United Soccer Coaches but stand first in the East Region poll.
- 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.
