ORANGEBURG, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's soccer team began its season with a scoreless draw at Dominican (N.Y.) University on Saturday.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-0-1), Dominican (2-1-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Katie Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina), 3 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Stella Paton, 8 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's held a 15-9 lead in shots, while the Chargers took nine of the 13 corner kicks.
• The Purple Knights are 1-0-1 all-time against Dominican, having won 1-0 in overtime last year in their first meeting.
• Saint Michael's has now played 18 games decided by a goal or less in its past 20 outings since 2019.
• Escobedo registered her sixth career shutout, all since last fall, to tie Megan LeCours '19 for sixth in program history.

THE ACTION

• Escobedo kept it scoreless with a diving save in the seventh minute, falling to her right to deny a point-blank bid from sophomore Isabella Wysocki, who collected a misplay behind the back line.
• Redshirt junior Danai Chimedza rung the left post in the 11th minute, curling a shot across the goal mouth and beyond an outstretched Escobedo.
• In the 31st minute, senior Maggie Varley (Islip, N.Y./Saint John the Baptist Diocesan) jumped to send a header from the top of the box, slipping it past Paton but off the bottom of the right post.
• The Purple Knights made a push for the winner late in regulation, as first-year Kayleigh Crowell (Beverly, Mass./Beverly) was stopped on a point-blank bid out front in the 81st minute before senior Paulina Valentine's (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) header was denied by Paton less than a minute later.
• Sophomore Christina Cummings' (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) final bid from the top of the box was turned away with 41 seconds to go, and the teams ended scoreless, as the NCAA eliminated regular-season overtime this season.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at Queens (N.Y.) College, 12 p.m.