MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's soccer team suffered its first Northeast-10 Conference road loss of the season at Saint Anselm College, 1-0, on Tuesday at Melucci Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-5-4, 2-3-3 NE10), Saint Anselm (4-7-3, 3-3-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Liam Barrett (Saugus, Mass./Malden Catholic/UMass Lowell), 4 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Jackson Dresens, 1 goal
• Sophomore David Hood, 2 saves

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's had been 1-0-3 on the road during NE10 play, matching its best such run since a seven-game (4-0-3) stretch between Oct. 24, 1987, and Sept. 9, 1989.
• The Purple Knights were 2-1-3 in their last six games.
• Five of the teams' past six meetings have now been decided by one goal.
• The Purple and Gold entered the day third in the NE10 with three regular-season games to play.

THE ACTION

• Senior Nino Scolieri (Franklin Square, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) headed a corner kick entry off the close post in the 16th minute.
• Dresens headed a teammate's free kick over the crossbar in the 32nd minute, and the hosts held a 4-1 shots lead at halftime.
• Hood extended to make a diving save of junior Amos Schramm's (Sagard, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Germany/Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium) 60th-minute penalty kick.
• Barrett denied junior Samuel Assantha's point-blank shot near the left post in the 65th minute before classmate Caden Leader pushed a follow-up bid wide.
• Dresens broke the stalemate at 69:48, heading home junior Michael Provenzano's curling free kick from the edge of the box.
• Scolieri's shot from 25 yards away in the 76th minute, which Hood secured, proved to be his team's final bid.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Oct. 28 vs. University of New Haven, 2 p.m.
• The Purple Knights celebrate Senior Day.