COLCHESTER, Vt. - First-year Ronnie Riby-Williams (Montpelier, Vt./Montpelier) notched a goal and an assist in his college debut, lifting the Saint Michael's College men's soccer team past Assumption University, 2-0, during both teams' Northeast-10 Conference openers on Saturday at Duffy Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-2-1, 1-0 NE10), Assumption (1-3, 0-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Ronnie Riby-Williams (Montpelier, Vt./Montpelier), 1 goal, 1 assist (college debut)
• Senior Nino Scolieri (Franklin Square, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial), 1 goal
• First-year Alvaro Macias-Cazorla (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain/The American School of Las Palmas), 1 assist
• Senior Liam Barrett (Saugus, Mass./Malden Catholic/UMass Lowell), 5 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Francisco Teixeira, 1 save in 45 minutes, loss
• First-year Iver Sjåvåg, 3 saves in 45 minutes of relief

GAME FACTS

• Seven different Purple Knights have scored exactly one goal this year.
• Saint Michael's improved to 21-12-6 in the all-time series, including 13-2-4 at home. This was only the second time in the past 11 meetings the teams were not separated by one goal or less.
• Assumption held leads in shots (16-12) and corner kicks (11-3).

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights broke on the board in the ninth minute, with Macias-Cazorla serving from just inside midfield toward the box for Riby-Williams, whose centering pass set up Scolieri to find the bottom left corner of the net.
• Scolieri nearly doubled the lead in the 17th minute, forcing Teixeira to dive toward the left post for a standout save.
• In the 24th minute, Riby-Williams pressed Teixeira into a giveaway at the top of the box before finishing on the vacated net.
• Barrett kept it 2-0 in the 40th minute, tipping first-year Cody Holbert's header over the crossbar.
• Assumption nearly cracked the scoring column in the 79th minute, but first-year Peter Hasund rung the left post from 25 yards out.
• Barrett maintained the shutout with another stop in the 82nd minute, leaping toward the left corner of the frame to deny sophomore Daniel Paulsson's header.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. No. 1 Franklin Pierce University, 6:30 p.m.
• The Ravens, whose national ranking is according to the United Soccer Coaches, won last year's NCAA Tournament.