COLCHESTER, Vt. - The regionally-ranked Saint Michael's College women's soccer team tied the University of New Haven, 1-1, during Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday at Duffy Field. The Purple Knights were seventh in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-1-3, 2-1-3 NE10), New Haven (3-6-3, 0-3-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Claire Williams (Saint Leonard, Md./Calvert), 1 goal
• Senior Christina Cummings (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 assist
• Senior Jesse Ferdinand (Maraval, Trinidad and Tobago/High Mowing School), 4 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Caitlin Daley, 6 saves
• Sophomore Emma Mitchell, 1 goal
• Junior Riley Drosopoulos, 1 assist

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's held a 19-9 lead in shots, while New Haven took four of the seven corner kicks.
• Ferdinand made her first college start.

THE ACTION

• First-year back Julia Palmese (Berlin, Conn./Berlin) forced Daley into a diving save in the seventh minute, and classmate Sarah Gormley (East Moriches, N.Y./Westhampton Beach) sent a follow-up bid off the right post.
• In the 24th minute, Mitchell sent a pass that Ferdinand slid out to cover under pressure from another Charger.
• Both teams had chances unanswered off of giveaways a little more than a minute apart, with the sequence concluding when Ferdinand dove to stop sophomore Lola Wood's shot from just outside the box in the 61st minute.
• In the 68th minute, Williams struck from the edge of the box, slipping a shot inside the left post to provide her team a 1-0 edge.
• Ferdinand maintained the lead in the 80th minute, jumping to bat a corner kick cross out of danger.
• Mitchell tied the game in the 82nd minute, slipping through the defense and extending to tap a shot inside the right netting.
• Junior Kayleigh Crowell (Beverly, Mass./Beverly) nearly found the winner in the 85th minute, but Daley slid out to deny her breakaway chance.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. Daemen University, 4 p.m.