WEST HAVEN, Conn. - Senior Amos Schramm (Sagard, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Germany/Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium) struck for the lone goal in the 49th minute to lift the Saint Michael's College men's soccer team past regionally-ranked University of New Haven, 1-0, on Saturday during each team's Northeast-10 Conference opener in Kathy Zolad Stadium. At 4-1-1, the Purple Knights are off to their best start in 10 years. The Chargers were seventh in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-1-1, 1-0 NE10), New Haven (3-2-1, 0-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Amos Schramm (Sagard, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Germany/Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium), 1 goal
• Sophomore Aliou Cisse (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca), 1 assist
• Junior Garrett Smith (Gorham, Maine/Bridgton Academy/Bryant), 4 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Archie Watts, 1 save

GAME FACTS

• New Haven entered the game having posted four consecutive shutouts at home, going 3-0-1 in that time.
• Smith recorded his third shutout in four starts this season, the first appearances of his college career.
• The Purple Knights' 4-1-1 start is their best since beginning the 2014 at 5-1.
• Tonight's contest marked the 10th straight series meeting decided by one goal or less. Saint Michael's is now 3-0-1 in its last four games with New Haven.
• The Chargers held an 11-5 lead in shots while taking two of the game's three corner kicks.

THE ACTION

• The teams combined for six shots in the first half, with only one sent on net, graduate student Albert Porqueras' 17th-minute drive from the left side of the box that Smith secured.
• In the 49th minute, sophomore Ronnie Riby-Williams (Montpelier, Vt./Montpelier) collected a loose ball in the midfield before sending Cisse up the right sideline, where both got touches before a deflected ball found Schramm, who sent a one-touch from the top of the box inside the left box and beyond a diving Watts.
• Smith kept his team in front in the 58th minute, sprawling to deny junior Kaanturk Akgul's diving header from out front. Akgul drilled the crossbar in the 69th minute off of a free kick.
• Smith maintained the lead by catching graduate student Anthony Denis' bouncing header following a corner kick in the 86th minute for what proved to be the game's final shot.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. regionally-ranked Southern New Hampshire University, 7 p.m.
• The Penmen were fifth in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.