AMHERST, N.Y. - Senior Kayleigh Crowell's (Beverly, Mass./Beverly) 39th-minute goal stood up as the lone tally as the regionally-ranked Saint Michael's College women's soccer team blanked Daemen University, 1-0, on Friday in Royal Park. The Purple Knights were fifth in this week's United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-0), Daemen (1-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Crowell, 1 goal
• Senior Faith Kosiba (Dunstable, Mass./Groton-Dunstable Regional), 1 assist
• First-year Chloe Laizer (Belchertown, Mass./West Springfield), 2 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Becca Schultz, 14 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights started a season 4-0 with wins in four different states for the second straight fall.
• Saint Michael's is 3-0-1 in the all-time series, earning each of its three wins by a single goal.
• After yielding two goals in her college debut, Laizer has surrendered just one in three games since, extending her shutout streak to 247:30 on Friday.
• The visitors held leads of 26-5 in shots and 6-2 in corner kicks.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights took all 15 shots attempted in the opening half, and Crowell put her team in front in the 39th minute, sneaking behind the defense to receive Kosiba's through ball and slip a shot inside the right post.
• Laizer was forced into saves in the 69th and 70th minutes, and a Daemen corner kick in the waning seconds of regulation was cleared out of harm's way by the Saint Michael's defense.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at D'Youville University, 1 p.m.