ALBANY, N.Y. - First-year Regan Kelso (Fairless Hills, Pa./Archbishop Wood) netted her second and third goals in two games to help the nationally-regarded Saint Michael's College women's soccer team defeat the College of Staten Island, 3-0, on Wednesday at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
 
The Purple Knights, who lead the nation with six wins, received votes toward this week's United Soccer Coaches national poll and are fifth in the East Region rankings.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-0), Staten Island (1-2-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Kelso, 2 goals
• Sophomore Jules Peterson (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa), 2 assists
• Senior Bella DelVecchio (Saugus, Mass./Bishop Fenwick), 1 goal
• Senior Faith Kosiba (Dunstable, Mass./Groton-Dunstable Regional), 1 assist
• Sophomore Paige Barnett (Norwood, Mass./Norwood), 1 assist
• Sophomore Elisa Damori (Lake Oswego, Ore./Lakeridge), 1 assist
• First-year Sammy Hassan (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park), 1 assist
• First-year Chloe Laizer (Belchertown, Mass./West Springfield), 1 save in 76:16, win
• First-year Callie Spittle (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), 0 saves in 13:44 of relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Oksana Zahirna, 22 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple and Gold tied a 36-year-old school record by pushing its winning streak to six games.
• Saint Michael's extended the best start in program, having won all six of its games away from home.
• The Purple Knights improved to 1-0-1 in the all-time series.
• After yielding two goals in her college debut, Laizer has surrendered just one in five games since, extending her shutout streak to 413:46.
• Saint Michael's posted its fourth straight shutout for the first time since a stretch that carried from October 2006 to August 2007. The last time the Purple and Gold blanked four consecutive foes during a single season was between Oct. 10 and 20, 1990.

THE ACTION

• Kelso put the Purple Knights ahead in the 33rd minute with a bad-angle, left-footed shot into the far upper netting. Peterson's pass sprung her down the left flank, and Barnett also assisted.
• Kelso moved across the top of the box before sending another long shot home in the 66th minute, with Kosiba and Peterson assisting.
• DelVecchio crashed the box to head home Hassan's cross in the 72nd minute, with Damori lending the secondary helper.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Bentley University, 6 p.m.
• The Falcons are eighth in the latest United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
• The Purple Knights are hosting their Team IMPACT game that night.