Adelphi and Saint Rose Advance to NE10 Championship on Sunday.
MANSFIELD, Mass. - No. 1 Saint Rose picked up a 5-1 victory against No. 5 Saint Anselm, while No. 3 Adelphi upset No. 2 Frankin Pierce on the road in a 2-1 overtime win in the Northeast-10 Conference Women's Soccer Seminfinal Thursday night to advance to the Championship game on Sunday.
The NE10 Championship will be hosted by No. 1 Saint Rose on Sunday. The Golden Knights look to captured their third-straight NE10 title, winning in 2019 and 2021 (no tournament in 2020 due to COVID-19). No. 3 Adelphi will travel to Albany for the championship matchup, and will try to bring the title back to the program for the first time since 2015. The Panthers' last appearance was against the Golden Knights, and they won, 1-0.
(1) Saint Rose 5, (5) Saint Anselm 1 – Box Score
ALBANY, N.Y. - After the Hawks opened the scoring on a 35th-minute header by midfielder Olivia Gotobed, Saint Rose would respond with five unanswered goals to secure its third consecutive appearance in the conference postseason championship.
Junior forward Lauren Amerena tallied the first score for the Golden Knights, netting a strike just four minutes after the Saint Anselm score to bring the margin to 1-1 at halftime.
The Saint Rose offense would come out aggressive in the second half, with the Golden Knights receiving the go-ahead score by junior forward Kaelyn Britt 13 minutes into the frame to propel Saint Rose ahead 2-1.
Sophomore forward Mia Klammer struck next when she took a pass ahead from Britt and chipped the ball over Hawks keeper Kate Macaluso with 10:32 left. Freshman midfield Madelyn Wania and sophomore forward Olivia Boucher each added a goal as well for Saint Rose in the final ten minutes.
(3) Adelphi 2, (2) Franklin Pierce 1 (2 OT) – Box Score
RINDGE, N.H. - The 2022 NE10 Player and Rookie of the Year has just sent the No. 3 seed Adelphi University women's soccer team to its first NE10 Championship final since 2015.
With 6:35 left in the second overtime period, Madison Apicella won a ball in the air to get in free behind the Franklin Pierce defense for a 1-v-1 with the keeper and buried her own rebound.
Although the hosts had the edge in play in the first half and got out to the initial lead, Kayla Mushorn responded before halftime with the equalizer.
As the waning minutes of the opening half ticked down, Mushorn won an aerial battle at the near post off a corner that got behind Franklin Pierce netminder Emilie Fox.
The Ravens had a dominating 23-11 advantage in shots in regulation, but Adelphi had a 13-12 edge in shots on goal for the entire match.
NE10 Women's Soccer Championship
- Saint Rose (9-0-3) - 30 Points
- Franklin Pierce (10-2) - 30 Points
- Adelphi (8-2-2) - 26 Points
- Southern Connecticut (5-4-3) - 18 Points
- Saint Anselm (5-6-1) - 16 Points
- Bentley (5-6-1) - 16 Points
- Assumption (4-5-3) - 15 Points
- Southern New Hampshire (3-4-5) - 14 Points
Sunday, October 30th
Quarterfinals – at Higher Seeds
Match 1: #1 Saint Rose 3, #8 Southern New Hampshire 0
Match 2: #2 Franklin Pierce 2, #7 Assumption 1
Match 3: #3 Adelphi 2, #6 Bentley 1
Match 4: #5 Saint Anselm 2, #4 Southern Connecticut 1
Thursday, November 3rd
Semifinals - at Higher Seeds
Match 5: #5 Saint Anselm 1, #1 Saint Rose 5
Match 6: #3 Adelphi 2, #2 Franklin Pierce 1 (2 OT)
Sunday, November 6th
Championship – at Highest Seed
Match 7: #1 Saint Rose vs. #3 Adelphi - 2:00 PM
ABOUT THE NE10
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