Men's Soccer Heads to Albany to Battle Saint Rose Saturday Afternoon
MERRIMACK TRAVELS TO SAINT ROSE AIMING FOR SEVENTH WIN OF SEASON
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Aiming for its seventh win of the season, the Merrimack College men's soccer team heads to Albany, N.Y. to face Northeast-10 Conference opponent Saint Rose on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
The Basics
Date/Time: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 | 2 p.m.
Records: Merrimack (5-2, 1-1) | Saint Rose (3-5, 1-4)
Location: Plumeri Sports Complex | Albany, N.Y.
Last Time Out
After falling behind a goal early in the contest, Merrimack trailed Southern Connecticut, 1-0, to close out the half before adding three more in the second frame to seal a 3-1 victory over Southern Connecticut on Friday night at Martone-Mejail Field.
Junior Augusto Silva (Hudson, Mass.) maneuvered towards the top of the box and ripped a fabulous shot that caught nothing but twine in the low-right corner of the net, tying the contest at 1-1. Sophomore Douglas Searl (Westford, Mass.) headed the ball into the net to put the home side ahead, 2-1, at 78:57 of the second half. Freshman Joseph Briers (Lincolnshire, England) scored his first career goal, making it 3-1 with less than eight minutes to go. Junior Jose Silva (Northborough, Mass.) turned in a two-save effort to improve to 6-2 on the season
Last Season against the Golden Knights
- Defeated Saint Rose, 4-0.
- Former senior forward Franklin Lemus Pena (Revere, Mass.) led the way for the Warriors with two goals.
- Merrimack held a 28(9)-11(3) shot advantage over the Golden Knights.
- Former senior Olof Lindhe (Stockholm, Sweden) and Augusto Silva tallied the two other goals for the Warriors.
- Keepers Andrew Suttle (Northbrook, Ill.) and Mattias Drummond (Partille, Sweden) saw action between the posts against the Golden Knights.
The Warriors:
- Merrimack ranks third in the Northeast-10 in shots percentage with .169 and fifth with 10 goals.
- Searl and A. Silva lead the team with three goals each, while Searl posted seven points on the season.
- The Warriors average 1.50 goals per game while opponents averages 0.88
- Have tallied 12 goals on 90 shots (.133) in all eight games.
The Opponent:
- Coming off off a 3-0 loss to Adelphi.
- Ranks 10th in the Northeast-10 with five goals.
- Juan Garzon leads the Golden Knights with three goals on the season.
- Colan Balkwell has made 19 saves this season and has a .655 saves percentage.
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