Area Colleges: Saint Rose women's soccer team knocks out Franklin Pierce

RINDGE, N.H. — Freshmen Christina Cuffari and Gianna D’Errico each scored a goal in the first 10 minutes of play as The College of Saint Rose women’s soccer team Golden Knights earned a spot in the NCAA Division II East Regional championship with a 4-0 victory over Franklin Pierce Sunday.

In beating nemesis Franklin Pierce in the NCAA tournament for the first time ever, the Golden Knights improved to 18-3-2.

“We never take anything for granted when we play them,” said Saint Rose coach Laurie Darling Guthiel. “Our focus today was to play as a team because we knew that it was going to take contributions from everybody in order to win.”

Jazmine Farrell assisted on second-half goals by Amanda Schweers and Kailey Egbert for the Knights, who will face Bridgeport (18-4-1) Friday. The East Regional championships will be hosted by the highest remaining seed from the Atlantic Region.

Saint Rose 2 2 — 4

Franklin Pierce 0 0 — 0

Saint Rose scoring: Christina Cuffari 1-0, Gianna D’Errico 1-0, Amanda Schweers 1-1, Kailey Egbert 1-0, Jazmine Farrell 0-2.

Goalkeepers: Saint Rose, Shannon Murphy, 3 saves. Franklin Pierce, Brittany Ester, 4 saves.

Women’s hockey

RPI 2, Union 1

SCHENECTADY — Jill Vandegrift scored the game-winning goal at 15:05 of the third period as the Engineers swept a weekend ECAC series with the Dutchwomen.

Vandegrift scored both of RPI’s goals on power plays as the Engineers improved to 4-1-1 in the league and 7-5-1 overall.

Sophomore Callee Heywood scored her first career goal for the Dutchwomen (0-6-0, 0-13-1).

RPI 0 1 1 — 2

Union 0 0 1 — 1

First Period — None. Penalties — Weidner, RPI (cross-checking), 4:15; Stewart, RPI (tripping), 8:31; Cromatrie, Uni (tripping), 9:07; Heinhuis, Uni (hooking), 13:58; Hoffman, Uni (interference), 17:24; Perushek, Uni (hooking), 19:37.

Second Period — 1, RPI, Vandegrift 1 (Gersten, Daniels), 9:16 (pp). Penalties — Heinhuis, Uni (interference), 6:05; Weidner, RPI (tripping), 6:09; Koetteritz, Uni (tripping), 6:50; Perushek, Uni (checking), 9:07; Koetteriez, Uni (hooking), 12:58.

Third Period — 2, Union, Haywood 1, 7:51. 3, RPI, Vandegrift 2 (Stewart, Gersten), 15:05 (pp). Penalties — Melia, Uni (hooking), 13:08; Vadner, RPI (hooking), 15:45.

Shots on Goal — RPI 10-12-11 — 33. Union 4-2-4 — 10.

Power-play opportunities — RPI 2-9; Union 0-3.

Goalies — RPI, van der Bliek 6-3-1 (10 shots-9 saves). Union, Day 0-13-1, (33-31).

Women’s basketball

saint rose 80, lincoln 63

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. — Lauren Revesz and Dana Brown combined for 48 points, leading the Golden Knights past Lincoln in the championship game of the James A. Richardson Tip-Off Tournament.

Revesz had 27 points to lead the Knights (2-0), and Brown, the tournament MVP, added 21.

Saint Rose outscored Lincoln

(1-1), 41-18, in the final 17 minutes of the first half to take a 43-27 lead.

SAINT ROSE

Revesz 10-5-27, Brown 9-1-21, Timbrouck 4-1-9, Sormaz 3-0-7, Rath 2-0-5, Anderson 2-0-4, Buckley 1-0-3, Voelkel 0-2-2, Tremblay 0-2-2. Totals 31-11-80.

LINCOLN

Mosley 7-6-22, Cook 4-7-15, DuDose 5-4-15; Green 3-1-7, Wilmore 1-0-2, Evans 1-0-2, Totals 21-18-63.

Halftime: Saint Rose, 43-27. Three-point goals: Revesz 2, Brown, Rath, Sormaz, Buckley, Mosley 2, -7; DuDose.

rpi 88, nycct 28

AMHERST, Mass. — Senior Whitney Coleman scored 16 points and earned all-tournament honors as the Red Hawks defeated New York City College of Technology in the consolation game of the Amherst Tip-Off Tournament.

Freshman Laura Easterling chipped in with 11 points for the Red Hawks, who opened the game with a 37-1 run.

RPI

Barker 1-0-2, High 3-0-6, Wetmore 3-4-10, Coleman 7-2-16, Charest 3-0-7, L. Hayes 1-0-3, Connor 1-0-3, K. Hayes 4-1-10, Brophy 4-0-8, McKinley 1-0-2, Monroe 5-0-10, Easterling 4-1-11. Totals: 37-8-88.

NYCCT

Casey 3-5-11, Diego 1-4-6, Moees 3-1-7, Richards 2-0-4, Reid 0-1-1. Totals: 9-10-28.

Halftime: RPI, 50-9. Three-point goals: Charest, L. Hayes, Connor, K. Hayes, Easterling 2.

Volleyball

Danes triumph

ALBANY — The University at Albany became just the third America East team to record an undefeated conference season by defeating Stony Btook, 27-25,

25-20, 25-9.

Kamisha Kellam had a team-high 17 kills, including the 1,000th of her career, as the Great Danes (20-8, 12-0 AE) won their 14th straight match. As the top seed, the Great Danes will host the conference tournament, which begins Friday.

McCurty hits milestone

LOUDONVILLE — Burgandy McCurty finished with 22 kills to go over the 500 mark for the season as Siena ended its regular season with a 25-23, 27-25, 30-28 victory over Saint Peter’s.

McCutry became just the second player in school history to pass the 500 kills mark, and needs 13 to break the single-season record.

The Saints (18-12, 15-2 Metro Atlantic Conference) are the No. 2 seed for the league tournament, which they will host on Sunday. They will face Canisius in the semifinals.