Rhode Island Starters:
Tracewell, Elworthy, Ross, Ari Stanton, N.Brennan, Lieberman, DiFonso, Alex Stanton, Gylfadottir, Nardella, Nickles (GK)

Saint Joseph's Starters:
Horst, Racis, Westhead, Mills, Dipippa, Gingrich, Bergman, Graziosi, Ryan, Murphy, Ebling (GK)

How it Happened: 
The game was scoreless for the first 56 minutes of play, before Saint Joseph's Hannah Racis put the Hawks on the board in the 57th minute. Prior to the goal, URI's keeper Katie Nickles had stopped all five shots that came her way. In the 72nd minute the Hawk's Shannon Mulvey added some insurance when she headed a ball off a free kick past Nickles to put the Hawks up 2-0.  

Scoring Summary:
57:45 - SJU - Hannah Racis (Dakota Mills, Shannon Westhead)
72:08 - SJU - Shannon Mulvey (Emily Gingrich)

Inside the Box Score:

• The loss drops Rhody to 3-8-1 (0-3-0 A-10) while St. Joe's improves to 7-5-0 (1-2-0 A-10).
• Freshman Emily Wakeford led the Rams with three shots. 
• Wakeford and Ellie Bailes were the only Rhody players to put a shot on goal.
• Emily Gingrich led the Hawks with 11 shot attempts, three of which were on frame.
• Saint Joseph's held a 9-2 edge in shots on goal.
• Katie Nickles made seven saves. Her counterpart Allison Ebling had two.
• The Hawks were whistled for eight fouls while Rhody was called for 15. 
• URI's Alex Stanton and the Hawks Lindsay Horst were both issued yellow cards in the 52nd minute for unsportsmanlike conduct. 
• Saint Joseph's held a 7-1 advantage in corner kicks. 

Quotables from Coach Needham

• "Credit to Saint Joseph's, they were effective and better than us tonight."
• "We were fortunate enough to go into the half tied 0-0. We came out playing much better in the second half but then got away from doing what we were doing well, and Saint Joseph's took advantage."
• "We need to do a better job of sticking to the game plan and executing it effectively."
• "Every team deals with adversity from time to time and good teams rally, we are a good team and I have no doubt in my mind we will rally."
• "I respect the effort our players put in on a daily basis and am proud of how hard they work."

What's Next:
Rhode Island returns home to the URI Soccer Complex this Sunday afternoon to take on Richmond. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m.