RHODE ISLAND
Starters: Leifhelm (GK), Kristiansen, Matthews, Middrup, Zarokostas, Lundborg, Cain, Davids, Jesman Sunde, Daley, Lamb
Substitutes: Ferguson, Apajee, Bailey, Palsson

DAVIDSON
Starters: Kenneson (GK), Hill, Marder, Howard, Fechter, Peterson, Pragnell, Marks, Carlson, McCabe, Creel 
Substitutes: Reinikka, Caswell, Coxhead, Morrisett, Thompson

Scoring Summary
12:26 - DAV - Pragnell (Howard)
29:32 - URI - Middrup (Zarokostas)
47:17 - URI - Bailey (Jesman Sunde, Davids)

How it Happened
Rhode Island (4-6-1, 1-0-0) overcame an early deficit and scored a pair of unanswered goals to take down Davidson, 2-1, in Saturday night's Atlantic 10 opener.

The Wildcats (1-8-0, 0-1-0) got on the board in the 13th minute, when Maxi Pragnell fired a shot in off the post for the early advantage. The Rams evened it up at one apiece 17 minutes later, however, when Niklas Middrup headed in a Stavros Zarokostas corner kick.

Just 2:17 into the second half, Ryan Bailey finished a give-and-go sequence between Emil Jesman Sunde and Carlo Davids, putting Rhode Island on top 2-1.

Rhode Island shut things down from there, with Nils Leifhelm stopping each of the next five shots he faced and the Rams' defense blocking a pair of Davidson attempts. 

Inside the Box Score

• The Rams improve to 2-1-1 in Atlantic 10 openers under head coach Gareth Elliott. 
• The win also ended a five-game slide for the Rams, who had played without a lead for 500:47 dating back to Sept. 11.
• Junior Ryan Bailey snapped that streak with his second-half tally, which proved to be the game-winning goal. Since joining the Rams last season, he has netted six goals - five of which have been game-winners.
• Sophomore Emil Jesman Sunde and junior Carlo Davids were credited with assists on Bailey's goal. Davids now has three assists on the season while Jesman Sunde has two assists and a goal of his own.
• Freshman Niklas Middrup scored his second goal of the season for the Rams. His four points (2G) are tops among Rhody's defenders.
• Freshman Stavros Zarokostas picked up his third assist of the season on the Middrup goal. He now has nine total points on the season (3G/3A).
• Junior Nils Leifhelm finished with six saves on the night while Davidson's Andrew Kenneson totaled four.
• Rhode Island outshot Davidson 13-10 but the Wildcats had a 7-6 edge in shots on goal.
• The Rams held the advantage in corner kicks, at 8-4.
• Davidson was whistled for 14 fouls while Rhody was called for eight. Both teams were issued one yellow card.

Up Next
The Rams return action to action Wednesday night in Philadelphia, when they take on Saint Joseph's at 7 p.m.