Rosenberger Rallies Black Knights Past Binghamton

Friday, August 24

West Point

1 PM

Army West Point

3-0-1

Binghamton

1-1-1

Binghamton

Army West Point

Rosenberger Rallies Black Knights Past Binghamton

August 24, 2018 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's soccer team kicked off Ring Weekend with a thrilling 2-1 victory over Binghamton Friday afternoon at Malek Stadium at Clinton Field.

Rookie Kalie Rosenberger netted a pair of goals in the 53rd and 75th minutes to erase a 1-0 deficit for the Black Knights and continue the team's unbeaten start to the 2018 campaign. She became the sixth different Army player to score a goal through the first four games.

Army moves to 3-0-1 on the season, its best start since winning the first six games of 1997. The Bearcats fall to 1-1-1, becoming the third team to suffer their first loss against the Black Knights.

Rosenberger scored a game-high four points, while seniors Kayleigh Stallings and Sarah Chamberlin, along with sophomore Erynn Johns, each tallied one assist in the match.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half

Army's first chance of the game came in the 13th minute when sopohomore Morgan Walsh sent a cross to Johns at the top of the box with an open look at the goal.
Sophomore Sydney Cassalia made the play of the game in the 24th minute after a turnover allowed a Binghamton player on a breakaway. The Omaha, Neb., native was able to cut down the angle before making a diving stop at the penalty spot to keep the game scoreless.

Second Half

Binghamton broke out the scoreless tie with a goal in the 46th minute when a long pass found the feet of Kayla Saager who pushed in her own rebound for the goal.
Seven minutes later, Johns sent a cross into the box from the right which made its way back to Rosenberger. The rookie approached the ball and fired a one-time shot into the back of the net for the equalizer.
In the 75th minute, Stallings played Chamberlin who sent a through ball into the box for Rosenberger. She chipped the goalkeeper from six-yards out to give Army its first lead of the game.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Seniors Nikiay Comer, Lauryn Westman, Sydney Witham, Chamberlin and Stallings all received their class rings during the Ring Ceremony at Trophy Point following the game.
Head coach Adrian Blewitt's 3-0-1 record is the best to start a career at Army since Gene Ventriglia started 4-0-0 in 1986.
Johns stretched her point streak to five games, the longest streak since 2010 when Kim An recorded a point in seven consecutive matches.
The Austin, Texas, native currently leads the Patriot League in assists with four and tied for second in points with six.
Rosenberger is the first Army player to score twice in the same game since Samantha Sullenger accomplished the feat against Fairleigh Dickinson on Sept. 18, 2016.
She is the first Army freshman with a two-goal game in the last eight years.
Chamberlin notched her first-career point with an assist.
Stallings posted the fifth point of her career.
Cassalia has made a Patriot League-high 19 saves.