Box Score The SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team keeps rolling along.  Today, the Red Dragons defeated SUNY Potsdam 4-1 to extend its unbeaten streak to 11 games.  The victory now has Oneonta at 9-2-3 overall and 5-0-1 in the SUNYAC while Potsdam drops to 7-6-1 overall and 1-3-1 in conference play.

The match was pretty even through the first 30 minutes of the first half before a pair of goals by Oneonta over the next 10 minutes gave the Red Dragons a 2-0 lead.

The first score for Oneonta came in the 36th minute, as junior Scott Taglione (/) scored his first goal of the season.  The Red Dragons capitalized on a restart after a foul well outside the box near the right sideline.  Sophomore Darren Gomez (Hopewell Junction/John Jay) took the kick for Oneonta and sent a great ball into the box, which was flicked by sophomore Alex Winiarski (Great Neck/St. Anthony's), which found its way to Taglione, who finished the play with a one-timer off his foot to the back of the net.

Oneonta's second goal came three minutes later on a corner kick.  Freshman Tyler Kirschner (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills East) sent the ball into the box where sophomore Zef Saljanin (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) headed the ball towards the goal, which ended up on the foot of sophomore Jake Sutherland (Syracuse/West Genesee).  Sutherland used his body to shield off the defender before turning and shooting the ball into the net.

Taglione added a second goal early in the second half to put Oneonta up by three goals.  Once again Oneonta converted a corner kick with Taglione getting his head on a ball sent in from the corner by Winiarski.

Saljanin gave Oneonta a 4-0 lead when he was able to get through the defense on a throw in from the left sideline by freshman Hans Purtell (Johnson City/Johnson City).

SUNY Potsdam continued to battle and scored its lone goal in the 75th minute on a header by junior Conor Engle, who headed a ball sent into the box by sophomore James Turcott.

Junior Daniel DeBottis (/) made two saves in the match and recorded his fourth win of the season for Oneonta.

Oneonta will journey to Scranton on Wednesday to face the Royals beginning at 4pm.