FREDONIA, N.Y. – The SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team defeated Fredonia 3-0 today on the road.  The win for Oneonta (12-3-1/7-1 SUNYAC) earned them its fifth regular season title in the last six years and also earned them home field throughout the SUNYAC tournament, which begins on Saturday, Oct. 31.  The Red Dragons' first game in the conference tournament will be on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
 
The loss for Fredonia (2-11-3/1-5-2 SUNYAC) ended its slim chance to make the conference tournament.
 
Senior Jared Van Brunt (Sayville/Sayville), junior Hans Purtell (Johnson City/Johnson City), and sophomore Cory Santangelo (Sayville/Sayville) scored for the Red Dragons today while goalkeeper Vincent Pellegrino (Baldwin/Baldwin) made five saves to earn his seventh shutout of the season.
 
Fredonia goalkeeper Jeremy Bari made seven saves, including two diving stops during a second-half flurry.
 
Van Brunt put the Red Dragons on top 1-0 with a header in the 37th minute. The play was set up by a long, sharp-angled free kick into the goal box by classmate Greg Silvestro (West Sayville/Connetquot).
 
Moments later, the Blue Devils had their best scoring chance. Joey Vucic received a through ball from Bryan Sibble and fired a shot from the left wing which bent just too high and too wide of the far right upper corner.
 
Purtell's goal came on a penalty kick in the 59th minute. Santangelo completed the scoring with a one-time chip in front of the net in the 69th minute off a short cross from senior Dylan Williams (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury).
 
The Red Dragons will closeout the SUNYAC regular season schedule tomorrow at Buffalo State beginning at 1pm.