GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo junior midfielder Lauren Corbett and sophomore midfielder Erin Cregan each totaled three goals and an assist to lead the Knights to a 17-8 victory over visiting SUNY Oneonta in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action Saturday.
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With the victory, Geneseo (11-5, 6-2 SUNYAC) closed the regular by clinching the third-seed for the SUNYAC Tournament and will host sixth-seeded Oneonta on Tuesday (May 3) at 4:00 p.m. The winner will advance to the semifinals to play second-seeded Brockport on Friday (May 6) in a game hosted by top-seeded Cortland.
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Trailing, 2-1, with 25:10 on the first-half clock after back-to-back Red Dragon (6-10, 3-5 SUNYAC) tallies, four-straight Geneseo goals put the home team on top, 5-2, at 12:34. Sophomore attack Hannah Millich took a shot that just trickled past the Oneonta goalkeeper at 20:36 before Cregan picked up a rebound off a saved shot and scored on a quick flick at 19:20. On the ensuing draw, sophomore midfielder Karen Boronczyk scooped up a draw control and raced toward the Oneonta net to score her first tally of the season just 18 seconds later.Â
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Senior midfielder Liz Felix scored the first of her two goals on the day after finishing a break-out opportunity in transition at 12:34. Oneonta responded just over two minutes later, but Geneseo scored four consecutive goals to build a 9-3 lead with 1:04 to play in the half.
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Oneonta scored with four seconds left in the first half, but the Knights used another 4-0 outburst to start the second half and build a 13-4 lead by the 19:11 mark that put the game out of reach.
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Oneonta was led by sophomore
Taylor Casey (Garden City South/Kellenberg Memorial)'s four goals and two assists. Freshman
Jaclyn Marry (Long Beach/Long Beach) recorded 17 saves in the contest.
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