After falling behind early today, the SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team rebounded quickly scoring four unanswered goals en route to a 4-1 nonconference victory against Hamilton College.  The victory ended the regular season for Oneonta (13-1-2), as they turn its attention to the postseason beginning next Wednesday at home when they host a SUNYAC tournament semifinal game at 1pm.  The Red Dragons will face the winner of the Buffalo State/Geneseo game taking place this Saturday.
 
"Today's win against a tough NESCAC team rounds off a tremendous regular season for us," stated Head Coach Iain Byrne.  "For the second straight game we came from behind.  We are in good shape heading into the postseason."
 
The two teams went end-to-end in the opening 10 minutes of the match.  After a pair of shots by Oneonta, it was Hamilton (7-6-2) who got the game's first goal on its opening shot.
 
Greg Milnarik finished off a pair of passes with a redirect by the keeper.  The first pass came into the box from the right flank by Jefri Schmidt.  Once in the box, Bobby Chapman then pushed a pass right into the goal area where Milnarik got his foot on the ball to redirect the ball to the back of the goal.
 
Oneonta didn't take long to knot the score at one apiece with its first goal coming just over one minute later.  The goal was a carbon copy of Hamilton's where two passes were made before being finished to the back of the goal.
 
Sophomore Witman Hernandez (Huntington/Walt Whitman) scored the first of his two goals when he redirected a pass from junior Nicholas Plate (Miller Place/Sachem North).  Plate had received the ball from sophomore Daniel Ioos (Wappingers Falls/Roy C. Ketcham), who crossed it into the box from the right flank.
 
The Red Dragons held an 8-2 advantage in shots in the first half, but the two teams headed to halftime locked at 1-1.
 
Oneonta's next two goals came just minutes apart from each other in the 53^rd and 55^th minutes.  Junior Justin Cebollero (Commack/Commack) put his head on a service from Plate on a corner kick to give Oneonta a 2-1 lead.  Hernandez then finished off a pair of passes from freshmen Roberto Ventura (Brentwood/Brentwood) and Scott Cebollero (Commack/Commack) to put the Red Dragons ahead by a pair of goals.
 
Senior Kevin Hoff (LaGrange/Arlington) capped the scoring for Oneonta in the 68^th minute when he got his head on another service from Plate on a corner kick.
 
Junior goalkeeper Nicholas Giordano (East Northport/Commack) made four saves today in picking up his 12^th victory of the season.