The SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team pressured late but couldn't come up with the equalizer falling to New Paltz 2-1 on the road in the regular season finale.  The loss for Oneonta dropped them to 9-4-4 overall and 5-2-2 in the SUNYAC.  The Red Dragons have earned the No. 4 seed for the SUNYAC tournament and will host Buffalo State next Saturday, Oct. 27 beginning at 1pm.
 
"It was tough coming in at half a goal down after completely dominating the first 45 minutes and conceding to a long throw," said Head Coach Iain Byrne.  "For all our play, we need more goals as we get ready for playoffs."
 
New Paltz (11-5-1, 6-2-1 SUNYAC) made its only shot in the first half count as it found the back of the goal.  Gordon Walker was on the back post and he was able to finish a play that started with a throw-in and then a flick by Luke Dole.
 
The Hawks held onto its slim one-goal lead heading into halftime despite being outshot 4-1 in the opening 45 minutes.
 
New Paltz added to its lead in the 56^th minute on a goal by leading scorer Kevin Doorley who headed in a crossing pass from Ryan Martinez.  For Doorley, it was his SUNYAC leading 13^th goal of the season.
 
Oneonta cut the Hawks' lead in half in the 72^nd minute on an unassisted goal by sophomore Jorge Hernandez (Brentwood/Brentwood).  It was Hernandez's first goal of the season.
 
Oneonta outshot New Paltz 9-5 in the match along with earning three corner kicks.