ONEONTA, N.Y. -- In a physical conference battle, a goal in the 90th minute lifted Brockport over the No. 6 SUNY Oneonta men's soccer team, 1-0, Saturday afternoon. The result ends the Red Dragons nine game win streak and moved them to 9-1-0 on the season and 1-1-0 in the SUNYAC, while the Golden Eagles improved to 5-2-3 overall and 3-0-1 in the conference.
"It was a bit harsh conceding so late, but if you don't score you can't win, so all credit to Brockport," said head coach
Iain Byrne.
Oneonta controlled the pace in the first half and created a couple scoring chances but came up empty. Senior
John Bernardi (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) took a free kick at the top of the penalty arc in the 16th minute that hit the woodwork. A handball was called in the 28th minute after the Red Dragons found the back of the net. Sophomore
Milton Mancias Magana (Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck) created separation from two Golden Eagle defenders to pass it in front of the net to sophomore
Joe Holder (Greenwood Lake, N.Y./Warwick) who scored, but before the goal he had the ball redirected off his hand and the ref called the goal off.
Sophomore
Ali Somow (Utica, N.Y./Proctor) had a couple shots to get the Red Dragons on the board in the second half. In the 65th he took a shot just inside the penalty area that was stopped by Andrew Taylor and in the 84th he received a pass from 25 yards out and fired it just over the crossbar.
Brockport got their goal in the final minute of the match when Giovanni Cardona was on the left side of the field and sent a pass into the penalty area to Russ Domm. With the ball coming towards him, Domm gave a forearm push to the back of senior
Ian Zingaro (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) to create separation for a header. The header was saved by senior
Nate Hanna (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) however the ball was deflected back to Domm and he was able to score the game-winner.
Hanna finished with three saves and Andrew Taylor recorded six for Brockport.
The Red Dragons had a 14-11 shot advantage with six on net to the Golden Eagles four and had a 9-8 edge in corner kicks.
Oneonta is back in action for a road match and the Battle of the Red Dragons against Cortland on Wednesday at 4 pm.
