NEW LONDON, CT. -- After winning the program's 13th SUNYAC Championship, the Oneonta men's soccer team clinched an automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament and will travel to Connecticut College to take on Babson College in the Round of 64 on Saturday, November 15, at 1:30 pm at Freeman Field. The host team, No. 7 nationally ranked, Connecticut College will play Saint Joseph's (Conn.) first on Saturday at 11:00 am.

Tickets can be purchased in person at every marked entrance to the facility. Tickets for each day are $6 for adults, $3 for senior citizens, veterans, and students (with ID), $2 for children 2-12, and free for children under 2.

Any guest or spectator not able to attend in person may enjoy the contest(s) via the live stream. The link to the live stream can be found at the top of the article, in the Babson matchup on the men's soccer schedule webpage, or HERE.

Oneonta (12-4-4) earned a spot into the National Tournament with an automatic bid after winning three matches on the road in the SUNYAC Tournament en route to their conference title. Oneonta shutout New Paltz in the first round of the tournament, 3-0, behind senior Sam Rogers (Broadalbin, N.Y./Broadalbin-Perth) hat trick and junior James Cintron's (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C. Ketcham) seven saves. The team advanced past Cortland in the semifinals in penalty kicks, 4-3, then they came from behind and defeated Buffalo State, 2-1, in the championship after senior Joe Holder (Greenwood Lake, N.Y./Warwick) tied the game in the 74th and freshman Noah Hechler (Somers, NY/Somers) scored the game-winner in the 86th. Freshman Nico Osorio (Valley Stream, NY/St. Dominick's) finished with two saves in the championship match for his first collegiate start, while Hechler was named the tournament's MVP. 

Holder leads the Red Dragons this season with 17 points off seven goals and three assists. Sophomore Tommy Kliampas (South Huntington, NY/Walt Whitman) (8g., 0a.) and Rogers (6g., 4a.) each recorded 16 points for the team, while senior Milton Mancias Magana (Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck) and senior Luigi Prosperi (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook) both totaled five goals and four assists for 14 points. Senior Zach Rabadi (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) has the team-high seven assists with two goals for 11 points.

Cintron has been Oneonta's primary keeper this season. In 19 starts, he has recorded 60 total saves for an .800 save percentage with eight shutouts on the year and a 0.85 goals against average.

Babson won the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) for the second straight season to clinch their spot in the tournament. The Beavers beat Coast Guard in the semifinals, 3-1, with three different goal scorers, then they defeated WPI in the final, 1-0, with a goal from Liam Goldstein in the 66th minute. Goldstein finished with two goals in the tournament, while Alexander Yablonovskiy scored a goal and two assists, one of which was on Goldstein's game-winner in the finals. JB Montague finished the tournament with four saves, all of them were recorded in the championship.

The Beavers (10-6-4) this season were led offensively by Yablonovskiy, who has recorded nine goals and three assists for 21 points. Babson has three players with seven points in Will Boecher (2g., 3 a.), Titus Charles (3g., 1a.), and Connor Hanrahan (3g., 1a.), while Joao Araujo (1g., 4a.) leads the team with four assists.

Montague is Babson's main keeper and has started 16 games where he has saved 61 shots for a .836 save percentage and has allowed 0.77 goals per game while recording six shutouts.

The two teams have only played one common opponent this season with UMass Boston. Oneonta faced UMass Boston in the Mayor's Cup final on September 7 and defeated them 2-nil with a pair of goals from junior Imari Harris (Kingston, NY/Kingston) in the 30th minute, then Rogers in the 51st minute. The Beavers drew the Beacons 1-1 on August 30 with a score from John Arruda in the 23rd minute, before UMass Boston tied it in the 61st.

The winner between Oneonta and Babson will face the winner of Connecticut College and Saint Joseph's (Conn.) in the Round of 32 on Sunday, November 16, at 1 pm.