ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Oneonta men's soccer team will make their way to No. 9 nationally ranked Cortland for a Red Dragon SUNYAC semifinal battle on Wednesday, November 5, at 1 pm at Holloway Field. General admission ticket sales are available online ONLY and are $6 for adults, $4 for ages 5-17, and free for any SUNYAC students with ID. You can find a link to the ticket sales at the top of the article, or HERE.

Oneonta enters the contest 11-4-3 on the season and is coming off a 3-0 victory over New Paltz in the first round of the SUNYAC tournament. Senior Sam Rogers (Broadalbin, N.Y./Broadalbin-Perth) netted a hat trick in the win, while junior James Cintron (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C. Ketcham) recorded seven saves for the shutout. Seniors Joe Holder (Greenwood Lake, N.Y./Warwick), Zach Rabadi (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay), Luigi Prosperi (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook), and freshman Noah Hechler (Somers, NY/Somers) all recorded an assist, which was Hechler's first collegiate point.  

Cortland finished the regular season as the conference's top seed with a 12-1-4 overall record and were given a first-round bye in the tournament. Their most recent match was a 2-0 win over Potsdam on October 25.  

The last time the two Red Dragons faced one another was on October 1 in Cortland, where they ended in a 0-0 scoreless draw. Oneonta had to play a man down after the 79th minute, but they still finished the match with an 18-10 edge in total shots, 6-3 with shots on net, and a lopsided 15-1 advantage in corner kicks. Senior Milton Mancias Magana (Mamaroneck, N.Y./Mamaroneck) registered four shots on net, while Cintron finished with three saves.

(Oneonta team breakdown is similar to the 1st Round SUNYAC Preview)
Oneonta has their offensive attack spread out as eight players have multiple goals, and 10 different players have recorded a game-winner this season. Only Rogers has multiple game-winning goals for the team. Sophomore Tommy Kliampas (South Huntington, NY/Walt Whitman) leads the team and is tied for third in the SUNYAC with eight goals for 16 points. Kliampas' point total is fifth-best in the conference. Holder and Rogers are tied for sixth in the league in goals (6) and seventh in points (15), and Mancias Magana has recorded five goals and three assists for 13 points, which is the 10th-most points in the SUNYAC.

Prosperi has recorded three goals and four assists this year for 10 points, while Rabadi and junior Zach Tanner (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Saint Anthony's) have both totaled nine points with two goals and the team-high five assists. The five assists are tied for the fifth-most in the SUNYAC. Sophomore Nico Loaiza (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) added three goals and two assists for eight points this season for Oneonta.

Oneonta's defensive backline this season consisted of seniors Dillon Kelly (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Beacon), Braeden Morrison (Marathon, N.Y./Marathon), juniors Derek Jaramillo (Mahopac, NY/Lakeland), Adrian Matute (Islip, N.Y./Islip), sophomore Anthony Traube (Centereach, N.Y./Centereach) and Hechler. Kelly and Jaramillo are the only two of the defensive core that have appeared in every game this season.

Junior Imari Harris (Kingston, NY/Kingston) has started every game for Oneonta alongside Rabadi, Kelly, and Cintron. Harris, Kelly, and Traube have all contributed on the offensive side with a goal and an assist for three points, while Hechler recorded an assist on Rogers' game-winning goal against New Paltz in the playoffs.

Cintron has manned the net for Oneonta for all 18 games. The junior keeper totaled 59 saves for a .797 save percentage this season and recorded eight shutouts while allowing 0.87 goals against per game.

On the other side of the pitch, Cortland's offense is led by Josh Carroll, who has scored 10 goals, including four game-winners, and two assists for 22 points, the second most in the conference. Cortland has five other players that have recorded at least three goals, including Owen Brant (3g, 3a), Sam LaMendola (4g), and Shay Daly (3g, 2a). Their main goalkeeper, Jordan Ott, has collected 68 saves for a .932 save percentage, and allowed five goals in 17 games for a 0.29 goals-against average.

The winner between Oneonta and Cortland will advance to the SUNYAC Finals and will play the winner of the other semifinal match between Buffalo St. and Fredonia on Saturday, November 8.