ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The No. 25 nationally ranked Oneonta men's soccer team is set to face Potsdam in the second round of the SUNYAC Men's Soccer Tournament at Red Dragon Field on Saturday, October 31, at 11 a.m. General admission tickets (CASH ONLY payment) are $5 and tickets for children ages 5-12 are $3. Children ages four and under, and students from SUNYAC schools with a valid ID will be admitted free of charge.

Oneonta clinched the three seed in the SUNYAC and a first-round bye in conference tournament after going 12-1-2 overall in the regular season with a 6-1-1 record in league play. Potsdam earned the six seed in the conference tournament after finishing the regular season SUNYAC play 3-4-1. The Bears enter the contest 8-8-2 overall after they beat Delhi in the first round of the conference tournament, 4-2, in Potsdam.

The two teams squared off in the regular season at Red Dragon Field on October 7, where Oneonta defeated Potsdam, 4-1. The match was tied at one entering halftime, then the Red Dragons fired in three goals in the second half to earn the victory. The team had four different goal scorers with graduate student Milton Mancias Magana (Mamaroneck, NY/Mamaroneck) leading with a goal and two assists, and freshman Yacouba Bamba (Harlem, NY/Success Academy High School of Liberal Arts) scoring a goal and an assist.

Oneonta's offense has averaged a staggering 2.80 goals per game, firing off 17.4 shots a game. The production can be ignited by any Red Dragon as 10 players have scored two or more goals this season, while six of them have also recorded at least three assists. At the top is graduate student Iyare Harris (Kingston, NY/Kingston) and senior Imari Harris (Kingston, NY/Kingston). Iy. Harris leads the team with nine goals and six assists for 24 points. He has found the back of the net in the last five games and is tied for third in the SUNYAC in points. Im. Harris has totaled seven goals and three assists for the 17 points, the eighth most in the conference. The Oneonta senior has three game-winners to his name this year and has recorded at least one point in five of his past seven appearances.

Graduate students Zach Rabadi (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay) and Mancias Magana have been key factors to the Red Dragon's attack. Rabadi is third on the team with 14 points, totaling five goals with four assists. Mancias Magana is tied for third in the conference with seven assists, while adding two goals for 11 points this season. Rabadi has struck the net in three of his last five appearances, while Mancias Magana has registered two goals and three assists in his last five games.

Freshmen Bamba, Elias Curran (Rondout Valley, NY/Rondout Valley), and junior Nico Loaiza (Brentwood, NY/Brentwood) are a few more contributors to Oneonta's offense. Bamba enters the postseason with two goals and five assists for nine points in 12 games. He has recorded a goal and four assists in his last three appearances. Loaiza has added two goals and four assists for eight points on the year, and Curran has scored twice in his last four appearances, totaling three goals and an assist in his freshman campaign.

The Red Dragons defense has limited opponents to 9.1 total shots, 3.5 shots on goal, and 0.80 goals per game, while they accumulated six shutouts this season. The team's backline consists primarily of senior captain Adrian Matute (Islip, NY/Islip), senior Erik Popp (Hopewell Junction, NY/John Jay), junior Anthony Traube (Centereach, NY/Centereach), and sophomore Noah Hechler (Somers, NY/Somers), with freshman Drew Lennon (Merrick, NY/Sanford H. Calhoun) as the defensive midfielder.

Popp and Lennon are the only two Red Dragons to start all 15 games this year as they are first and second, respectively, on the team in minutes played. They have both totaled a goal and an assist this season. Hechler has started all 13 games he has appeared in, and offensively, he has scored two goals and an assist for five points. Traube has played in all 15 games, starting 13 of them, and has two assists on the season. Matute has started 12 games at center back for Oneonta, while senior Owen Rubio-Heeney (Valhalla, NY/Valhalla) has appeared in 12 games as a center back with six starts.

Senior James Cintron (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C. Ketcham) has manned the net for Oneonta for majority of the season. Cintron has started 12 games, recording 28 saves for a .737 save percentage, while allowing 10 goals for a 0.88 goals against average. He has secured three shutouts and one combined shutout this season. Sophomore Nico Osorio (Valley Stream, NY/St. Dominick's) has been the Red Dragons keeper in four games, starting three of them. Osorio has totaled nine saves for a .818 save percentage, allowing two goals for a 0.81 goals against average. The Oneonta sophomore has had one shutout and one combined shutout.

On the other side of the pitch, the Bears average 1.61 goals and 13.4 shots per game. Potsdam's attack is mainly led by a one-two punch of Thomas Wendel and Kyan Tiede. Wendel co-leads the SUNYAC with 10 goals along with two assists for 22 points, the fifth most points in the conference. Tiede is tied for third in the league with seven assists and has added three goals for 13 points. Wendel led the Bears in their postseason win over the Broncos with two goals and an assist, while Tiede recorded one goal and a pair of assists.

A few other contributors to the Bears offense are Wyatt Mokey, Logan Bush, and Mason Zambrano. Mokey totaled 10 points this season with four goals and two assists. Bush has three goals and two assists for eight points, and Zambrano has three goals this year, including one in the first round against Delhi.

The Bears have split opportunities in net between Sam Allen and James Kelm. Allen has appeared in 10 games with eight starts, saving 22 shots for a .647 save percentage while allowing 12 goals for a 1.46 goals against average. Kelm has started 10 of the 11 games he's played in and holds a .712 save percentage with 47 saves. He has allowed 19 goals for a 1.99 goals against average. Both keepers have two shutouts this season. Kelm was in net for Potsdam when they faced Oneonta in the regular season.

The winner of this match advances to the SUNYAC Semifinals and will face two seeded Cortland on Wednesday, November 4. Oneonta is competing for a chance at back-to-back SUNYAC titles and the 14th in program history. Potsdam is battling for their first conference championship in program history.