CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland and College of Brockport men's soccer teams played to a 1-1 double-overtime tie Saturday afternoon at a windy Jets Field in SUNYAC action. The Red Dragons clinched a berth in the conference playoffs with the point earned and their record now stands at 8-6-1 overall and 5-2-1 in the SUNYAC. The Golden Eagles are 8-1-5 and 3-1-3.
Sophomore Robbie Reiser (Melville/Half Hollow Hills East) scored a second-half goal for Cortland with junior
Chris McBride (Northport) assisting on the score. Junior goalie
Tim Beauvais (Hilton) registered six saves.
Sophomore Peter DiLorenzo (Hicksville) notched his team-high ninth goal of the season for Brockport. Sophomore goalie Casey Sullivan (East Syracuse/East Syracuse Minoa) recorded the assist on the goal and turned aside three shots.
DiLorenzo gave the Golden Eagles an early 1-0 lead with his goal on the 12th minute. After a Cortland foul in its offensive third, Sullivan lofted a long free kick into the box that DiLorenzo flicked with a header over Beauvais.
The goal stood until the 77th minute when Cortland tied the game. McBride possessed the ball on the left side of the box and slipped a pass to Reiser who spun and hit a low 16-yard shot through a screen that eluded a diving Sullivan for his second goal of the season. The Red Dragons had an excellent chance to earn the win but Sullivan denied junior
Darren McCormack's (Dublin, Ireland/Fingal) penalty kick with six minutes, 29 seconds remaining after a Cortland player was pulled down in the box.
In the second overtime, each team had a quality chance to grab the win. With just under three minutes to play, Cortland freshman
Jack Sumski (Lindenhurst) dribbled through two defenders into the box and struck an open 15-yard shot that sailed over the crossbar. Twenty seconds later, Brockport senior Chris O'Gorman (Wading River/Shoreham-Wading River) was alone deep in the box but Beauvais made a diving save on his shot attempt to preserve the tie.
The Golden Eagles won the penalty-kick tiebreaker, 5-4, and would earn a higher seed in the conference playoffs should the two teams tie in the standings.
Cortland 1, The College at Brockport 1 (2OT)
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Brockport: Peter DiLorenzo 1-0, Casey Sullivan 0-1
Cortland:
Robby Reiser 1-0,
Chris McBride 0-1
Halftime: Brockport 1, Cortland 0
Shots: Brockport 20, Cortland 13
Corner Kicks: Cortland 7, Brockport 5
Fouls: Brockport 19, Cortland 18
Saves: Casey Sullivan (Brockport) 3 (1 GA in 110:00);
Tim Beauvais (Cortland) 6 (1 GA in 110:00)
Records after game: Brockport (Golden Eagles) 8-1-5, 3-1-3 SUNYAC; Cortland (Red Dragons) 8-6-1, 5-2-1 SUNYAC