CORTLAND, N.Y. – Sophomore
Dillon Johnson (Northport) scored an unassisted goal five minutes, 51 seconds into overtime to lift the Cortland men's soccer team to a 2-1 victory versus Nazareth College Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action on Jets Field. The game was the first-ever meeting between the programs. The Red Dragons improved to 1-2 with the win, while the Golden Flyers Fell to 1-2.
Junior
Tyler Marsh (Marathon) netted Cortland's first goal of the game with sophomore
Robby Reiser (Melville/Half Hollow Hills East) assisting. Junior goalie
Tim Beauvais (Hilton) made five saves.
Senior Ryan Foley (Waterford, Ireland/De La Salle) scored Nazareth's goal, and senior Jason Renfro (Fairport) and junior Kory Seibt (Mineola/Chaminade) each recorded assists. Freshman goalie Nate Ripic (Endicott/Union-Endicott) registered eight saves in his first career start.
Early in the first half, the Red Dragons carried much of the play, and the pressure paid off in the 12th minute. Junior
Darren McCormack (Dublin, Ireland/Fingal) served a free kick across the box from the right side. Reiser controlled the ball and sent a pass into the middle of the box where Marsh delivered a clean header past Ripic for his first goal of the season.
The Golden Flyers scored the equalizer in the 62nd minute. Renfro lofted a pass from the right side to Seibt on the left side of the box. Seibt flicked a header back to the front of the goal to Foley who one-timed a shot under the crossbar.
In overtime, the Red Dragons had the better of the play and earned the win when Johnson controlled the ball from 40 yards out, spun to his left and rocketed a shot from 35 yards away that buried into the top left corner of the goal.
Cortland 2, Nazareth 1 (OT)
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Nazareth: Ryan Foley 1-0, Jason Renfro 0-1, Kory Seibt 0-1
Cortland:
Tyler Marsh 1-0,
Dillon Johnson 1-0,
Robby Reiser 0-1
Halftime: Cortland 1, Nazareth 0
End of Regulation: Cortland 1, Nazareth 1
Shots: Cortland 23, Nazareth 15
Corner Kicks: Cortland 8, Nazareth 1
Fouls: Nazareth 10, Cortland 9
Saves: Nate Ripic (Nazareth) 8 (2 GA in 95:51);
Tim Beauvais (Cortland) 5 (1 GA in 95:51)
Records after game: Nazareth (Golden Flyers) 1-2; Cortland (Red Dragons) 1-2
