GETTYSBURG, PA. – Trailing 1-0 early in the game, the nationally 23rd-ranked Cortland men's soccer team scored four unanswered goals, including three in the second half, to rally for a 4-1 win at Gettysburg College Saturday night. With the win, the Red Dragons improved to 1-0-1, while the Bullets had their record even at 1-1 with the setback.
Senior
Migell Ormsby (Kingston, Jamaica/DeWitt Clinton) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal for Cortland. Senior
Leke Dossou (Hamburg, Germany/Otto-Hahn) netted his second goal of the season, while junior
Dan Lapp (Trumansburg/Charles O. Dickerson) and sophomore
Nick Pfeiffer (Commack) each scored his first career goal as a Red Dragon.
Sophomore
Jake Kaufman (Poughkeepsie/Spackenkill) registered two assists for the Red Dragons. Juniors
Jake Keller (Wappingers Falls/Roy C. Ketcham) and
Ivan Dam (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) each collected an assist. Junior goalie
Sean Kelly (Coram/Newfield) turned aside four shots.
Bobby Weikert scored Gettysburg's goal with Sam Lerman assisting. Goalie Thomas Keane registered five saves.
The Bullets took a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute when Weikert scored off a header on a corner kick. Dossou tied the game in the 27th minute to send the game into the half tied at 1-1. Ormsby tallied the game-winner just 1:06 into the second half when he beat a defender one-on-one and tucked a shot inside the post. Pfeiffer added an insurance goal in the 68th minute on a shot into the upper left, and Lapp finished the scoring just over two minutes later off Kaufman's second assist of the game.
Cortland 4, Gettysburg 1
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Leke Dossou 1-0,
Migell Ormsby 1-0,
Nick Pfeiffer 1-0,
Dan Lapp 1-0,
Jake Kaufman 0-2,
Jake Keller 0-1,
Ivan Dam 0-1
Gettysburg: Bobby Weikert 1-0, Sam Lerman 0-1
Halftime: Cortland 1, Gettysburg 1
Shots: Cortland 17, Gettysburg 12
Corner Kicks: Cortland 6, Gettysburg 3
Fouls: Cortland 16, Gettysburg 11
Saves:
Sean Kelly (Cortland) 4 (1 GA in 90:00); Thomas Keane (Gettysburg) 5 (4 GA in 90:00)
Record after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 1-0-1 (ranked 23rd in Div. III); Gettysburg (Bullets) 1-1