PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Sophomore goalie
Jordan Ott (Fort Worth, TX/Southwest Christian) registered five saves, including several outstanding stops, and denied multiple dangerous balls into the box as the nationally 11th-ranked Cortland men's soccer team defeated Plattsburgh, 2-0, Wednesday afternoon in SUNYAC play.
Senior
Mateo Marra (Ossining) recorded a goal and an assist for the Red Dragons (11-2-1, 5-1 SUNYAC). Junior
Jairo Ulloa (Huntington Station/Huntington) tallied his first goal as a Red Dragon, and junior
Cade Denlinger (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown Area) notched an assist. Ott's shutout was his seventh of the season.
Goalie Teddy Healy made one save for the Cardinals (7-1-4, 2-1-3 SUNYAC), who dropped their first game of the season.
Marra scored what proved to be the game winner, his fifth goal of the season, in the eighth minute off an assist from Denlinger. Marra then picked up his team-high seventh assist when Ulloa scored his first goal in the 62nd minute. Ott made four of his five saves in the second half, including two late in the game to preserve the 2-0 victory.
Cortland 2, Plattsburgh 0
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Mateo Marra 1-1,
Jairo Ulloa 1-0,
Cade Denlinger 0-1
Plattsburgh: no scoring
Halftime: Cortland 1, Plattsburgh 0
Shots: Plattsburgh 13, Cortland 12
Corner Kicks: Plattsburgh 11, Cortland 6
Fouls: Cortland 16, Plattsburgh 11
Saves:
Jordan Ott (Cortland) 5 saves (0 GA in 90:00); Teddy Healy (Plattsburgh) 1 save (2 GA in 90:00)
Record after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 11-2-1, 5-1 SUNYAC (ranked 11th nationally in Div. III), Plattsburgh (Cardinals) 7-1-4, 2-1-3 SUNYAC