SCRANTON, PA – The nationally ninth-ranked Cortland men's soccer team recorded its fourth consecutive shutout, but couldn't find the back of the net for a winning goal, as the Red Dragons played to a scoreless tie at Scranton on Saturday evening. Cortland is now 5-1-2 on the year, while Scranton is 3-0-3.
 
The Cortland defense held Scranton without a shot on goal in the contest, as Jordan Ott (Fort Worth, TX/Southwest Christian) supervised a fifth clean sheet of the season. Cortland has allowed just three goals in eight games this year.
 
Christian Napolitano (Massapequa), Josh Carroll (Port Jefferson Station/Comsewogue), and Sam LaMendola (Buffalo/Williamsville South) each recorded one shot on goal for the Red Dragons.
 
Charlie Smith made three saves in goal for the Royals. Drew Paxson and Matt Capretto each attempted two shots for Scranton.
 
The Royals had the first shot attempt of the contest in the third minute, when Paxson fired a shot that was blocked.
 
The Red Dragons registered their first shot on goal of the game in the 19th minute, when Napolitano sent a shot towards the bottom left corner of the net that was saved by Smith off of Cortland's first corner kick of the game.
 
Scranton held a 3-2 edge in attempts for the first half as the game stayed scoreless into halftime.
 
Cortland recorded its other two shot attempts in the 69th and 74th minutes, with Smith saving a shot by LaMendola and Carroll on a pair of shots in the center of the goal.
 
Each team had five shot attempts in the second half, as the Royals finished with a 8-7 edge in attempts, but neither team could find a winning goal, as Cortland played to a scoreless tie for the second straight game.