SUNY COBLESKILL MENS SOCCER BATTLES TO 1-1 TIE WITH PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE

Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men’s soccer team scored on a late penalty kick to tie the visiting Bobcats of Paul Smith’s College 1-1 in non-league action in a game called due to darkness in the 81st minute of play at the Fighting Tigers Soccer/Lacrosse Complex on Tuesday. With the tie Cobleskill ends an eight-game losing streak moving to 0-8-2 overall on the year while the Bobcats are now 5-1-2 on the season to date.  

Despite controlling the overall time of possession and taking a season high of 27 shots the Orange & Black found themselves trailing 1-0 om the 69th minute when sophomore forward Derek Streeter, Utica, N.Y., Central Valley High School, was taken down in the box and awarded a penalty kick.  

The Fighting Tiger sophomore responded by blasting a shot to the lower left corner of the net past Bobcat goalkeeper junior goalkeeper Steven Donnelly, Geneseo, N.Y., Geneseo High School, to knot the contest at 1-1. 

From there Cobleskill put the Bobcat defense under siege but despite several excellent scoring opportunities, could not put the ball in the net before darkness descended forcing the contests cancelation.  

Senior goalkeeper John Gergen, Greenville, N.Y., Greenville High School, recorded five saves on the afternoon while positioning an aggressive Fighting Tiger defensive scheme highlighted by the play of first-year defender Dominic Ciano, Walden, N.Y., Valley Central High School, and junior midfielder Cater Ciavardoni, Latham, N.Y., Shaker High School, to limit the Paul Smith’s opportunities throughout the afternoon.  

Cobleskill will return to action on Saturday October 1 when they host the Wildcats of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute for a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) match-up with kick-off at 1:00 p.m.