Men's Soccer Loses to Southern Vermont College 2-1 in Overtime

Cobleskill, N.Y. - Lady Luck did not shine on the SUNY Cobleskill men's soccer team on Tuesday afternoon as the Fighting Tigers dropped their second consecutive 2-1 overtime home decision this time to the Mountaineers of Southern Vermont College (SVC) in non-league action at the Soccer/Lacrosse Complex. The loss keeps Cobleskill winless on the season at 0-10 on the campaign while SVC now improves to 2-9 overall on the year.

The Mountaineers struck first in the 23^rd minute of play when freshman forward Nikolas Joseph, Coventry, Conn., Coventry High School, scored off a pass in the box from senior defender James Tschinkel, Freehold, N.Y., Greenville High School, to give the visitors a 1-0 advantage.

The Fighting Tigers, who once again failed to convert on several point blank opportunities, tied the contest in dramatic fashion in the 81^st minute when freshman defender Jacob Darling, Schenevus, N.Y., Schenevus High School, scored from straight on the net on a blast from 40-yards out to tie the contest at 1-1.

Over the last nine minutes of the game each team's goalkeeper; Cobleskill's freshman Tanner Puff, Wallkill, N.Y., Wallkill High School, and SVC's Noah Chani, Hoosick Falls, N.Y., Hoosick Falls High School, each made multiple point blank saves to keep the contest tied sending it into overtime knotted at 1-1. Puff finished the afternoon with 12 saves while Chani stopped seven shots on the day.

The Mountaineers finally scored the game winner in the 95^th minute on a well-executed set piece when off a direct kick Nikolas Joseph made a perfect pass to freshman midfielder Anthony Dominguez, Los Angeles, Calf., Nogales High School, who promptly found the back of the home team's net to decide the issue.

The Fighting Tigers will next be in action on Saturday October 10^th when they travel to Utica, N.Y. to face the Wildcats of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) action beginning at 12:00 p.m. while SVC will next host Becker College on Saturday in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play beginning at 3:30 p.m.