Stevens Wins in OT; Elmira Falls on the Road
STEVENS 3, Merchange Marine Academy 2
Stevens Institute of Technology men's soccer junior
Joe Cellitti scored in the 101
st minute Wednesday night to lead the Ducks to a 3-2, double overtime win over the Merchant Marine Academy.
The win moves Stevens' record to 9-3-1, while Merchant Marine dropped to 7-7-1.
Merchant Marine struck first with a goal in the 30
th minute off a goal from sophomore Tim Hughes, but Stevens bounced back with the equalizer five minutes later.
Off a corner kick from sophomore
Patrick Masur in the 35
th minute, Cellitti headed the ball past lunging Merchant Marine sophomore Cory Maier for the score. The goal was Cellitti's fifth goal of the season while Masur picked up his third assist.
The Mariners attempted an answer with shots in the 37
th, 40
th, and 43
rd minutes, but two went wide before sophomore goalie
Mike Renna made a save on the third to send the game into the half deadlocked.
The Ducks turned up the pressure after the break, quickly leading to the go ahead goal in the 49
th minute. 15 yards out, junior
Colin Phillips unleashed a rocket that flew past Maier for the goal. Junior
Keith Gillette was credited with the assist in what was the third goal of the season for Phillips.
The goal held up over the next 30+ minutes before Merchant Marine tied things up in the 84
th minute with a goal from senior Alex Maney, sending the game into overtime. The Ducks had chances in the 91
st and 94
th minutes, but Maier made the save on the first before the second bounced off the crossbar to send the game to a second overtime.
Once there, Stevens wasted no time getting the game winner after Cellitti came away with the ball after a scuffle in front of the goal. The scrum put Maier out of position, leaving an open net for the Stevens junior to clinch the win.
Renna made four saves in goal to extend the Ducks' unbeaten streak to eight.
Canton 4, ELMIRA 1
Despite recording their second-highest shot total of the season, the Elmira College men's soccer team fell on the a road to SUNY Canton, 4-1. With the loss, Elmira falls to 0-10-2 on the season while the Roos of Canton improve to 9-4-1.
Things got off to a shaky start for Elmira as the Soaring Eagles scored an own goal in the 20th minute on a misplayed ball in the back line. Six minutes later, Canton took a two-goal lead on a goal by Abdulai Jagana. Jagana's goal was created by a Nick Escalante shot that was initially saved by Elmira's
Jordan Dougherty '16, but the rebound would find Jagana who would bury it for the game's second goal.
However, Elmira answered 50 seconds later when
Chris Aristizabal '16 delivered a strike from 20 yards out that found the left corner of the goal, cutting the Canton lead to one. Rookie
Ronaldo Charlton '18 was credited with an assist on the Artistizabal goal. For Aristizabal, today's goal is the first of his three-year EC career.
Elmira nearly entered the halftime break with just a one-goal deficit but Canton's Devin Gruneisen would punch home the Roos' third goal of the game in the 43rd minute. Canton's goal was scored in a similar fashion as their second as Gruneisen scored off a rebound.
Canton would score their fourth and final goal of the game in the 83rd minute as their leading scorer, Escalante, netted his 14th goal of the season.
EC's Dougherty finished today's game with eight saves, upping his season total to 73.