Box Score Aug. 31:
Morgan Smith, a sophomore transfer student, intercepted a pass back to the goalie and hit the ball home to give the nationally-ranked #20 St. Lawrence University Saints a 1-0 victory at Sandy MacAllaster Field in overtime. The Saints, who improve to 1-1 on the season, outshot the Red Dragons 25-10 in the game with the golden goal coming in the 98th minute. Meanwhile, the Cortland falls to 2-0 despite an outstanding eight-save performance from goalkeeper Tim Beauvais.
St. Lawrence controlled the majority of the possession throughout the game but couldn't push a goal across until the overtime period. Beauvais made numerous diving saves to keep his team in the game, while St. Lawrence's
Seyefe Brouk and
Jeremiah Bunton each hit a crossbar in the game.
Cortland's best chance to score came in the second half as Chris Barbosa broke through the Saints' defense for a one-on-one with St. Lawrence's goalkeeper
Aaron Costello. Costello came up big diving save to keep the score tied 0-0. He finished with three saves for his first shutout of the season.
With under 22:00 minutes remaining in regulation, St. Lawrence first-year
Rob Brandell took a hard shot from outside the box that Beauvais tipped over the crossbar. Then later with under 1:30 left in regulation, Brouk had another hard shot that Beauvais handled to force an overtime period.