First-years
Michael McDougald and
Marvin Sibanda each scored their first collegiate goals, but the St. Lawrence University men's soccer team fell to SUNY Oneonta, 4-2, in game one of the Mayor's Cup Tournament on Saturday afternoon in Cortland, New York.
Goals from Oneonta's Matt Howe, Malcolm Sweet and Witman Hernandez but the Red Dragons up 3-0 by the 33rd minute of play.
Less than a minute later,
Raphael Zoccolaro found McDougald, who put the Saints on the board, with a chip over Oneonta goalkeeper Francesco Scotti, cutting the deficit to two.
The Red Dragons added a fourth goal from Arkadij Raiz to lead 4-1 in the 45th minute of play.
Sibanda scored on a free kick in the 60th minute to bring the Saints back within two again, but that was as close as the Saints would come.
Saints' goalkeeper
Ben Woelfinger finished with five saves, while Scotti also made five saves for the Red Dragons.
Oneonta outshot the Saints 16-15 and held a 9-7 edge in shots on goal. The Red Dragons took five corner kicks, to the Saints' four.
The Saints fell to 1-2-0 on the season, while Oneonta improved to 3-0-0.
St. Lawrence will face Hartwick in game two of the Mayor's Cup tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m.
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