Box Score MARCY, N.Y. - The SUNYIT Men's Soccer Team (15-1-1, 7-1 NEAC) capped off a record-setting regular season Wednesday night by earning their program-best 15th win of the year. The Wildcats held off the Soaring Eagles of Elmira College by a score of 1-0.
Neither team got much going in the first half, as the Soaring Eagles managed just 3 shots to SUNYIT's 2. The Wildcats had a nice chance a little over 13 minutes into the match when Kurreem Williams (Mt. Vernon, N.Y. / TCI) sent a beautiful cross to Nicholas McBride (Schenectady, N.Y. / Mohonassen) on the right side of the goal, but McBride's ensuing shot just missed to the outside. McBride, however, played his usual solid game on offense for the Wildcats, delivering a number of good crosses to give SUNYIT some chances in the second half.
The game turned on a play in the second half. Wildcat midfielder Francesco Tine (Chatham, N.Y. / Chatham), was fouled inside the penalty box. Diego Montaleza (New York, N.Y. / MLK) took the resulting penalty kick, poking a grounder to the low-right corner of the net and giving the Wildcats a 1-0 lead in the 76th minute.
The score gave Montaleza his league-leading 12th goal of the year, which is also a SUNYIT single-season record.
The Wildcats will now await the start of the NEAC Championship Tournament, which SUNYIT will host as the league's #1 seed. In the tournament's first game on Saturday, November 9th, the Wildcats will take on #4 seed Cazenovia at 11:30 am.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: October 31, 2013
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Diego Montaleza was fouled in the 76th minute, resulting in his penalty kick. It was actually Francesco Tine who was fouled; Montaleza, as is customary, was brought on to take the penalty kick that resulted from Tine being fouled.
