Oneonta trips up Buffalo State men’s soccer in conference opener, 1-0

BUFFALO STATE ATHLETICS

ONEONTA, N.Y. — Buffalo State rallied for two shots and a corner kick in the final five minutes of play, but could not push across an equalizer as the Bengals dropped its SUNYAC opener to Oneonta, 1-0 this afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Oneonta – 1, Buffalo State – 0
LOCATION: Red Dragon Field – Oneonta, N.Y.
RECORDS: Oneonta (4-2-2, 1-0 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (5-2-0, 0-1 SUNYAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Buffalo State got off to a quick start with a shot just 19 seconds after the opening whistle and continued the pace to outshoot the Red Dragons 5-3 in the first half.
• Oneonta nearly broke through before halftime as Andreas Queen (Stone Ridge/Rondout Valley) made back-to-back saves to keep the score even at the first-half whistle.
• The Red Dragons finally opened the scoring with a goal in the 60^th minute off a goal by Ryan Catalano.
• After over 20 minutes of back and forth play, Buffalo State had its final chances with two shots by August Finn (High Falls/Rondout Valley) and Zakaria Shaibi (Buffalo/McKinley) that were each saved away.
• Queen finished with five saves in 90 minutes of work.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Catalano scored his first goal of the season off assists from Roberto Ventura and Witman Hernandez.
• Nicholas Giordano made five saves in goal for the Red Dragons.

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