For Immediate Release: October 30,
2003
Contact: Chris Gondek, SUNYAC Publicist
Oneonta, Geneseo Secure Top Seeds in SUNYAC Women’s Soccer Tournament
FREDONIA,
N.Y. – Oneonta and Geneseo finished the SUNYAC regular season last week tied
at 9-0-1 to earn opening-round byes into the semifinals. The tournament will
begin with play-in games on Monday, November 3rd on the campuses
of the higher seeds. The semifinals and finals will be held at the Hall of
Fame Fields in Oneonta, NY on November 7th and 8th.
Both semifinal games on Friday will kickoff at 11:00 a.m. and the championship
on Saturday will be also be played at 11:00 a.m.
Oneonta and Geneseo rolled
through SUNYAC play combining for 17 shutouts this year. The Blue Knights
surrendered just one goal and shutout their opponents nine out of ten games,
one short of the SUNYAC record for shutouts in a season set by last year’s
Oneonta team (10). The Red Dragons are currently riding a 58-game conference
unbeaten streak (57-0-1) dating back to the 1999 season. In their only meeting
this season, Oneonta and Geneseo battled to a 0-0 draw. Oneonta won the resulting
shootout tie-breaker to get the top seed. Both teams met in last year’s SUNYAC
Championship game that also ended tied 0-0 with the Red Dragons claiming the
title in a shootout.
Third-seeded Plattsburgh
State finished conference play at 7-3 and will host sixth-seeded Fredonia
in an opening-round play-in game. The Cardinals feature an explosive offense
that leads the nation in Division III in scoring with 80 goals. Fredonia clinched
the last playoff berth on the final day of the regular season on Saturday
with a 3-0 win over SUNYIT. The Blue Devils finished 5-4-1 after going 2-6-2
a year ago. Plattsburgh rolled to a 5-1 win over Fredonia in their meeting
in mid-October.
Fourth-seeded Cortland wrapped
up the fourth seed last week with a 2-1 overtime win over Oswego. The Red
Dragons went 6-3-1 in the SUNYAC and will oppose the fifth-seeded Brockport
Golden Eagles. Brockport ended the year 6-4 in the conference standings and
will look to avenge a 3-2 loss to the Red Dragons earlier in the year.
2003 Final SUNYAC Standings
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
GF
|
GA
|
Pts.
|
|
| #1 Oneonta |
9
|
0
|
1
|
34
|
2
|
28
|
| #2 Geneseo |
9
|
0
|
1
|
38
|
1
|
28
|
| #3 Plattsburgh |
7
|
3
|
0
|
40
|
11
|
21
|
| #4 Cortland |
6
|
3
|
1
|
29
|
14
|
19
|
| #5 Brockport |
6
|
4
|
0
|
41
|
12
|
18
|
| #6 Fredonia |
5
|
4
|
1
|
20
|
25
|
16
|
| Oswego |
5
|
5
|
0
|
23
|
25
|
15
|
| Buffalo State |
3
|
7
|
0
|
16
|
42
|
9
|
| Potsdam |
2
|
8
|
0
|
10
|
50
|
6
|
| New Paltz |
1
|
9
|
0
|
8
|
40
|
3
|
| SUNYIT |
0
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
37
|
0
|