CORTLAND, N.Y. (11/14/21) – Santi Alzate scored as the Kean University men's soccer team fell to #5 SUNY Cortland, 3-1 in an NCAA Tournament second round matchup on Sunday evening.
Jack Coleman,
Anthony Ruggiero, and
Blake Aronson all scored for the Red Dragons who improve to 18-2-1 overall and advance to next Friday's NCAA Quarterfinal against #19 Amherst.
Felix Pereyra assisted on the lone goal for the Cougars who finish their season at 13-5-3 overall.
The Red Dragons struck quick with two goals in the first 24 minutes to take a commanding 2-0 lead. Kean got on the scoreboard in the 36
th minute when Pereyra made a quick pass to Alzate, who fired from just outside the 18-yard box.
In the second half, Cortland notched an insurance goal in the 62
nd minute to increase their lead to 3-1.
Cortland led on shots (19-12) and shots on goal (10-5), while Kean held the advantage on corner kicks (3-2).
Alzate recorded four shots, while
Gabe Llanos tallied two.
Daniel Calderon,
Raonne Dias,
Kelvin Gyamfi,
Nikolaos Theoudoulidis,
Danny Guillen and
Isaac Guerrero all recorded one shot apiece.
Dominic Ridge made seven saves in 90 minutes of work.
