ITHACA, N.Y. – Three different Colgate men's soccer players scored goals Tuesday night as the Raiders fell to the Big Red, 4-3, in overtime at Berman Field in the 88
th all-time meeting between the two programs.
Freddy Jonsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) scored the game-tying goal in the 71
st minute of the game for the Raiders that forced overtime.
Aram Ouligian (Needham, Massachusetts) and
Steven DeLeo (Acton, Massachusetts) also scored for the Raiders while
Uyi Omorogbe (Albany, New York) tallied two assists.
Omorogbe's two-assist game is the first such game of his career as the Raiders had four different players net two points.
The Raiders put up a valiant effort in Tuesday night's game as they fought back from a second half deficit but managed to force the game into extra time.
DeLeo put the Raiders on top 13:31 into the game with his second career goal.
Jared Stroud (Chester, New Jersey) controlled the ball on the left wing where he fired a centering pass that deflected from DeLeo to Omorogbe. After one touch, Omorogbe played it to open space where DeLeo rounded on the ball and put it past Cornell goalkeeper Mitchell Meyer.
The Big Red answered back just 2:30 after the Raiders goal off a corner kick to tie the game, 1-1. Tyler Bagley took the corner on the right side, curling in towards goal.
Jacob Harris (Brookline, Massachusetts) punched the ball away but Walter Prince was there to put home the rebound.
Colgate responded 10:20 after Cornell's goal to take a 2-1 lead with just under 20 minutes left in the first half.
Jared Stroud took a corner from the left side of the field, curling the ball in towards goal. Stroud out-jumped his defender and headed the ball into the open right side of the net to nab the lead.
Cornell tied the game just less than 10 minutes into the second half as Ryan Hill put home his first goal of the game. Harry Fuller controlled the ball down the right line before crossing it at the end line where Hill leapt to head home the goal.
Tommy Hansen put the Big Red ahead with 25:19 left in the second half as he received a pass from Bagley before striking the ball to the low right corner from 25 yards out for their second straight goal.
Jonsson scored the equalizer with 19:56 left in the second half to make it 3-3. After a throw-in,
Kentaro Morrison (Tokyo, Japan) played a perfect long ball from midfield into the box for Omorogbe to run on to. Omorogbe stopped the ball on a dime and waited for Jonsson to get open at the top of the box where he tapped the ball to the lower left corner past a sprawling Meyer.
The Big Red scored the game-winning goal just 1:55 into the first overtime to give Cornell the 4-3 win. Ryan Bayne ripped a bullet from about 30 yards out to the upper left corner to give Cornell the win.
BOTTOM LINE
Cornell 4, Colgate 3
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Big Red improve to 6-3-2 (1-0-1 Ivy) as they extend their unbeaten streak to five games while the Raiders fall to 4-8-1 (1-2-1 Patriot League) with the loss
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Omorogbe tallied his first career two-assist game Tuesday night and had the second two-assist game for the Raiders this season
-Omorogbe has now recorded a point in three straight games for the first time in his career
-DeLeo recorded his second career goal and first since Oct. 8, 2016
-Ouligian picked up his third goal of the season to tie his career-high and is tied for the team lead with Omorogbe and Jonsson
-Jonsson picked up his third goal of the season and third goal in the past two games
-Stroud recorded his seventh assist of the season and now has 24 in his career to extend his Colgate record
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Cornell outshot Colgate, 17-12, despite the Raiders 8-6 edge in the first half
-The Big Red also had a slight 7-6 edge in shots on goal in the game
-Cornell managed to snag a 6-5 advantage in corner kicks with both teams scoring a goal off of corner kicks
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach
Erik Ronning
"I always feel right now we always have a chance to score a goal with our attacking threats that we have and we've been pretty successful in creating quality scoring opportunities. Some of our forwards have started to find the back of the net, so that was really positive."
"Our guys always work hard, they care so much and I hate to see after a loss like that the looks on those guys faces who put so much into that 90-plus minutes of soccer."
"I'm proud of ours guys effort and all we can do is learn, recover and prepare for Bucknell. We've got five league games left, and every one of those massive and we hope to accumulate enough points to go to the tournament but we're just focused on Bucknell right now."
UP NEXT
The Raiders return home on Saturday at 4 p.m. when they host the Bucknell Bison in Patriot League action. Colgate men's soccer will be hosting its team alumni weekend this weekend; to register for the event,
CLICK HERE. The 1992, 1997 and 2007 Patriot League Champion teams will be honored at halftime of the game vs. Bucknell.
