Canton, NY – Edward Malinoski, Jr. scored a pair of first-half goals to lift the SUNY Canton men's soccer team to a 2-1 win against visiting Alfred State College on Saturday.

The Roos (7-7-1) opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Marc Ramirez picked off a pass at the edge of the Roos offensive third and pinpointed a pass to Malinoski between multiple Pioneer defenders. Malinoski turned and beat charging Alfred State keeper Johnny Starzee just inside the left post.

Malinoski doubled the Roos lead 15 minutes later when the Roos caught the Alfred State defense off guard. Kyle Smith threw the ball in from the near sideline to a cutting Malinoski who beat the keeper into the left corner once again.

The Roos owned a 6-2 shots and 3-0 shots on goal advantage taking a 1-0 lead into intermission.
Alfred State (2-11-1) got within one following a SUNY Canton turnover in their defensive third. Kory Zimmer picked off a pass and immediately fired a shot from 25 yards out into the top left corner.

With eight minutes remaining the Roos had a great opportunity off great individual hustle from Josh Geller. He played a cross from the right side to Ellis Sanchez at the left post. He was unable to get a shot on goal but the loose ball went to Malinoski as his shot was saved.

Connor Campbell made five saves for the Roos. Starzee turned aside two shots for Alfred State and Vince Biancuzzo finished the final seven minutes for the Pioneers.
 

The men's soccer team celebrated its eight graduating players Austin Lamay, Maurizio Paniconi, Jacob Jones, Connor Campbell, Demba Ba, Nick Magliano, Erdous Lebron and Tyler Cook in a pre-game ceremony.

The men's soccer team returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts Plattsburgh State at 4:30 p.m. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the SUNY Canton Athletics department by "liking" us on Facebook and "following" our Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service and recently received number one rankings in library resources, library services and tutoring services in the SUNY Student Opinion Survey. The college's faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 13 exclusively online degrees. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and are conference members of the newly formed American Collegiate Athletic Association.