Canton, NY – Plattsburgh State scored three first-half goals to earn a 4-0 road win against the SUNY Canton men's soccer team on Tuesday evening.

Austin Brault and Edward Malinoski, Jr. tallied the lone shots on goal for the Roos (7-8-1).

Plattsburgh State (11-6-1) had some quality early scoring chances and that paid off in the 19th minute when Nicholas Laurent played a quick pass to Jimmy Marchena on his left, just outside the 18. Marchena hit Connor Nembach in the middle of the box with a chip as he headed home his fourth goal of the season.  

The Cardinals doubled their lead with 5:02 remaining in the opening half when Alex Price one-timed a shot into the top left side of the net off a corner kick delivery from KyAir Hamilton. Plattsburgh opened a three-goal advantage three minutes later when Kyle Pfaff found Chris Robertson for a diving header in the box that deflected off Roo goalkeeper Mouhammed Thiam and in.

Plattsburgh State held a 12-2 shots and 6-0 shots on goal advantage as they took a 3-0 lead into intermission.

The Cardinals added a fourth goal in the 50th minute when Marchena delivered a beautiful pass from near midfield to Brody Cepiel who finished short-side inside the right post.

Thiam made three saves for the Roos, while Kiernan Kirby made two saves for his third clean sheet of the season, improving to 3-0.

The men's soccer team will host Paul Smith's College in their regular season finale a week from today, October 31st at 4 p.m. The Tournament is hosted by the University of Valley Forge. 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.