Marcy, NY – Senior Evan Petersen scored his first goal of the season to get the Roos within two, but host SUNY Poly earned a 4-1 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Poly 4, SUNY Canton 1
• Location: Wildcat Field - Marcy, NY
• Records:  SUNY Poly (8-3-3, 5-0-2 NAC) | SUNY Canton (4-9-1, 3-3-1 NAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Wildcats got on the board first in the 32nd minute when Wakeley Banker converted off a penalty kick. The Roos held a 3-2 shots on goal advantage but the hosts took a 1-0 lead into intermission.
• Poly made it 2-0 in the 60th minute when Payton Bennett took a corner kick from the right side and found Banker for a header into the right corner of net.
• The hosts tacked on a third goal three minutes later when Abus Mohamed-Ali played a ball up the left side to Dominick Spychalski as he headed the ball forward beating a defender in as he finished into the net past a charging Owen Kwong.
• The Roos got one back with less than four minutes remaining when Eric Randall played a ball into the box but a defender failed to clear the ball. The clearance attempt went right to the foot of Petersen who settled the ball and beat diving Wildcat keeper James D'Alessio.
• Poly tacked on another score off a penalty kick in the 89th minute off the foot of Matthew McCord for the 4-1 final.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• SUNY Poly held the advantage in shots (14-6), shots on goal (5-4) and corner kicks (5-3).
• The goal for Petersen was his second collegiate score.
• Petersen, Martin Torales, Agustin Nunez and Michael Gavette had one shot on goal each for the Roos.
• Kwong made one save in the loss, while D'Alessio turned aside three shots for the Wildcats.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos are back in action on Saturday when they visit Cazenovia at 1 p.m.   
   
 
About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 23 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The SUNY Canton Kangaroos 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity esports and cheerleading.