Canton, NY – Freshman Nolan Sullivan turned aside 10 shots on the day, but visiting Clarkson broke through for a pair of second half tallies in a 2-0 win against the SUNY Canton men's soccer team on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result: Clarkson 2, SUNY Canton 0   
• Location: SUNY Canton Turf – Canton, NY
• Records: Clarkson (4-0-2) | SUNY Canton (1-6-1)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Visiting Clarkson nearly took the lead in the final 10 seconds of the first half as Cole Mueller's shot hit the left post with six seconds to play.
• The Knights held a 7-1 shots on goal advantage in the first half, but seven saves from Sullivan kept the game tied at 0-0.
• The Knights broke through in the 58th minute when Daniel Medina made a nice cut to his right firing a shot that deflected off a Canton defender and off the underside of the crossbar and in for the goal.
• Clarkson doubled its lead just over three minutes later. Luis Cervantes collected a loose ball off a corner kick and fired a shot towards the left post that was tapped in by Zach Shufelt for his third of the season.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Clarkson controlled shots (26-5), shots on goal (13-4) and corner kicks (8-3).
• Chris Escobar, Markel Mosley, Foster Hutchins and Gary Gutama registered one shot on goal each for the Roos.
• Sullivan finished with 10 saves in the loss, while Carter Kladstrup recorded a four save clean sheet for the Knights.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos are back in action on Saturday when they host VTSU Johnson at 2 p.m. on Senior Day.
   
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