BRADFORD, Pa. - The SUNY Poly men's soccer dominated the second half of their non-conference matchup with the Pitt.-Bradford Panthers on Wednesday night, scoring four goals in the second half of a 4-0 win. The Wildcat offense exploded to score all four goals in the game in a 15-minute span. The Wildcats are now 4-3-2 this season. Edward Greene and Wakeley Banker had big performances for SUNY Poly. Greene had five points on a pair of goals and an assist. Banker had two goals.
THE GOALS:
Wakeley Banker opened up the scoring in the 52nd minute of play. Xander Novack set the table for Banker with a beautiful corner kick that went to the far side of the box. Banker headed the corner on a bounce past the diving goalkeeper to give the Wildcats the lead.
Edward Greene scored the Wildcat's second goal in the 60th minute off an assist by Spencer Sidoti. Sidoti started the play on the right side of the box with a defender all over him. Multiple Wildcat players had leverage on their defender, but Sidoti passed them over to find Green in full stride breaking from the top of the box to the middle of the goal. Sidoti passed to Greene, who hit a shot in stride into the right side of the net.
Greene added his second goal of the game to his stat sheet in the 63rd minute. A pass played in from the right by Aboubacar Camara, intended for Christian Toma was deflected by the Panther defense. Green was in the perfect place at the perfect time as the deflected pass found him in stride with an open lane to the goal. He took advantage of the opportunity, scoring to the bottom left corner.
Banker's second goal of the game was nearly a mirror image of his first. The goal was scored off of a well-placed corner kick by Edward Greene that found Banker's head in the middle of the box. He headed the shot past the goalkeeper to give the Wildcats a 4-0 lead in the 67th minute.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
- Edward Greene had a monster game for the Wildcats. He scored a pair of goals and had an assist for a total of five points for his team. The five-point performance was a career-high for Greene, as were the two goals in one game.
- Wakeley Banker scored twice for the Wildcats in the game to bring his season total to four goals. He is currently second in points scored for the Wildcats this season with eight.
- Xander Novack and Spencer Sidoti each had an assist in the game for the Wildcats. It was the first of the season for both.
- Chase Coluccio earned the win in goal for the Wildcats. He did not face a shot in the second half.
- Ryan Primus was the starting keeper for the Wildcats. He also did not face a shot in 45 minutes played.
- Evan Schmidt was on the losing side of the goalkeeper decision. He made nine saves for Pitt.-Bradford.
UP NEXT:
The Wildcats will face off against NAC West Division opponent SUNY Cobleskill on Saturday, October 1st. The game is scheduled for a 1:00 PM start at SUNY Cobleskill. The last time these two teams met was in the 2021 NAC Quarterfinal. The Wildcats won that game 4-0 at home.
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