HAMILTON, N.Y. - The Cornell men's soccer team defeated the Colgate Raiders 4-1 on Tuesday night at Beyer-Small Field. The Big Red improved to 9-1-2, while the Raiders dropped to 4-5-3 on the year.

Alex Harris registered the Big Red goal in the contest. Giorgos Diakos and Liam May were credited for the helpers. Ryan Friedberg earned a save in the contest and improved to 9-1-2 on the year.

The Big Red were off and running and strong on the defensive-end, managing to test the Raiders net-minder Eric Widrick five times in the first-half, while Friedberg was only tested once.

Harris netted the opening goal of the contest from Diakos as the 30-minute mark approached to put the Big Red ahead 1-0.

After the half, it would be Colgate who would notch a tally first, scoring just about 10 minutes into the second-half to tie up the match at 1-1. The Big Red responded by scoring two consecutive goals of its own, coming from Martin and Latona to jump ahead 3-1.

The score would hold for the remainder of the contest, largely in part to the Big Red's back-line holding the Raiders to just a single shot-on-goal for the match. The Big Red managed to out-shoot Colgate 25-2, with 17 of Cornell's chances being on net.

"I thought we put on a professional performance today. We generated a number of good opportunities in both halves and the guys did a good job responding to Colgate's equalizer with a couple of very well taken goals", John Smith, the Dr. Daniel P. Wood Head Coach of Men's Soccer mentioned.

Next Up
The Cornell men's soccer team will return to Ivy League play this week against the University of University of Pennsylvania Quakers on Sunday, October 20th. Kickoff is slated for 12:00 noon. at Berman Field. Game action will be broadcast on ESPNU.

"We look forward to another great game against Penn on Sunday", coach John Smith concluded with.