| 2016 SUNYAC Men's Soccer Tournament First Round |
| No. 6 Plattsburgh State (12-5-1) at No. 3 Fredonia (11-6-1) |
| Saturday, October 29, 2016 • 1 p.m. • Fredonia, N.Y. • University Stadium |
| Live Stats • Live Video • Bracket |
FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's soccer team will begin its quest to win its ninth State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) title on Saturday, Oct. 29, as the sixth-seeded Cardinals visit third-seeded Fredonia in the SUNYAC Tournament first round at 1 p.m. at University Stadium.
TICKET PRICING: General admission tickets are $5, while tickets for children ages 5-12 are $3… Children 4 and under and students from SUNYAC schools with valid identification will be admitted free of charge.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Plattsburgh State is 18-15-8 against Fredonia all-time, though the Blue Devils topped the Cardinals, 3-2, when the two teams met on Saturday, Oct. 15, in Fredonia, N.Y… Fredonia's senior forward Jimmy Ritchie had a hat trick in that game, while senior defender
Nick Economou (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) and senior forward
Alexis Archilla (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley) each scored for Plattsburgh State.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS: Plattsburgh State is riding a three-game winning streak, with all three victories coming at home… The Cardinals topped The College at Brockport and SUNY Geneseo to earn the No. 6 seed in the SUNYAC Tournament from Friday-Saturday, Oct. 21-22, and they downed SUNY Canton on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 4-1, in their final tune-up before the SUNYAC Tournament… In that game against the Kangaroos, junior midfielder
Nicholas Laurent (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South) scored two goals and posted two assists… As a team, the Cardinals are tied for third in the SUNYAC with 38 goals scored… Archilla ranks third in the conference in goals scored (8) and points (21), and he also is tied for fifth in the SUNYAC in assists (5)… In the program's record books, Archilla ranks fourth in career goals (49) and is tied for fifth in points (113)… Thirty-second-year head coach
Chris Waterbury is 440-144-60 on his career at Plattsburgh State and 464-162-64 overall, which includes an additional three seasons at Lyndon State College (1983-84) and New England College (1982).
ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS: Fredonia upset nationally-ranked SUNY Oneonta in its regular-season finale on Saturday, Oct. 22, punching its ticket into the SUNYAC Tournament as the No. 3 seed… Junior forward Ryan Ross and senior midfielder Bryan Sibble both scored for Fredonia in the 55th and 61st minutes, respectively, while Oneonta's Dillon Johnson found the back of the net in the 71st minute… Senior midfielder Ryan Keller leads the SUNYAC and ranks 37th in NCAA Division III in assists (8), while senior forward Parker Healy and Sibble each are tied for second in the SUNYAC in assists (6)… Ritchie is tied for fourth in the SUNYAC in goals scored (7), while Healy is tied for eighth in the conference in points (16)… Seventeenth-year head coach P.J. Gondek is 168-130-29 during his career at Fredonia.
WHAT'S NEXT: The winner of this first-round contest will travel to second-seeded SUNY Oneonta on Wednesday, Nov. 2, for a 1 p.m. semifinal-round match… The winner of the SUNYAC Tournament earns the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament.
