Devils blank New Paltz at Cortland
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CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Fredonia State got the same result it would have had last month had an approaching thunderstorm not interrupted its SUNYAC home game with New Paltz.
The Blue Devils improved to 7-5-3 overall and 3-2-2 in the conference with a 2-0 victory Tuesday in a rematch between the teams at SUNY Cortland.
John Grabowski (Middleport/Roy-Hart) and Peter Dagel (Rochester/Gates Chili) scored the Blue Devil goals, one in each half, while Thom Cavanaugh (Slingerlands/Voorheesville) made five saves to notch his fifth shutout of the season.
The 2-0 margin was the same lead the Blue Devils held with just under 22 minutes left Sept. 26 at University Stadium. Game officials stopped the game when a flash of lightning was detected off in the distance. Because the game had not advanced beyond the 70th minute, it was not an official contest and had to be restarted from scratch.
Grabowski's first goal of the season put Fredonia State in the lead at 12:01. Set up in the box, he was on the receiving end of passes from Cory Paine (Ontario/Wayne) and Brett Wysocki (Gansevoort/Columbia).
The insurance goal by Dagel -- his team-high seventh goal of the season -- came with nine minutes left in what had by then become a regulation game. A long through pass by Rejean Archambeault (Horseheads) sent Dagel into the clear, and Dagel took his time to get off his shot after forcing New Paltz goalkeeper Thomas Viscardi (Lake Ronkonkoma/Sachem North) out of the net.
Viscardi finished with four saves as the Hawks fell to 1-6-0 in the SUNYAC and 6-8-2 overall.
Fredonia State closes out the SUNYAC portion of its schedule with a pair of road games this weekend -- Friday at Brockport, Saturday at Geneseo.