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DATE: Tues., Sept. 5, 2006

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Men's Soccer

Scramble leads to winning goal

FREDONIA, N.Y. -- A throw-in followed by a wild scramble led to the winning goal in Fredonia State's 2-1 home win Tuesday afternoon over previously unbeaten Medaille.

Following the throw-in, sophomore forward Nick Deck (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) headed the ball into the goalmouth. It glanced off freshman forward Ryan O'Donnell (Orchard Park/Orchard Park) to senior midfielder Victor Ianni (Rochester/Gates-Chili).

Ianni (pronounced Yanni) directed the ball into the net past Medaille senior goalkeeper Craig Yanni (Hornell/Hornell) with 8:08 left on the Brigham Road Field clock.

It was Ianni's first goal of the season and his ninth as a Blue Devil, the most recent during the 2004 season. He missed all of 2005 with a knee injury.

The win was also the first of the season for the Blue Devils (1-2), who'll host the Blue Devil Classic this Friday and Saturday.

The Mavericks (2-1-0) broke on top 1-0 on senior forward Ryan Mangano (Silver Creek/Silver Creek) took a long lead pass which forced Fredonia State freshman goalkeeper Scott Bergen (Schenectady/Mohonassen) far out of his net. Mangano eluded the keeper and tapped the ball into the empty net at the 8:09 mark.

The Blue Devils mounted a rally late in the first half resulting in the equalizing goal by senior midfielder Alex Parker (Pittsford/Pittsford Mendon) at 40:02. Parker hit a low hard shot which curled into the upper right corner.

The Blue Devils appeared ready to take the lead earlier in the second half, only to have a shot by senior forward Matt Mahaffey (Lakeview/Frontier) bang off the post to the left of Yanni. The latter was called upon to make 10 saves, while Bergen made 12 stops for the Blue Devils.

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