The Oswego State men's soccer team played even with host College at Brockport for 90 minutes of regulation and two 10-minute overtime sessions in the opening round of the SUNYAC playoffs, but the Golden Eagles won in penalty kicks, 3-1, to end the Lakers season and hopes of advancing to this weekend's semifinals.

The game goes on record officially as a 1-1 tie through two overtimes, with the penalty kicks used to advance a team in the six-team playoff format.

Oswego (8-9-1) was held to 10 total shots, with seven coming on goal, while Brockport (10-5-1) took 21 shots, with 13 of them on goal.

The Lakers scored the game's opening goal 17:58 into the first half when sophomore forward Felipe Cavalcanti (Valatie/Ichabod Crane) tallied his team leading eighth goal of the season on a pass from junior midfielder Dave Baldanza (Herkimer) into the penalty box from off post, but Brockport evened the score with 3:13 remaining in the half as Jeff Palumbo scored from 30 yards out on a pass from Jeremy Hinckley.

Both teams failed to score in the second half, despite Brockport holding a 10-3 advantage in shots with seven corner kick oppportunities. Laker sophomore goalie Matt Wopperer (Manlius/Fayettevile Manlius) made six saves in 110 minutes of play, stopping six shots in the opening period and six in the second half and overtime).

In the penalty kick shootout, the Golden Eagles scored on their first three chances, while the Lakers converted only one of their first three shots as the Brockport goalkeeper registered saves the first two kicks before Chris Carra (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) scored in the third round. Brockport missed on its fourth chance as Wopperer made a diving save to his right, but Oswego, needing to score on its final two chances to keep the shootout going, missed on its fourth attempt to end the game.

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