Cards tame Bengals

The Plattsburgh State men’s soccer continued its impressive play Saturday afternoon, beating Buffalo State, 4-1, and extending its latest winning streak to five.

It didn’t take long for PSUC (15-1-0, 6-1-0) to get on the board as Matt Hamilton connected on an indirect kick in the 13^th minute to put the Cardinals ahead, 1-0. The goal marked Hamilton’s eighth of the season.

Later in the first half, the Cards were at it again when Steve Zacharczyk received a through pass from Nick Parrella and was able to beat Buffalo State (1-12-1, 0-6-1) goalkeeper Ian Huntoon one-on-one to put PSUC up, 2-0, in the 30^th minute.

In the 58^th minute, Parrella was able to get a goal of his own. He received a pass from Jarred Antonucci and dropped the ball up and over the goalkeeper from 20 yards out to make the score 3-0. The goal marked Parrella’s fifth of the season.

Buffalo State was able to respond with a goal of its own when C.J. Scirto beat his defender and drilled the ball past PSUC goalkeeper Zack Kruizenga in the 66^th minute to make the score 3-1.

Zacharczyk scored once more, when he went unassisted and put ball past Huntoon in the 80^th minute.

With the victory, the Cards improve to second in the SUNYAC standings behind Brockport, which is also 6-1 in the conference.

PSUC will have a chance to face Brockport next weekend when at home Saturday at 2 p.m.