Meadville, P.A.- The SUNY Geneseo men's soccer team split a 2-2 draw with the Allegheny College Gators on Tuesday night. The Knights could not hold onto a 2-1 lead with a late equalizer in the 88th minute from the Gators to move the Knights to 1-0-2 on the season.   
 

HOW IT HAPPENED:  

• Senior defender Benjamin Sanchez narrowly found the back of the net in the fourth minute of the game on blast that went over the crossbar.  

• Allegheny opened the scoring in the 34th minute on a cross-body shot that found the bottom left corner to give the Gators a 1-0 lead. 

• The Knights found a quick answer in the 37th minute from an outside-of-the-box free-kick attempt blasted off the post by senior midfielder Stefen Nikolic. Senior defender Eric Famularo crashed the net and converted the rebound to make the score 1-1.  

• First-year forward Ali Shabani picked the pocket of the Allegheny defender and was too quick to catch before giving the Knights the lead in the 57th minute.  

• Senior goaltender Vincent Maronski Jr. made an acrobatic cross-the-net save to deny the Allegheny Gators from tying it in the 75th minute.  

• Ali Shabani rattled the crossbar in the 78th minute, inches away from extending the Knights' lead to two.  

• Allegheny converted a long free-kick attempt in the 88th minute to split the decision, 2-2.  
   

QUICK FACTS:  

• Geneseo had more shots (21) and more shots on goal (11) than any other game this season.  

• Shabani recorded his first collegiate goal during the match.  

• Eric Famularo has recorded goals in back-to-back contests, leading the Knights in goals on the season.   

• Stefan Nikolic recorded an assist during the game, earning three points in the first three games.  
   

WHAT'S NEXT: 

The Geneseo Knights (1-0-2) will open their Empire 8 campaign at College Stadium on Saturday, September 14th, at 2:30 pm against Hartwick College (2-1-1).