SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY —In a battle for a Liberty League playoff berth, the Union College men's soccer team defeated Skidmore 4-1, Saturday at Wachenheim Field to earn the No. 4 seed for the conference playoffs.
The Dutchmen (12-4, 5-3 Liberty League) make the four-team tournament, while the Thoroughbreds end their season at 10-5-2 and 4-3-1 in Liberty League play.
The physical game featured a combined 52 fouls and nine yellow cards.
Skidmore struck first when Adam Beek worked the ball past two defenders down the left side and then fired a shot far post past Union goalie
Ryan Carter at 26:00.
Union came out hard in the second half, scoring three goals in less than seven minutes.
Dean Constant fired home a rebound off the crossbar at 53:53 to tie the game.
Benjamin Golub made it 2-1 when he took a restart from
Kevin Janson and found the net from along the baseline at 56:50. The third goal came on a Sebastiaan Janson penalty kick at 60:19 after
Nick Vozzella was pulled down in the box after a breakaway down the left side.
Nick Vozzella finished the scoring at 89:26.
Skidmore had a 12-11 edge in shots and a 4-1 corner advantage.
Eli Kisselbach had two saves for Skidmore, while
Ryan Carter stopped six for Union.
Janson's 20th goal of the season broke the Union College men's soccer career point record with 107. The previous record of 105 held up for 27 years, owned by Craig Jeffries '75, a member of the Union College Athletics Hall of Fame.
The Dutchmen will play at Vassar in the Liberty League tournament on Wednesday, October 31 at 2:30 p.m.
