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CALEDONIA, N.Y. – Third-seeded SUNY Geneseo's (9-6-3) Colin Begy found the feet of Ryan Yurchak with 28 seconds remaining in the first overtime period, as the Blue Knights ousted the sixth-seeded State University of New York at New Paltz men's soccer team (8-10-1) from the 2011 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tournament by a 3-2 final on Saturday afternoon in quarterfinal action at Caledonia-Mumford High School.

Geneseo's James Hainsworth put the Blue Knights on the board early, scoring in the third minute off of a pass over the top by Jop Smit. The Hawks responded, however, as senior midfielder/forward Tommy Garafola (Richmond Hill, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) laced a centering pass to junior midfielder/forward Shanshe Khosroshvili (Brooklyn, N.Y./Edward R. Murrow) in the 27th minute, which Khosroshvili hammered home from around 20 yards out.

The Blue Knights took a 2-1 lead into the break, as Nick Cava played a ball to John Piaggione, which Piaggione hopped over the Hawk goalkeeper with less than five minutes remaining in the first half.

Senior forward Jimmy Altadonna (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa) continued to flash his scoring touch in the 65th minute, as he put a loose ball into the back of the net to level the score at 2-all. Both teams had opportunities down the stretch, but neither was able to capitalize, and the game went into overtime.

New Paltz was unable to get a shot off in overtime, and Yurchak's score, which was from just outside the 6-yard box, was Geneseo's second of the period.

On the contest, the Blue Knights outshot the Hawks, 17-12, and Geneseo took six corner kicks to New Paltz's four.

Sam Murphy collected the win in goal for the Blue Knights, making a game-high eight stops. The Hawks used two different goalkeepers. Senior goalkeeper Tom Viscardi (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Sachem North) drew the start and made three saves before freshman goalkeeper Andres Montoya (Levittown, N.Y./Division Avenue) took over at the start of the second half and turned aside four Blue Knight shots.

With the win, Geneseo faces its Rochester-area rival, The College at Brockport, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the semifinals. Brockport earned a bye through the quarterfinal round and holds the No. 2 seed.

New Paltz finishes its season at 8-10-1 overall and 4-4-1 in the SUNYAC. The Hawks made the SUNYAC Tournament for the first time since 2004 this season, and they knocked off two nationally-ranked teams.