ONEONTA, NY - Hartwick College fell to city rival Oneonta State this afternoon, 5-1, in a non-conference game at Red Dragon Field. The Hawks break even with a 5-5-2 record and Oneonta improves to 10-3-1.
Three minutes into the game, senior Kate Bosy (Scotia, NY/St. Francis U.) connected with classmate Briana Crow (Scotia, NY/Scotia-Glenville) who redirected a shot past Oneonta keeper Amy Lusby for a 1-0 'Wick lead. O-State needed five minutes to draw even as Kayla Brantmeyer dribbled past a few Hawk defenders and found the back of the net past Kelly Griffin (Wynanyskill, NY/Columbia) for the first of her two tallies on the day.
The Red Dragons took the lead for good in the 19th minute when Dana DeSimone scored from a cross from the left wing. Amanda Regensberger earned an assist on the play. Neither team scored over the last 25 minutes of the half and the hosts led 2-1 at the break.
In the second half, the Red Dragons scored twice in the first 12 minutes to take a 4-1 lead. Karly DeSimone earned her 10th goal of the season, scoring 6:36 into the second half off a corner kick from Nha Wright. Five minutes later Dana DeSimone crossed the ball to Brantmeyer for her 5th tally of the season.
With ten seconds left in the contest, Carly Rosen received the ball from Meredith Clinton to score the 5th goal for Oneonta and the final one of the day.
Griffin, who played the first half for the Hawks in goal, made two saves. Junior Alyssa Rondo (Saco, ME/Thornton Academy) collected four saves in the second half of action. Lusby made three stops in the Oneonta goal.
Hartwick travels to take on Nazareth College this Saturday, October 16th at 2:30 p.m. The Golden Flyers are 5-0 in the Empire 8 and tied for the top spot in the standings. Hartwick (2-1-2) are tied for fourth with RIT.
