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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1204774, member: 27"]
Another game where Syracuse dominated play almost the entire way.  Hit the pipes at least twice, had 5 or 6 point blank scoring chances.  The PSU goalie played a terrific game and was a key keeping them close.

PSU got a penalty kick on a middling foul that usually is not called and that I believe occurred outside the box.  Credit to them for taking advantage and scoring on it.  Connor Maloney was their best player, excellent touch with his passes and surprisingly good speed.  He was the B1G offensive player of the year.  The B1G is not a good soccer conference, credit to the Nittany Lions for playing hard all game long.

After PSU got their goal, there wasn't a lot of time left; maybe 26 minutes or so.  SU had been putting heavy pressure on the Lions beforehand but that pressure was ratcheted up even more from this point forward.  SU played with great urgency, completely dominated PSU and got the equalizer pretty fast on a nice finish by Emil.  Wolverton, the PSU goalie, was great all game long, but misplayed a shot from the endline that I suspect was supposed to be a pass, and carried the ball into the goal with his momentum, ruining what had been a great night for him.

Not happy Gtown somehow got an 8 seed and will get the home field advantage.  The New Big East is not a good conference, it is not remotely as good as the ACC and if the Hoya played in the ACC, they would be fortunate to finish in the top half of the conference.  SU will overcome the incompetency of the NCAA seeding committee and move forward anyway.
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