ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER
Friday, August 30, 2002

Etown Opens 2002 Season With 1-1 Double Overtime Tie Against SUNY-Oswego

ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- Opening the 2002 men's soccer season in the Flower City Classic at the University of Rochester Friday evening, the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays tied SUNY-Oswego 1-1 in a double overtime game. Despite the score, Elizabethtown actually out-shot SUNY-Oswego 29-2 over 120 minutes of play.

Etown scored the game's first goal at 33:24 when Phillip Brynildsen (Hazlet, NJ/Raritan) found the back of the net off a pass from John Aronowicz (Exton, PA/Downingtown).

SUNY-Oswego scored its goal just over seven minutes later when Derek Lyons scored off a header by Scott Brown. SUNY-Oswego goaltender John Spuhler made 13 saves to keep his team in the game.

Elizabethtown will face tournament host University of Rochester, which endured a 1-1 double overtime tie as well Friday night against St. John Fisher, Sunday, September 1 at 3:00 p.m.

At Rochester, N.Y.
Flower City Classic
Elizabethtown 1, SUNY-Oswego 1
Elizabethtown (0-0-1) 1 0 0 0 -- 1
SUNY-Oswego (0-0-1) 1 0 0 0 -- 1

Scoring:
EC-Brynildsen (Aronowicz), 33:24
SO-Lyons (Brown), 40:30

Shots: EC 29, SO 2. Corners: EC 8, SO 1. Fouls: EC 19, SO 17. Offsides: EC 6, SO 2. Yellow Cards: EC 3 (Healy, Aronowicz, Wattenschaidt), SO 3 (Krueger, Popovich, Cantwell). Goalie Saves: Michael Ciattei (EC) 0, John Spuhler (SO) 13.