SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.---The Hobart soccer team staged a dramatic comeback, scoring three times in the second half as it rallied for a 3-3 tie with Skidmore in a Liberty League first round game at Wachenheim Field this afternoon. The Thoroughbreds advanced to the semifinals with a 4-1 win in penalty kicks.
Junior
Danny Spataro and sophomore
Gabe Smith had a goal and an assist each for the Statesmen. Junior
Jake Hans played all 110 minutes in goal and made five saves.
Three different players scored for Skidmore. Dante Fierro went the distance in goal for Skidmore and made four saves.
FOR THE RECORD
- Hobart is now 10-3-4 on the season.
- Skidmore is 6-5-7 overall.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Skidmore finished the game with a 17-10 advantage in shots and an 8-6 edge in shots on goal.
- Skidmore had eight corner kicks, and the Statesmen had four.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Jed Dougherty opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Standing near the top of the 6-yard box, he flicked a shot past Hans for his second goal of the year. Nathan Gritzmacher and Colin Goodhines were awarded assists on the goal.
- Twenty minutes later, Luke Dougherty on a set piece. His corner kick was stuffed by a Hobart defender. The ball came back to him, and he curled a left-footed shot into the lower right corner of the cage.
- Spataro broke up the shutout bid in the 69th minute. He collected a through ball from Smith in the 18-yard box and fired a shot into the upper left corner of the cage. It was Spataro's second goal of the season.
- Dylan Moore gave Skidmore a 3-1 lead in the 69th minute. He ripped a shot from the top of the box that ricocheted off the crossbar and down into the goal. Keane Murphy had an assist on the goal.
- Smith brought Hobart within one goal in the 81st minute. His fifth goal of the season was assisted by Inigo Llosa and Spataro.
- Just over a minute later, a Skidmore player tried to clear a Statesman shot out of the box, but the ball redirected into his own net.
- In the second overtime, Quinn Phillips fired a shot over the crossbar, and Llosa had a shot stopped by Fierro.
- In the 107th minute, Skidmore's Landon Buren fired a shot off the crossbar, and then his rebound was blocked by a defender. The sequence led to three straight corner kicks for the Thoroughbreds, but they were unable to convert.
- Skidmore went 4-for-4 on its penalty kicks while Hobart went 1-for-3.
