Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's soccer team came from behind to tie seventh-ranked Union College 1-1 in a Liberty League contest Saturday at Wachenheim Field.

The physical contest ended with a combined 35 fouls, five yellow cards, and one red card.

With a third straight tie, the Thoroughbreds move to 3-6-5 and 0-1-4 in conference play.  The tie also records the second time this season that Skidmore broke even with a top-10 opponent.  Union moves to 10-2-1 and 3-1-1 in Liberty League play.

The Dutchmen went ahead 1-0, when Tripp Pietrak (Amherst, N.Y.) stole the ball at midfield and pushed it forward to sophomore Paul Angelo (Albany, N.Y.) for the breakaway goal at 30:34.

The Thoroughbreds, despite playing a man down for most of the second half, tied the score at 77:28 when Matt Kelsey (Cambridge, Mass.) fired a header into the net off of a corner from freshman Doug Yeates (Richmond, Vt.).

Union held a 7-2 shot advantage in overtime, but was denied by Skidmore keeper Jake Densen (Summit, N.J.) who made a key save with five seconds left on a point-blank shot by Jon Bellock (Manchester, Conn.). Densen had four saves,  while Union's Rob Kramer (Westport, Conn.) finished with seven.

The Thoroughbreds are at Rensselaer Oct. 20.

Skidmore College Men's Soccer

      #7 UNION vs Skidmore College (Oct 13, 2007 at Saratoga Springs, NY)

UNION (10-2-1, 3-1-1 Lib.) vs. Skidmore College (3-6-5,0-1-4 Liberty)

 Date: Oct 13, 2007  Attendance: 630

 Weather: cool, clear, 58 at start

 Goals by period       1  2 OT O2  Tot

 -------------------------------------

 UNION...............  1  0  0  0 -  1

 Skidmore College....  0  1  0  0 -  1

 SCORING SUMMARY:

  1.  30:34 UNION Paul Angelo (Tripp Pietrak)

  2.  77:28 SKIDMORE Matt Kelsey (Doug Yeates)

 Shots: UNION 17, Skidmore College 21

 Saves: UNION 7 (Rob Kramer 7), Skidmore College 4 (Jake Densen 4)