SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's soccer team is on its way to the championship game of the Skidmore College Alumni Invitational, after a 3-0 shutout victory over St. John Fisher at Wachenheim Field Saturday afternoon.
 
Skidmore remains undefeated at 3-0 on the young season. The Thoroughbreds will take on Richard Stockton in the championship game on Sunday, at 2 p.m. St. John Fisher falls to 0-3 and will face Oswego at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
 
Senior midfielder David Braman and freshman forward Finn Weber both scored their second goal of the season to lead the Thoroughbreds. Junior defender Shaun Franz scored his second career goal. Junior forward Stanley Langyintuo continued his hot start to the season, adding two assists. Junior midfielder Max Moran also tallied an assist.
 
Senior goalkeeper Sebastian Bosch tallied two saves to earn his first shutout of the season, and ninth of his career.
 
St. John Fisher goalie Aaron Smith made one save in the first 8:03. Peyton Mattis made seven saves in the final 81:57.
 
Once again, Skidmore scored early. Langyintuo raced up the right side of the penalty box, lacing a low cross past the Fisher goalie to Braman, who tapped the chance in the empty net in the seventh minute.
 
Skidmore struck again in the 67^th minute. On a corner kick, Langyintuo's feed deflected off the fingertips of the Fisher goalie, right to the waiting head of Franz in front of net. The Thoroughbreds would cap the scoring in the 80^th minute, as a well chipped cross by Moran skied behind the charging goalie, as Weber finished the opportunity.
 
Skidmore outshot the Cardinals by a 24-5 margin. The Thoroughbreds also earned a 6-1 edge on corner kicks.
 
In game one, Oswego's Caleb Asamoah scored on a 35-yard rocket in the first 15 seconds of regulation. Stockton countered with a converted Ervin Gjeli penalty kick in the fifth minute, tying the game at one. Stockton's Joel Burgos took advantage of a defensive miscue, scoring the game-winner in the 34^th minute.