Playing host to another of the top teams in the country, the Panthers men's soccer team lost to Genesee on Sunday, 5-1. It was the fourth loss to a team ranked in the top ten in the nation this year and drops the Panthers to 3-8 overall and 0-5 in the Mid-State Athletic Conference. Genesee improves to 8-5 overall and 4-2 in the MSAC.

On the day that sophomores were honored before the opening kick, the Panthers seemed to come out with more energy than in recent games. The play was back-and-forth in the opening minutes before Genesee broke through with a goal in the 15^th minute. A second score came two minutes later, but the Panthers kept the deficit at two the rest of the half.  

In the second half, Genesee set the tone with a goal in the third minute of action, and then salted it away with goals in the 70^th and 73^rd minutes. The Panthers got their score in the 80^th minute, when Gabriel Lonsky (King Ferry/Southern Cayuga H.S.) played a hard cross that Jay Pearson (Penicuik, Scotland/Queen Victoria School) directed into the net.

Joshua Long (Colchester, U.K./Mamingtree H.S.) had 11 saves in goal.

Looking ahead

The Panthers close out the regular season on the road Wednesday, traveling to Binghamton to take on SUNY Broome.