RSC Upended 2-1 by Visiting SUNY Poly

October 15, 2025

RSC Upended 2-1 by Visiting SUNY Poly

ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Soccer dropped Wednesday's home Empire 8 Conference match to SUNY Poly 2-1.

SUNY Poly

4-9-1/2-5-0 E8

Russell Sage College

6-6-2/1-5-2 E8

Final

SUNY Poly (4-9-1/2-5-0 E8)

Russell Sage College (6-6-2/1-5-2 E8)

ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Men's Soccer dropped Wednesday's home Empire 8 Conference match to SUNY Poly 2-1.

Sophomore forward Ian Nafey (Rock Hill, SC/Wallkill)tallied the RSC marker, while freshman goalkeeper Mateja Milutin (Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia/The Kiski School) (Loss, 5-6-2) and senior goalkeeper Aiden Van Oostveen (Westfield, MA/Westfield) combined to make six saves.

The Wildcats (4-9-1/2-5-0 E8) opened the scoring in the 37th minute when senior forward Dominick Spychalski, standing in the vicinity of the right post, deposited a cross from sophomore midfielder Johnpaul Jerome into the net.

SUNY Poly doubled its advantage in the 57th minute via a penalty kick converted by sophomore midfielder Nazim Harizi.

The Gators appeared to get on the board with 25:31 remaining but were deemed offsides.

RSC finally broke through in the 68th minute. Nafey put home a bouncing free kick from sophomore midfielder Anthony Geis (Newburgh, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes) to halve the home squad's deficit.

After scoring an offensive goal for the first time in more than 615 minutes, the Gators pushed hard for an equalizer, but could not earn an E8 point by tying it.

SUNY Poly held advantages of 15-8 on shots and 5-3 on corners.

Looking ahead, RSC (6-6-2/1-5-2 E8) visits Keuka on Saturday afternoon.

Gator Bites with Papa John's: Head coach Amir Pasic is in his fourth season at the helm of the Gators…RSC is coming off an appearance in the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament…21 players are back from last autumn…There are 11 newcomers on this year's squad...Sophomore Logan Diebold (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville South) was selected the Empire 8 Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 14…He factored into both RSC goals of 2-1 E8 win vs. SUNY Brockport on September 13…The Gators got off to a 5-1-1 start, the best record to begin a season since joining the E8 in 2017…Milutin was chosen an E8 Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, October 5...He totaled eight saves across 180:00 shutout minutes.