Box Score GENESEO, NY—AU fell to the Geneseo Knights 4-2 despite taking a 2-1 lead into half-time.
 
The Saxons were first on the board in this Wednesday evening thriller in the 18^th minute when Omar Mohamed (Rochester, NY/Edison) found senior Jeff Thomas (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua) at the top of the box.  Thomas received the ball and immediately sent a screaming shot into the top right corner of the net.
 
Ten minutes later the Saxons were lighting up the scoreboard again.  After a foul on Geneseo, sophomore Richard Lander (Narrowsburg, NY/Sullivan West) sent a free kick soaring into the box and found James Piombino (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) who tapped the ball past the Knights' keeper Logan Calvey putting the Saxons up 2-0.
 
However, the momentum shifted in the 35^th minute when Mike Skrzypczyk netted a ball after subbing into the game just a minute earlier.  The Knights continued to test the Saxons over the remainder of the half taking five shots, putting only one on goal due to a tough back line.  The half would end 2-1.
 
The action picked right back up two minutes into the second half when Geneseo's Richard Bellusci rocketed a ball off the post into the net leveling the game at two goals apiece.  The Knights then took the lead in the 58^th minute, following it up with an insurance goal in the 73^rd.
 
Junior keeper Matthew Unick (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) finished the night with 10 saves.
 
Catch the Saxons (4-3-0, Empire 8 0-0) in action again on September 20^th when they open Empire 8 Conference play versus Ithaca College.