Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook men' soccer team (1-2) created numerous scoring opportunities, but ultimately lacked poise in front of goal in a 3-0 defeat at Buffalo Friday morning.

Anatol's Reaction

"Simply put, finishing was the difference today," said head coach Ryan Anatol. "When you have as many clear-cut chances as we did and don't put them away you keep teams around. We got punished for it today."

Highlights

• Stony Brook nearly took the lead three minutes into the match when junior Barnabas Mako (Budapest, Hungary) picked out Eduardo Valle (Miami, Fla.) with a cross, but the senior sailed his header over the bar from six yards out.
• Valle had a second opportunity to put the Seawolves in front later in the half when junior Vince Erdei(Budapest, Hungary) found him with a cross, but his shot was saved.
• Rikard Lunqvist broke the scoreless tie with six minutes to play in the first half, cutting the ball past Mako and finishing with his left foot to the far post.
• The Bulls would add a second when they were awarded a penalty kick in the 57th minute. Russell Cicerone stepped up and converted the spot kick to goalkeeper Tom McMahon's (Nassau Bay, Texas) right.
• Stony Brook picked up the tempo facing the two goal deficit. Sophomore Steven Ghitis (Weston, Fla.) ripped a drive from 30 yards out that was turned aside by Buffalo keeper Joseph Kuta. 
• Kuta made two huge saves in the 79th minute, stopping Erdei from in tight and then denying freshman Mark Irvine (Southampton, England) on the rebound. 
• Braden Scales gave Buffalo a 3-0 lead in the 82nd minute.
• Stony Brook's final chance came off of some good individual play from Erdei. His shot was saved but the rebound found sophomoreSerge Gamwanya (Trondheim, Norway) who lofted his shot high. 

• Stony Brook spent large chunks of the 90 minutes in Buffalo's half, holding a 20-9 advantage in shots and 9-5 advantage in shots on goal. 
• Gamwanya led the way with four shots while Valle added three.
• The Seawolves were issued three yellow cards.