Men's Soccer | 9/4/2010 4:53:06 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men's soccer team advanced to the title game of the seventh annual Doug May Classic on penalty kicks over Ithaca College. The game ended in a 1-1 tie and the Tigers won the shoot out 4-2.

RIT goalkeeper Sean Conway (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) made two key stops in the shoot out and senior Bret Dietz (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) scored the game-winner for the Tigers who will face the winner between Nazareth and Brockport on Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.

RIT took a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute on Matt Brodel's first goal of the season. He scored off a loose ball inside the Ithaca penalty area to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Dietz had the assist on the play.

The Tigers controlled much of the play in the opening half. Junior forward Dan Holowaty (Strongsville, OH/St. Ignatius) created a great chance early in the contest when he intercepted a re-start by the Bombers. He broke in and fed Dietz and his shot got deflected over the cross-bar.

Dietz and Holowaty connected again with 36 minutes remaining in the first half. This time Dietz fed a streaking Holowaty. He fed it across the goal to Todd Gaulocher (Old Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) who fed Allen Nicholson (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg Area) on the far post. His one-timer was stopped by Ithaca keeper Justin Parlapiano.

The Bombers came out strong in the second half. Steve Kinslow tied the score at 1-1 in the 67th minute when he caught RIT goalkeeper Sean Conway (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) off his line and chipped it over his head for his second goal of the season.

Ithaca will play in the consolation game on Sunday afternoon at 2 pm.