SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Senior Kenny Dotter (Baltimore, Md./Sparrows Point) scored the game-winning goal to defeat Penn State Altoona in overtime, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon at Swarthmore.
With the victory over the Lions, FSU (12-8-1) advanced to the ECAC Southern Championship finals match against Swarthmore November 11th at 1:00 pm.
Swarthmore (13-3-3) defeated Westminster, 1-0, in the earlier match on Saturday. The last time that the Frostburg State men's soccer team advanced to the ECAC Southern Championship finals was in 1996 where it was defeated by Grove City, 3-1.
Frostburg State jumped to an early 1-0 lead when junior Gregg Laskow (Plainsboro, N.J./WWP-North) netted the first goal of the game off a corner kick from classmate Adam Gracia (Rockville, Md./Thomas Wootton) at the 2:09 minute-mark. This goal gives Laskow 19 goals for the season while making this Gracia's tenth season assist.
At 22:28, PSA (16-6-0) responded with an unassisted goal from JC Campbell to tie the game, making this his fourth of the season.
The second half proved to be a stalemate with neither team scoring, forcing the game into overtime. Eight minutes into overtime, Dotter scored the final goal of the game off an assist from freshman Ben Fraczkowski (Forest Hill, Md./C. Milton Wright), sealing the victory for the Bobcats.
The Lions outshot FSU 23-10, forcing Bobcat goal-keeper junior Jay Herford (Crofton, Md./South River) to make eight saves while PSA goalie Brandon McQuillen had five.