Potsdam, NY – A sloppy track and atrocious conditions highlighted the Clarkson University Men’s Soccer game on Friday afternoon, but the Golden Knights walked away with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Rensselaer in Liberty League action at Clarkson Field.

The Golden Knights improved to 3-7-1 overall and 2-1 in the Liberty League while Rensselaer moved to 6-4-1 and 1-2-1 in the conference. Clarkson hosts Vassar at 2:00 pm on Saturday.

The Red Hawks took little time in putting pressure on the Knights by scoring less than two minutes into the contest. Craig DiDomenico tallied his third goal of the season when he made his way through two defenders and shot a low liner past Clarkson goalkeeper David Hennessey (Wading River, NY) on the first shot of the game, with an assist going to Gary Sroka, his second of the season.

Behind for the first 78 minutes of the game and trailing in all of the statistical categories, the Golden Knights came through with a pretty goal at the 78:43. Freshman Kevin Martens (Salt Point, NY) sent a cross in to the box that classmate Justin Crowley (Central Square, NY) laid out for and headed in just past the outstretched hands of RPI netminder Nick Bochette.

The Knights came away with a surprising victory just a few minutes later as Mike D’Amico (Fairport, NY) sent another cross into the goalie box. Several players went up for the ball, but an RPI player made contact an inadvertently sent the ball into the top portion of the net for the go-ahead goal for Clarkson with just 9:05 remaining. Neither team was able to put many legitimate scoring opportunities together for the remainder of the game.

Hennessey finished with six saves for Clarkson while Rochette finished with two stops. Clarkson trailed in shots, 11-4, and corner kicks, 6-0.