The Dolphins hopes of winning a sixth consecutive CUNYAC Championship were dashed today, as the College of Staten Island fell to visiting Medgar Evers, 3-1, in the CUNYAC regular season finale which advanced the Cougars into the CUNYAC Final on November 7. Medgar Evers improved to 2-1-1 in CUNYAC play this season (7-8-2 overall), and will meet City College of New York (2-1-1) in the championship. CSI fell to 0-2-2 in conference play, and needed to win outright today to gain the final. The outcome was not meant to be on Senior Day.
After playing to a 1-1 draw earlier in the season, the teams knew it would be a heavily contested matchup, and that’s exactly the type of game that ensued. The game, however, was also marred by a questionable call that occurred just over 13 minutes into play.
With play exchanging on both sides of the field, Medgar Evers was on the counterattack, when a Wendy Gallegos pass found an open Kerissa Harris right down the middle of the field. Harris appeared to be in an offside position when receiving the pass and the linesman raised his flag to signal the offside. However, the head official continued to let play ensue, negating the call by the linesman, and Harris ran in untouched and buried her shot passed a bewildered Jessica Levy, who stood relatively motionless in goal.