PURCHASE, NY – Thomas Kropp (East Northport, NY) scored twice, including the game-winner in the 86^th minute, to give the Maritime College men's soccer team (5-5-0, 2-4-0 Skyline) a 2-1 victory over Purchase (4-5-0, 1-4-0 Skyline) at Purchase College Field on Saturday.

Maritime nearly struck first in the 18^th minute, when Kropp's shot was played off the goal line by the Purchase defense.  The Panthers then took a 1-0 lead on Colman Cassidy's 32^nd-minute goal. 

It would stay that way until the 77^th minute, when Jack Burkhardt (Cutchogue, NY) fed Kropp, who snuck it by goalkeeper Mario Olmeda on the lower left to tie the game.  Kropp then took a free kick from 25 yards out in the 86^th minute, and he went upper right to beat Olmeda put the Privateers in front.  The goals were Kropp's first two tallies of the season.

The Privateers outshot Purchase 22-9, with Kropp firing a game-high seven shots.  Tim Nichols (West Seneca, NY) (5-5-0) made four saves in the win.  Olmedo (2-1-0) was credited with two saves for the Panthers. 

On Tuesday, Maritime returns to Reinhart Field for a 7 p.m. matchup with St. Joseph's Brooklyn (2-6-1, 0-4-1 Skyline).  The last time the Privateers faced the Bears, they earned a 1-0 victory in the 2019 regular season finale to clinch the final spot in the Skyline Conference Tournament, which Maritime would go on to win.