Carthage Men's Soccer Edged by No. 17 Wheaton (Ill.), 3-2, on Oct. 9
10/12/2009 8:09:29 AM
The Carthage College men’s soccer team (2-6-4, 1-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost to CCIW-opponent Wheaton College (Ill., 10-3, 2-1 CCIW), 3-2, on Friday, Oct. 9 at Joe Bean Stadium in Wheaton, Ill. The Thunder were ranked 17th in the Oct. 6 National Soccer Coaches Association of America NCAA Division III poll and third in the NSCAA Central Regional poll.
The game was tied, 2-2, at halftime. The Red Men took a 1-0 lead at 5:29 on a header goal by Aleks Urosevic (So., Skokie, Ill./Wilmette-Loyola-Academy), assisted by Tyler Peterson. A penalty-kick goal by Andrew Gamarra (Sr., Lexington, Ky./Dunbar) at 11:01 made it 2-0 Carthage. The Thunder got on the scoreboard at 15:20 with a goal by Drew Golz, assisted by both Matt Swartz and Cory Weaver. Wheaton tied the contest, 2-2, at 34:39 on a penalty-kick goal by Swartz.
In the second half, the Thunder’s Tyler Risma scored what proved to be the game-winning goal at 60:22 on a header off a corner kick by Swartz. Carthage had shots by Tyler Cortez and Kosta Minchev blocked in the final two minutes of the game. The Thunder had a narrow edge in shots, 15-13, over the Red Men. Carthage plays host to CCIW-opponent Millikin University (5-7-1-, 0-2 CCIW) on Wednesday, Oct. 14 in a 7 p.m. contest at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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