Men's Soccer Defeats Viterbo and Ties Clarke at Sept. 4-5 "Battle on the Border"

9/6/2009 11:47:35 AM

The Carthage College men's soccer team (1-1-1, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) played host to the third annual “Battle on the Border” tournament on Friday-Saturday at Art Keller Field. On Friday, Sept. 4, Carthage blanked Viterbo University (2-1), 3-0, with St. Norbert College (2-0) upending Clarke College (1-2) by a 6-1 margin. On Saturday, Sept. 5, St. Norbert (3-0) defeated Viterbo (2-2), 2-1, with Carthage playing Clarke (1-2-1) to a 0-0 tie. Under tournament rules, no overtime periods are played. Carthage goal keeper Aaron Dirck (So., East Moline, Ill./United Township) played the full 90 minutes. In Carthage's 3-0 win over Viterbo University on Sept. 4, the Red Men took a 1-0 halftime lead behind the first of two goals by Josh Khoshbin (Jr., Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Lake Zurich) at 12:42, assisted by both Rafal Zalewski and Aleks Urosevic. His second goal came at the 65:009 mark and was assisted by Joey Zilisch. Cesar Castanon (Fr., Des Plaines, Ill./Park Ridge-Maine East) tallied the third Carthage goal at 89:00, assisted by both Vladimir Schlageter and Kosta Minchev. Taao Scarnato (Fr., Lake Zurich, Ill.) was in goal for the Red Men the entire game.

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