Box Score The Carthage College men's soccer team (6-1-0, 0-0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) ran its current winning streak to five games on Saturday, Sept. 15 with a 3-1 win over Albion College (1-5) at Alumni Field in Albion, Mich.
The game concluded two-day trip to Michigan, with the Red Men upsetting No. 8 Hope College (4-2), 2-1, on Friday, Sept. 14 at the Van Andel Soccer Stadium in Holland, Mich. Carthage has won five games in a row since losing to Kalamazoo College on Sept. 1.
In the win over Albion, Carthage did all of its scoring in the first period. The Red Men took a 1-0 lead in early when
Frank Delgado (Sr., Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger) scored, assisted by
Alexander Marquis, at 3:24.
Jordan Innis (Sr., Lake in the Hills, Ill./Crystal Lake-South) scored the next two goals, the first at 28:36, assisted by
Michael Dombrowski, and the other at 44:46, assisted by
Shane Reilly. Innis leads the team with six goals. The Britons finally got on the scoreboard at 61:41 second period on a goal by Ben Mausar.
"Playing three games in five days on the road really tested our will,” said Carthage coach
Steve Domin. Today, I had to move the pieces around to get what was left in the tank. Albion is an extremely physical team, but we were able to out-pace them a bit into mistakes and turnovers over the first 45 minutes. Our guys were playing on adrenaline the first half, and we out-shot Albion, 10 to 2. We tired a touch in the middle of the second half, and as a result started subbing across the bench to hold serve. Overall ,it was a wonderful week, and now have a few days off to get a some key pieces back in the lineup."
Carthage plays host to St. Olaf College on Friday, Sept. 21 in a 7 p.m. game at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis.