COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's soccer team lost to Caldwell University, 2-0, at Doc Jacobs Field on Saturday. The contest was the penultimate match of the Northeast-10 Conference/Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Kickoff Classic. The final match of the tournament between Bentley University and Georgian Court University ended in a 2-2 draw.
For Saint Michael's, senior
Tyler Santaniello (Essex Junction, Vt./Essex) and juniors
Jack Andrews (Beverly, Mass./Bishop Fenwick) and
Garrett Smith (Gorham, Maine/Bridgton Academy/Bryant) were named to the NE10/CACC Kickoff Classic All-Tournament Team.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-1), Caldwell (1-1)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Sophomore Aimar Carter, 1 goal
- Sophomore Yigit Kilic, 1 goal
- Junior Ingebrigt Braenden, 1 assist
- Sophomore Cleff Alexis, 1 assist
- Sophomore Justin Talbot, 2 saves
GAME FACTS
- The teams squared off for the first time.
- Caldwell held a 13-12 edge in shots, while Saint Michael's had a 7-1 advantage on corner kicks.
THE ACTION
- Kilic scored the first goal of the game for Caldwell in the fifth minute on a header off a corner kick by Braenden to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
- Senior Alessandro Pescina (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela/Colegio Loyola Gumilla) nearly converted in the 13th minute on a shot from 20 yards out, but his attempt was deflected out of bounds.
- Junior Mikel Penin (Bergara, Basque Country/Ipintza Institutua/Spring Hill) had a shot on goal in the 25th minute, but Talbot made a save to stop the Purple Knights from equalizing.
- The Cougars tallied just seven minutes into the second half at 51:48 when Carter scored on an assist from Alexis.
- The Purple Knights had several chances in the final stretch of the match, sending six shots in the closing 27 minutes, but were unable to trim the visitors' lead.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Friday at D'Youville University, 4 p.m.
- The teams will face one another for the first time.
