Early goal hurts men’s soccer in loss

John Pappas had nine saves Saturday. (Dean Denis Photography)

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Colby College men’s soccer team gave up an early goal and then had goalkeeper Dan Carlson go down a few minutes later with an injury in a 3-0 loss to Middlebury College on Saturday.

Colby drops to 2-5-1 overall and 1-3-1 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. The Panthers improve to 6-1-1 overall and 3-1-1 in the league.

 

Daniel O’Grady put Middlebury up 1-0 just 1:32 into the game when he headed in a cross from Adam Glaser.

 

Carlson was hurt at 6:30 of the first half when he came out to challenge on a ball. Carlson did have two saves during his brief outing. John Pappas took over for the Mules and made nine saves.

 

The Mules settled down quickly and only trailed 1-0 at intermission. Glaser got Middlebury’s second goal at 62:09 when he tapped in a long free kick by Deklan Robinson.

 

Kirk Horton closed out the scoring off a corner kick. Robinson and Tom Dils had assists on the play at 74:20.

 

Colby plays host to Husson University on Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. at Harold Alfond Stadium.

 

Middlebury 3, Colby 0

Colby          0#0—0

Middlebury   1#2—3

Scoring Summary

1st half

M: Daniel O’Grady (Adam Glaser), 1:32

2nd half

M: Adam Glaser (Deklan Robinson), 62:09

M: Kirk Horton (Deklan Robinson, Tom Dils), 74:20

Shots: Colby 5, Middlebury 23. Corner kicks: Colby 3, Middlebury 9. Total fouls: Colby 13, Middlebury 13. Goalies: Dan Carlson (Colby, 6:30, 1 GA, 2 saves), John Pappas (Colby, 83:30, 2 GA, 9 saves), Team (1 save); Greg Sydor (Middlebury, 90:00, 0 GA, 2 saves).