The Oberlin Review
<< Front page News October 1, 2004

Men’s soccer playing well, still seeking consistency

Keeper’s ball: Oberlin defends a cornerkick against Carnegie Mellon on Saturday.
 

The Oberlin College men’s soccer team lost one and won one this week as they fell to nationally-ranked Carnegie Mellon University 2-1 on Saturday and then came back for a 1-0 shutout against Defiance College on Wednesday.

The Yeomen played a stellar first half against the Carnegie Mellon Tartans with Oberlin first-year Sam Zackheim scoring the first goal of the game off an assist by senior midfielder Max Hellermann. Unfortunately they were unable to keep on the pressure in the second half and allowed two unanswered goals from Tartans’ sophomore forward Jonathon Browne.

Carnegie Mellon has been ranked nationally and has played in the NCAA tournament every year for the past four years, making their comeback win against Oberlin that much more painful for the Yeomen.

On Wednesday the Yeomen returned to the field to face Defiance and, while they walked away with the 1-0 win, they still did not play with the same full-game intensity that they have been looking for.

The lone goal was made off a penalty kick in the first half of the game. Junior David “Turf” Wilson, who had been awarded the kick after being taken down in the box by a Defiance defender, put in the goal.

The win brings the Yeomen’s overall record to 5-4-2 as they enter conference play this weekend. The soccer team has struggled with their consistency all season and will look to improve in their first conference match against Hiram College. Oberlin has home field advantage and play begins at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

“If we can play all of our NCAC games like we played in the first half against Carnegie Mellon we will be the NCAA Division III champions,” claimed senior mid-fielder Vlado Pupinoski.
 
 

   

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