NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The Carleton College men’s soccer team hosted Gustavus Adolphus in an important early season matchup. The Knights got a second-half goal from sophomore Miles Silbert (St. Louis Park, Minn.), but a couple of wonderful scoring chances came up empty as Carleton absorbed a 2-1 setback.
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The Gusties got a counter-attack goals from Bret Vander Streek late in the first half and carried the one-goal advantage into intermission. Fraser Horton played a through ball past the Carleton defense and the speedy Vander Streek slotted the ball past Pete Semmer (Jr./Del Mar, Calif./Bishop's School).
In the 51st minute Vander Streek notched his second goal of the afternoon in similar fashion. This time Kyle Sadler delivered the through ball over the defense. Vander Streek eluded a pair of Knight defenders before shooting around the Carleton keeper.
Carleton had one of its best chances to scoring moments later when Tim Wills (So./Portland, Ore./Central Catholic) fired a shot from in front and Wes Elfman’s (Jr./Madison, Wis./Edgewood) rebound shot bounced off the left post.
The Knights refused to give up and finally cut into the deficit in the 85th minute. Ryan Cammarota (So./Neenah, Wis.) played a ball over the Gustie back line to Silbert who blasted a shot into the lower right corner.
The Knights remained on the attack, but could not find the equalizer before time expired.
Carleton hosts Saint Mary’s University on Saturday afternoon at Bell Field. A live webcast of the match will be available on Knights Online.
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