Men's Soccer Ties Carthage in the Rain

The College of Wooster and Carthage College men's soccer teams battled each other and Mother Nature to a 3-3 tie today (Sept. 10) at Carl Dale Memorial Field in Wooster, Ohio.

The match began with a few sprinkles and a lot of offense, but as the sprinkles turned into downpours, including a 45-minute rain delay, both teams' offenses disappeared.

Within the first eight minutes of the contest, Wooster took a 2-0 lead, thanks to goals from juniors Dan Kelly and Richard Albeit. Kelly's score came on an assist from classmate Chad Spurgeon in the seventh minute of play, while Albeit converted a penalty kick less than 60 seconds later.

Carthage closed within one towards the end of the first half when freshman Mu'awiyah Kader scored an unassisted goal off a rebound in the 39th minute.

The offense picked up again in the early part of the second half, as the Scots made it a 3-1 game on senior Kyle Abraham's first goal of the year off a pass from freshman Robert Rosenfeld in the match's 50th minute. But, less than five minutes later, the game was knotted at three with Redmen goals coming from sophomore Jon Purcell and senior Brent Malmstrom.

Statistically, Wooster outshot Carthage 31-13, but junior goalie Steve Szymanski kept the Redmen in the match with 12 saves. On the other side of the field, Wooster senior Adam Wegner made four saves.

Wooster now owns a record of 4-0-1 on the season, and will next travel to Capital for a non-conference showdown on Wednesday (Sept. 13) at 4:30 p.m.