Middlebury suffered its first loss of the season as they fell to defending NESCAC Champion Wesleyan, 2-1. The Panthers move to 5-1 on the season, while the Cardinals improve to 4-0.
Wesleyan came out strong in the first 20 minutes of the game, before Middlebury picked up the pace with some scoring opportunities. Baer Fisher had a couple of great chances for Middlebury, but they were denied by Matt Gnall and the Wesleyan defense.
Neither team would score until the 75th minute when Wesleyan took a 1-0 lead. Sam Griswold drove down the right wing, beating his opponent before scoring with a shot to the lower left corner of the goal. Middlebury answered at 83:42 as Casey Ftorek headed in a nice crossing pass from Vandy Shanholt to tie the game at one.
Wesleyan scored the game-winner with just 44 seconds left in regulation as Ross Pemmerl made a quick crossing pass to Jared Ashe, who finished following an indirect kick.
Wesleyan out shot Middlebury 6-3, with Gnall making one save and Middlebury's Zach Toth making three.
Date: September 23, 2006
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Site: Middlebury, Vt.
TEAM 1 2 OT OT F
Wesleyan (4-0) 0 2 - - 2
Middlebury (5-1) 0 1 - - 1
SCORING SUMMARY
W-2nd (75:20) - Sam Griswold
M-2nd (83:42) - Casey Ftorek (Vandy Shanholt)
W-2nd (89:16) - Jared Ashe (Ross Pemmerl)
GOALKEEPING SUMMARY
Zack Toth-M (90 min., 3 save, 2 GA)
Matt Gnall-W (90 min., 1 save, 1 GA)
