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October 26, 2007
Thomas in The NAC Playoffs
Tournament
Field Hockey and Men's Soccer Make The Playoffs
WATERVILLE, October 26
- Thomas College's Women's Field Hockey and Men's Soccer
Teams will be participating in the North Atlantic Conference playoff tournament.
On Saturday, October 27, the 6th seeded Field Hockey team will play
their quarterfinal game in Bangor, ME against the 3rd seeded Eagles
of Husson College at 6pm under the lights. The winner will advance to the
Semi-Finals, Tuesday, October 30.
On Sunday, October 28, the 7th seeded Men's Soccer team will play
their quarterfinal match in Leicester, MA as they take to the pitch against the
2nd seeded Becker College Hawks. The winner of this match will
advance to the Semi-Finals, Wednesday, October 31.
October 24, 2007
Thomas Falls to Colby
Thomas 0, Colby 5
WATERVILLE, October 24
- Thomas College's Men's Soccer Team (7-7-3) were unable
to get any offense going against their in-town rival, Colby College (6-5-2).
Thomas fell by the score of 5-0 at Alumni Field.
Colby began their scoring on a penalty kick by Mike Butler (4:58) past Thomas
goalkeeper, Russell Beckwith, who finished the day with nine saves. Goals by
Scott Brown (11:29) and Will Kinder (29:45) finished out the first half to give
Colby a 3-0 lead.
Colby continued the attack in the second half, outshooting Thomas 34-9 on the
day. Colby added goals by Logan King, assisted by Tyler Plourde, and Ban Wakana,
assisted by Butler, to expand their lead.
Thomas' next game will be in the NAC playoffs.
October 21, 2007
Thomas Downs Johnson State
Thomas 3, Johnson State 1
WATERVILLE, October 21
- Thomas College's Men's Soccer Team (7-6-3) got out to an
early lead and held on to win their final home game of the year against Johnson
State College (4-10) by the score of 3-1, at Alumni Field.
Thomas wasted no time in grabbing that lead in the first half with goals by
Keegan Curtin and Jim Grant, both assisted by Tim Costa. Johnson State was able
to punch in a goal late in the second half when Paul Ladd knocked in a pass from
David Derrick. However, it was not enough as Thomas got an insurance goal from
Corey Underwood to put the game out of reach with 13:38 to play.
Thomas' goalkeeper, Russell Beckwith, made four saves on five shots keeping
Johnson State contained on way to victory.
Thomas's final regular season game of the 2007 season will be played Wednesday,
October 24 at Colby College at 3:30 p.m.
October 20, 2007
Thomas Gets Out-Scored by Castleton
Thomas 2, Castleton 4
WATERVILLE, October 20
- Thomas College's Men's Soccer Team(7-7-3) lost to
Castleton State College's Men's Soccer Team(10-7) 4-2, at Alumni Field.
Castleton was lead by Ryan Hahn who scored three goals, one of which was a
penalty kick at 15:25 left in the second half. Castleton's Gerrit Marino also
kicked in goal. Thomas was lead by Taylor Heilberg and Robin Rojek who both
punched in a goal each.
Thomas' goal keeper Russell Beckwith made three saves on three shots, in trying
to slow down Castleton's offense. Castleton goal keeper made two saves on 11
shots in getting the win.
Thomas was next play Johnson State College, October 21, at Alumni Field at
3:00p.m.
October 14, 2007
Thomas Wins in Overtime
Thomas 2, Lyndon State 1
WATERVILLE, October 14
- Thomas College's Men's Soccer Team (6-6-3) defeated
Lyndon State's Men's Soccer Team (5-9) 2-1, at Alumni Field.With no goals in the first half, Lyndon State scored when Armin Nukic kicked in
a goal at 22:22 in the second half. Lyndon State played a man down for most of
the second half after receiving a red card. Thomas tied the game when Tyler
Simpson scored with 11:50 left in the second half. Thomas won the game in
overtime when Tim Costa kicked in the winning goal.
Thomas' goalkeeper Russell Beckwith made seven saves on 14 shots in keeping
Lyndon State to one goal. Lyndon State's goalkeeper Jeff Giroux made six saves
on 13 shots in a losing effort.
Thomas will next play Castleton State College on Wednesday, October 20 at
3:00p.m. at Alumni Field.
October 13, 2007
Elms Soccer Top
Thomas 1-0
CHICOPEE, MA, Oct. 13, 2007
- Elms College sophomore forward T.J.
Nevue (Palmer, MA) netted his team-leading sixth goal of the
year and junior goalkeeper Nick
Pellegrini (Ludlow, MA) stopped three shots to help lift the
Blazers to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Thomas College in Saturday afternoon's
North Atlantic Conference (NAC) men's soccer game at Leary Field.
The game remained scoreless until Nevue collected a pass from sophomore forward
Sean Moylan (Chicopee, MA)
down the wing, broke past two defenders and blasted a shot past Thomas senior
goalkeeper Russell Beckwith (North
Berwick, ME).
Beckwith finished with nine stops for the Terriers, who were outshot by the
Blazers 19-13.
October 10, 2007
HUSSON FLY BY THOMAS 7-1
Bangor, ME – Husson even their record at 7-7-1 (NAC 4-2-1) with a convincing 7-1
win over Thomas College who falls to 5-5-3 (NAC 1-3-1). Nathan Carter (SO,
Presque Isle, ME) and Nattapong Kongsuriya (JR, Bangkok,
Thailand) each scored two goals.
Husson got on the board 1:06 into the game off a throw in by Bill Shannon (JR,
Newburgh, ME). Shannon's throw from the left side was on goal, goalie Russell
Beckwith (North Berwick, ME) grab the ball but his momentum carried him across
the line putting Husson up 1-0.
Six minutes later, Carter
connected for his first goal off a beautiful cross from
Mark Trombley (SO, Burnham, ME). Carter next set up
Kongsuirya at the 12:22 mark to put Husson up 3-0.
Trombley picked up his second assist one minute later
feeding Josh Bartlett who headed the ball home making it
4-0.
Tim Costa (JR, Pelham, NH) scored
Thomas only goal as he capitalized on a defensive miscue
and fired a shot past Miguel Dominguez (FY, Rome, GA)
from 30 yards out cutting it to 4-1.
Kongsuriya pushed the lead to 5-1
with less then ten minutes to play in the first half on
a beautiful individual effort, scoring from 35 yards
out. Wade Fenderson (FY, Fremont, NH) finished off the
first half scoring when he placed a ball between
Beckwith's legs, the goal was set up off a pass from
Robert Cowart (FY, Rome, GA).
Carter scored the only second half
goal off a feed from Shannon 7:27 into the second half.
Dominguez finished with 5 saves allowing one goal, he
was replaced by Jim Cowie (JR, Madawaksa, ME) with 25:31
to play. Cowie finished with 2 saves.
Carter scored the only second half
goal off a feed from Shannon 7:27 into the second half.
Dominguez finished with 5 saves allowing one goal, he
was replaced by Jim Cowie (JR, Madawaksa, ME) with 25:31
to play. Cowie finished with 2 saves.
Beckwith allowed 6 goals and made
two saves in the first half, he was replaced by Keegan
Curtin (FY, Durham, ME) at halftime. Curtin had 6 saves
and allowed one goal.
October 3, 2007
Mariners lose to Terriers 2-1
Castine, Maine - Maine Maritime Academy (2-7-2 overall and 0-5-1 NAC) hosted the
Thomas College Terriers (5-3-3 overall and 1-2-1) in a makeup game tonight at
Ritchie Field. Thomas escaped with the hard fought 2-1 win and improved their
playoff position in the NAC.
The Mariners scored first, 14:28 into the contest, when Omar Chaar (Stockton
Springs, ME) headed a cross from Derrek Belanger (Presque Isle, ME) into the
near corner to put MMA up 1-0. Less than a minute later, Timothy Costa (Pelham,
NH) gathered a pass from Kenneth Mitchell (Sanford, ME) inside the 6 and slipped
it pass the keeper to even the score at 1-1. MMA out shot the Terriers 4-2 in
the half but the score remained tied at 1 after 45 minutes.
The Terriers score first in the second half to go ahead 2-1 at the 62:12 mark in
the game. The goal was scored when a Thomas corner was cleared to Christopher
Vashon (Augusta, ME) who chipped it back in the box from about 40 yards to the
head of Taylor Helberg (Winslow, ME). Helberg then flicked the ball over the
keeper for the game winner.
MMA out shot the Terriers 12-8, but Thomas keeper
Russell Beckwith (North Berwick, ME) made some critical
stops to keep MMA at bay. Randy Bartlett (Lincoln, NH)
made 3 saves on 7 shots in the loss.
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