September 30, 2007

Thomas Plays to a Tie
Thomas 2, St. Joe 2

WATERVILLE, September 30—Thomas College’s Men’s Soccer Team (4-3-3) tied the St. Joseph’s Men’s Soccer Team (2-5-2) 2-2, at Alumni Field. Thomas scored its first goal on a penalty kick by Tyler Simpson. St. Joe’s College answered back scoring on a penalty kick of their own by Andre Cushing. St. Joe’s then took the lead when Eamonn Harrigan scored. Thomas tied the game with the last goal scored in the game by Taylor Heilberg.

Thomas’ goal keeper Russell Beckwith made seven saves on 13 shots in keeping the game even. St. Joe’s goal keeper Cory Smith made five saves on 11 shots in keeping the game tied.

Thomas College will next play Maine Maritime Academy next on Wednesday, October 3 at 5 p.m. at Maine Maritime Academy.

September 19, 2007

Thomas Beats Unity
Thomas 4, Unity 1

WATERVILLE, September 19—Thomas College’s Men’s Soccer Team (5-1-2) beat Unity College’s Men’s Soccer Team (2-2-1), 4-1 at Unity College.Thomas’ Jim Grant led the way scoring two goals. Thomas’ Cory Underwood and Russell Beckwith both chipped in with a goal each. The lone Unity College goal was scored by Nick Howe.

Thomas won behind solid goal keeping by Russell Beckwith, who made two saves, on three shots. Unity College’s goal keeper Ross Caron made 12 saves on 16 shots in a losing effort.

Thomas will next play Becker College on Saturday, September 22, at 2:00 p.m. at Becker College.

September 17, 2007

Andrew Pelletier Earns NAC Rookie of The Week
Pelletier Leads Thomas to 1-0-2 over the week

WATERVILLE, September 17— Thomas College’s Men’s Soccer player freshman Andrew Pelletier (Topsham, Maine) was named the North Atlantic Conference Rookie of The Week. Pelletier led Thomas to a 1-0-2 record over the past three games.

Pelletier scored three goals in the three games which Thomas played in the past week. Pelletier scored two goals in Thomas’ win over Southern Vermont College. Pelletier also scored the first of two goals that led Thomas to a 2-2 tie with Green Mountain College.

Thomas College now stands with an overall record of 4-1-2.

September 16, 2007

Thomas Ties Green Mountain College
Thomas 2, GMC 2

WATERVILLE, September 16—Thomas College’s Men’s Soccer Team (4-1-2) tied Green Mountain College’s Men’s Soccer Team (5-2-1) 2-2, at the Alumni Field. Green Mountain College’s Graham Twichell scored the first two goals of the game. Thomas’ Andrew Pellitier answered back with a goal of his own at 28:35 in the first half. Thomas tied the game when Jim Grant kicked in a goal 13 minutes in the second half.

Thomas’ goal keeper Russell Beckwith made ten saves on 15 shots, in keeping the game tied. Green Mountain College’s Zachary Fortuna made ten saves on 16 shots, in keeping Thomas to only two goals.

Thomas will next play Unity College, September 19, at Unity College at 4:00p.m.

September 15, 2007

Thomas Ties after Hard Fought Game
Thomas 0, UMF 0

WATERVILLE, September 15--  Thomas College’s Men’s Soccer Team (4-1-1)  tied the University of Maine a Farmington (0-0-2)  0-0, at the Alumni Field on Saturday.

Thomas was led by goal keeper Russell Beckwith, who made eight saves on 13 shots in earning the shutout. The University of Maine at Farmington goal keeper Brian Lemont made five saves on eight shots in preserving the shutout.

With the game being played at an intense pace there were a few yellow cards handed out. Thomas’ Jim Grant and Tim Costa both received yellow cards. The University of Maine at Farmington’s Eben Baker, Dan Linck, and Andrew Merriken also received yellow cards while playing in the game.

Thomas will next play Green Mountain College, September 16, at the Alumni Field at 12:00 p.m.

September 12, 2007

Freshman Lead Thomas to Victory
Thomas 3, SVC 0

Waterville, September 12- Thomas College's Men's Soccer (4-1-0) Team beat Southern Vermont College (0-5-0) 3-0, at the Alumni Field. Thomas was led by freshman Andrew Pelletier, who scored two goals. Thomas' freshman Cory Underwood also contributed with a goal.  Junior Matt Peck and junior Taylor Helberg each chipped in with an assist each co contribute to the win.

Thomas' senior Russell Beckwith earned the shutout, with two saves on three shots. Southern Vermont College's Freshman Elias Skiff kept the game close, with 19 saves on 34 shots.

Thomas College will next play the University of Maine at Farmington on Saturday, September 15, at 12:00 p.m. at the Alumni Field..

September 8, 2007

Thomas Beats UMM
Thomas 3, UMM 1

Waterville, September 8- Thomas College's Men 's Soccer Team (3-1-0) beat the University of Maine at Machias (0-3-1), 3-1 at Alumni Field on Saturday. Thomas' Tyler Simpson started the scoring off, when he scored at 37:45 in the first half. The University of Maine as Machias answered back in the second half when Tom Eulenback scored on a penalty kick. Thomas then came back with two unanswered goals by Tim Costa and Ryan Hamm to put the game away.

Thomas was led by good goal keeping by Russell Beckwith, who made seven saves on 14 shots. The University of Maine at Machias goal keeper Adam Mauro made 11 saves on 19 shots.

Thomas College will next play Southern Vermont College on Wednesday, September 12, at 3:00 p.m. at Alumni Field. 

Southern Maine Wins Third Straight, Beats Thomas 3-0

GORHAM, Maine  --  Junior midfielder Greg Cox (Brookline, Mass./Hebron Academy) had a goal and two assists to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 3-0 victory over the Thomas College Terriers in a non-conference men's soccer match Wednesday afternoon at the USM Soccer Field.

The win was the third straight this season, and the fifth straight dating back to last season, for the Huskies.  Thomas dips to 2-1-0.

Both sides had good scoring opportunities in the opening 25 minutes, but Thomas senior goalkeeper Russell Beckwith (North Berwick, Maine/Noble) and USM sophomore David Kreps (Agawam, Mass./Wilbraham & Monson) were equal to the task.

Southern Maine finally put a shot past Beckwith in the 28th minute as junior forward Sinisa Bajic (Belgrade, Serbia/Portland) took a through pass from Cox and right-footed his fourth goal of the season past Beckwith.  The goal was the 31st of Bajic's career and moves him into sole possession of fourth place on the school's all-time goal scoring list.  It was also the only score in the
opening 45 minutes.
 
The Huskies took command of the match early in the second half.  First-year defender-midfielder Tim Murphy (Yarmouth, Maine) received a through pass from Cox and slotted a 12-yard shot into the left side of the net for his first goal of the season in the 51st minute.

Cox capped the scoring in the 71st minute with an individual effort that resulted in a 12-yard shot past Beckwith.

Beckwith, who played well in the Terrier goal, finished with eight saves before giving way to Keegan Curtin in the 73rd minute.  Curtin did not register a save over the final 17 minutes.  Kreps had five saves, all in the first half, to collect his third shutout of the campaign.
 

Tim Costa earns NAC Player of the Week
Thomas starts off 2-0-0 to begin the season

WATERVILLE, September 4 - Thomas College Men's Soccer player sophomore Tim Costa (Pelham, NH) was named the North Atlantic Conference player of the week.  Costa led Thomas to their first two wins of the season by scoring three goals in their two games over the weekend.

Costa scored at 12:43 in the first half to lead Thomas to victory over the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Saturday.  The next day Costa scored two more goals to lead Thomas to a 2-1 victory over the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Costa helped lead Thomas to a 2-0-0 record over the weekend.  The two wins mark the team's first two wins in the past three seasons.


Thomas wins Close one against UMaine - Fort Kent
Thomas 2, Fort Kent 1

Fort Kent, September 2, 2007- The Thomas Men’s Soccer Team (2-0-0) beat the University of Maine at Fort Kent (1-1-0) 2-0 at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Thomas came out and scored ten minutes into the first half. Thomas Junior Tim Costa scored the goal that was assisted by freshman Matt Mitchell. Fort Kent answered right back with a goal of their own with eight minutes left in the first half. Thomas came back in the second half and took the lead for good when junior Tim Costa scored his second goal of the game assisted by senior Tyler Simpson.

Thomas was able to keep the lead and win the game through the strong defensive play of freshman Ryan Hamm and senior Chris Vashon. Senior goal keeper Russell Beckwith also kept Fort Kent off the score board by making six saves in the game.

Thomas wins first game in three years
Thomas 2, Presque Isle 0

Thomas earned the shutout with great defensive play from senior Tyler Simpson and Sophomore Tom Desjardins. Goal keeper Russell Beckwith saw seven shots and made two saves in getting the first shutout of the season. Thomas earned their first win three years under new coach Ed Thomas. Ed Thomas took over as head coach of the men’s soccer team this season at Thomas College. Coach Thomas hopes to continue the team’s success through the up coming season.

Thomas College next plays University of Maine at Fort Kent on Sunday, September 2 at the University at Fort Kent.