BOXSCORE

Wheaton, Ill. – The Thunder men's soccer team dropped a tough 1-0 loss to Carthage College on Wednesday night at Joe Bean Stadium. Wheaton is now 10-5-1 overall and 3-2-0 in conference play. The Thunder will travel to Elmhurst College on Friday afternoon at 2:30 PM for a key CCIW match against the second-place Bluejays. Friday's match will be broadcast on WETN radio at 88.1 FM in the Wheaton area and on the internet at www.wetn.org.

Wheaton and the Red Men battled through a scoreless first half. Carthage's Brian Santella scored the go-ahead goal when he got the ball into the net off of a Greg Goldsberry assist. Santella's goal would be enough for the Redmen, despite a Wheaton advantage of 16-9 in shots during the second half.

Wheaton out-shot Carthage 28-11 in the match, including a 13-2 edge in corner kicks. Thunder netminder # BJ Dons# (PICTURED) made six saves, with one goal allowed in 90 minutes of work in the Thunder net. Carthage goalkeeper Andrew Connor made 11 saves in posting the shutout for the guests.