Soccer programs suffer disappointing losses at Yale

Men give up late goal, fall by 3-2 margin After being eliminated from the Ivy race last week at Brown, the Penn men's soccer team travelled to last-place Yale in hopes of at least finishing with a respectable Ivy record. The Elis, however, proved to be too much for the slumping Quakers, who have dropped four of their last five matches. Despite outshooting Yale 20-16, Penn (4-8-1, 1-4 Ivy League) was unable to catch any breaks and fell to the Elis 3-2. "We controlled the whole game," said goalie and co-captain Andrew Kralik. "But we came out and made a bad mistake." Just over 37 minutes into the first half, Yale's Randy Shaw dribbled down the right side of the field. He hit a crossing pass that deflected off defenseman Alan Waxman and past Kralik. It was the Elis' first goal of the match and the only goal of the first half for either team. The first half continued a recent scoring drought for the Quakers in Ivy League play. This was the third consecutive Ivy League half, along with two overtime periods, in which Penn has been unable to score. Yale (4-8-2, 1-4) continued its effort to escape the Ivy cellar four minutes into the second half. Bassman sent a crossing pass to Matthew Phelon, who beat Kralik for the second goal of the match. The Quakers, led by the continuing dominating play of co-captain Steve Marcinkiewicz, began their comeback 10 minutes later. Marcinkiewicz fed Jared Boggs a pass, and Boggs then knocked it past goalie Adam Sullins, who was shielded at the time. It was Penn's first Ivy League goal in over 180 minutes. Marcinkiewicz kept the rally going. With under nine minutes left, on a pass from Mike Leo he was able to beat Sullins to tie the score. The tie lasted only two minutes due to a controversial call. Yale's Craig Yacks received a crossing pass from Calamarino and beat Kralik for the win. According to Kralik, it was, "a ridiculous play." The ball was knocked down by Yack's hand before Yack kicked it in, according to Kralik. "We were snake-bitten by the ref," said Kralik. "He should have made the call." The Elis' three goals equals their total in their four previous Ivy League games. Overall, the Quakers have given up more goals than any other team in the Ivies. The loss was Penn's third consecutive in Ivy play and ties it with Yale for last place in the Ivies. Yale had lost three consecutive matches going into the game. According to Kralik, though, Penn still has a lot to play for in its final four contests. "We want to come out and win the rest of our games," Kralik said. "We have a lot of big games left."