NEW CASTLE, Del. - The Caldwell College men's soccer team lost a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game to Wilmington University, 4-1 Saturday afternoon at the Kirkwood Soccer Complex. With the loss, the Cougars fall to 2-6 overall and 2-2 in conference play, while the Wildcats pick up their sixth straight victory to improve to 10-2, 5-0 CACC.

Wilmington took a first-half lead with a goal by Joe Stant in the 34th minute. The score remained 1-0 until Nickalus McDonald found the net in the 58th minute to put the Wildcats on top 2-0. Less than four minutes later, Fatoma Turay hit a shot from 23 yards out that made the score 3-0 Wilmington. Sophomore midfielder Kieran Bisland (Paisley, Scotland/St. Andrew's) got the Cougars on the scoreboard in the 65th minute, when he converted a penalty kick to cut the deficit to 3-1. The Wildcats answered less than four minutes later with a goal by Sargbah Tarpeh. Tarpeh and McDonald each had a goal and an assist for Wilmington.

Sophomore goalkeeper John Londono (West New York, NJ/Memorial) made six saves in goal for Caldwell. Duhan Malali started for the Wildcats and made two saves in 72 minutes, while Ethan Kavanagh recorded two saves in 18 minutes.

The Cougars host Nyack College in a CACC game on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Game time is set for 4:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.

CC – 0 1 - 1
WU - 1 3 - 4
Scoring Summary: 1. WU – Joe Stant (Sargbah Tarpeh, Chris Simm), 33:55. 2. WU – Nickalus McDonald (Jorge Zapata, Probyn Allen), 57:55. 3. WU – Fatoma Turay (Danny Nguyen), 61:26. 4. CC – Kieran Bisland 1 (penalty kick), 64:58. 5. WU – Tarpeh (McDonald), 68:39.
Shots: CC - 9; WU - 16
Saves: CC -  John Londono 6; WU – Duhan Malali (72:15), 2; Ethan Kavanagh (17:45) 2
Corners: CC - 5; WU - 4
Fouls: CC - 9; WU - 10
Offsides: CC - 1; WU - 6
Cautions: CC - Plaugic (87:18); WU - Wagner (28:13), Wiggins (40:23)