NEW LONDON, N.H. – October 20, 2015 – The Colby-Sawyer men's soccer team fell at Castleton, 2-0 in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) match on Tuesday evening at Spartan Stadium.

Castleton improves to 11-5-1 overall and 6-1 in conference play. The Spartans will conclude the NAC regular season this weekend with home matches against Husson and Maine Maritime.

Colby-Sawyer suffers its first loss in seven matches and falls to 9-6 overall and 7-1 in the NAC. The Chargers will host intrastate rival New England College on Saturday in a NAC regular season finale.

The first goal of the contest came off a free kick from Castleton junior Paul Phillips (Hope Valley, R.I.) at 66:04. Phillips took the kick from 35 yards out and sent the ball to the far left corner of, which snuck inside the post.

The Spartans went in front 2-0, less than two minutes later, when senior Jake Tietgens (Stamford, Vt.) finished an initial shot from Phillips that was mishandled by the goalie.

Castleton held a 15-6 advantage in first half shots despite most of the frame being played in the middle third.

Colby-Sawyer freshman Noah Camelo (Marblehead, Mass.) had the first real scoring chance of the match in the 54^th minute. Camelo was found streaking down the middle of the pitch and took a shot from the top of the 18-yard box, but was denied by a sprawling save from Castleton senior goalie Amir Pasic (Burlington, Vt.).  

Amir Pasic finished with five saves for the Spartans. Colby-Sawyer freshman keeper Shane Sacks (Huntington Station, N.Y.) had nine saves in the loss.

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