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Men's Soccer

Stoker connects twice in loss to Caldwell

Danny Stoker converted on two second half penalty kicks in the Knights 4-2 loss to the visiting Cougars of Caldwell College on Tuesday afternoon. All six of the goals were scored in the final 28 minutes of the contest.

QC held a slight advantage in play over the initial 45 minutes of the game and outshot Caldwell 13 -5 in the process. The Knights best chance to break out on top came in the 30th minute on a play started by Demetrios Touros, QC's goalkeeper.  Touros' booming goal kick bounced over the heads of several Caldwell defenders, finding Daniel Ospina alone in the box with a clear path to the net. Ospina then fired a low shot that hit the right post and the game remained tied at 0-0.

Caldwell got on the board first when Mosiah Whyte was fouled just outside the box in the 63rd minute. This set up a free kick for Kristopher Bistre, who beat Touros to give Caldwell the lead. The Cougars doubled their lead 14 minutes later when Whyte put a shot off of the right post and into the cage but Stoker converted on the first of two penalty kicks to make it a 2-1 game with just under 12 minutes remaining.

Now it was Caldwell's turn at a penalty kick try and Rob Arena converted at the 82:31 mark to restore Caldwell's two goal lead. Chris Skarbelis made it a 4-1 game two minutes and 14 seconds later before Stoker answered with his second penalty kick goal with 3:20 left in the game to close out the scoring for the afternoon.

Photo Credit: Marcello Cutti, Jr.

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