Crain scores Warriors' lone goal in loss to 'Yotes

October 20, 2007

BOX SCORE -- THE COLLEGE OF IDAHO 2, CORBAN 1

Senior Joshua Crain notched his 5th goal of the season, but Corban fell to The College of Idaho on Senior Recognition Day. (Photo courtesy of Nathan Furumasu, Corban J-lab)

SALEM, Ore. - On Senior Recognition Day, senior Joshua Crain (Olympia, Wash.) scored the Warriors' lone goal, as Corban's men's soccer team lost a heart-breaker to The College of Idaho, 2-1, on Saturday at Sprague High School's brand-new field turf stadium.

Taking advantage of the nice field turf surface, Corban got on the board in the 8th minute when Crain beat a pair of 'Yotes' defenders and cracked a shot from ten yards out into the upper right corner for his 5th goal of the season.

Less than 25 minutes later, The College of Idaho got on the board when Alex Penrod took a pass from Garga Caserta and beat the Warriors' keeper from a yard out. The goal was initially called off, as the sideline official whistled Penrod for a foul only to have the call reversed by the referee after the two conversed on the sideline.

Battling for the remainder of the opening half, neither team cracked its opponents' net therefore resulting in a dead lock heading into halftime.

In the second half, The College of Idaho got the eventual game-winner in the 53rd minute when Caserta sent a free kick from 25-yards out, up over the defense, and onto an awaiting Mauricio Both, who slid onto the ball and put it past Corban's net-minder.

Corban attempted to tie the game on numerous occasions over the final 30-plus minutes, but could not crack the 'Yotes' wall of defense. Senior Quinn Neely (Nelson, New Zealand) and sophomore Mark Mendenhall (Windsor, Calif.) had the Warriors' best scoring opportunities as the pair each had a header close by the goal go wide therefore thwarting any chance that Corban had of registering its second tie of the season against the Caldwell, Idaho-based college.

Sophomore goalkeeper Aaron Franklin (Red Bluff, Calif.) played the entire game in between the pipes for Corban and recorded a game-high four saves, while The College of Idaho's Jay Gentle matched Franklin's save output with four of his own en route to securing the win.

With the loss, Corban falls to 5-9-2 overall, 3-7-2 in Cascade Collegiate Conference action. Meanwhile, The College of Idaho improves to 11-4-1 overall, 8-3-1 in CCC action. The Warriors are back in action on Friday, October 26th, when they begin their final road trip of the season against the Eagles of Northwest University at 7:00 p.m. in Kirkland, Washington.