The Colby Echo

Issue date: 9/16/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: courtesy Bill Sodoma

Despite opening the season with a disappointing 0-1 loss to Trinity, the men's soccer team keeps a positive attitude. Looking back on Saturday's game, Co-Captain Doug Sibor '10 put emphasized on strong individual performances by players Nick Nowak '13 and Dan Sidman '11. He said that with great new first-year players Nowak, Nick Aubin, Donnie MacMaster and Andrew Meisel, as well as returning players, the Mules have the chance to qualify for the later rounds of the New England Small College Athletic Conference tournament this year.
With the elimination of a junior varsity team, and a subsequent decrease in their roster, the Mules plan to focus on maintaining a strong midfield and utilizing new talent.

However, NESCAC is a tough conference for men's soccer. Sibor said, "We have eight weekends to play nine teams. This means we have one weekend with two league games, and every other weekend we have one league game." Not only is the schedule grueling, but Sibor said, "Every game is a brutal, physical battle, and every team is evenly matched." The good news, as Sibor said, is that "these kinds of battles make the sport entertaining for fans and very fun for us players. We know we will play in a competitive match every Saturday. We also have midweek games almost every week against Maine schools, and they always summon up a little extra when they go against us." Captain Michael Baldwin agreed, commenting that the season will be "tough as usual in NESCAC," where Men's soccer is "one of the most competitive Division III conferences in the country."
This week the Mules will take on Maine Maritime at home on Wednesday, September 16, and then hit the road to play Wesleyan University this Saturday, September 19.

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