Men's Soccer Rolls Past Wheelock

CHESTNUT HILL, MA - The Wheelock College men's soccer team opened New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) play on Saturday by returning to its home field for the first time since Sept. 8, as the Wildcats dropped a 5-0 decision to Becker College on Pine Manor College's Hedley Field. The hosts, who were recently on a five-game road trip, are winless through nine contests, while the Hawks moved to 5-4-1 overall during their first league game.

Junior Victor Kashouh (Providence, RI/Classical) totaled 14 saves for Wheelock, while freshman Tim McDonald (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional) had one stop in a little more than 69 minutes to earn the victory for Becker. Four players scored for the visitors, with freshman Mikhail Tsatskin (Brooklyn, NY/John Dewey) tallying twice in the second half.

Becker struck quickly to take the lead for good, as sophomore Steve Araujo (Westport, MA/Westport) connected on a long shot from 30 yards out 1:38 into the contest. Later in the half, junior Timothy Howard (Paxton, MA/Wachusett Regional) and freshman Aldo Karkanjozi (Sterling Heights, MI/Stevenson) assisted each other on markers. Karkanjozi rang a shot off the post and in at 16:31 before his 43rd-minute cross was knocked in by a sliding Howard at 42:41. In the second stanza, Tsatskin scored during both the 58th and 87th minutes.