GRINNELL, Iowa – The Carleton College men's soccer team got back into the win column as the Knights scored a pair of key second-half goals less than 30 seconds apart to secure a 4-2 victory at Grinnell College. Willan Shrock tallied a brace while Jonathan Vonderlage scored one goal and assisted on two others.
 
The Knights (4-1-0) fell behind in the 25th minute as the result of a turnover in the defensive third, which the Pioneers (1-2-3) took full advantage of as Samuel Gojjam slipped a pass through the Carleton backline for Emmett Krez to shoot into the right side of the goal.
 
The visitors responded in the 28th minute. Asher Burt stole a pass in Carleton's attacking half to put the Knights on the counterattack. Eventually Hudson Benites powered a low pass through the Grinnell backline to Burt, who one-touched a pass across the top of the six-yard box for a wide-open Vonderlage laser into the open goal. It was his eighth career score and the first of the 2025 campaign.
 
The 37th minute saw Vonderlage elude a defender, then serve the ball from the right wing back across the box for Schrock's one-time finish inside the left post for his second goal of the season.
 
Carleton carried the 2-1 advantage into intermission, but Grinnell leveled the match in the 61st minute when Gojjam and Krez teamed up again for the Pioneers second score.
 
The 64th minute saw Schrock tally his second goal of the day as he dribbled into the box and somehow worked between three defenders before blasting a left-footed shot into the net.
 
Only 24 elapsed before the Knights doubled their lead. Benites stole the ball near midfield and spung Ben Pennell and Vonderlage for a give-and-go attack that resulted in Pennell's fifth goal of the season. It was the 28th score of the senior's career, moving him into a tie with Bobby Phillips '08 for third in recorded program history (see charts below).
 
The Carleton defense would prohibit the Pioneers from attempting a shot the balance of the contest.
 
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton concludes its four-match road trip with a short trek across the Cannon River for a 4:00 p.m. clash at rival No. 22-ranked St. Olaf College.
 
Carleton Men's Soccer Career Goals Leaders
1. 41 – Branden McGarrity – 2012-15
2. 35 – Tim Wills – 2008-11
3. 28 – Bobby Phillips – 2005-08
3. 28 – Ben Pennell – 2022-pres
5. 26 – Marco da Cunha – 2018-21
5. 26 – Owen Flanagan – 2021-24
7. 25 – Yemi Adegunju – 2001-04
8. 24 – Ron Sanders – 1962-64
8. 24 – George Monyemangene – 1985-88
8. 24 – David Watson – 2002-05
 
Carleton Men's Soccer Career Points Leaders
1. 103 – Tim Wills (35g 33a) – 2008-11
2. 99 – Branden McGarrity (41g, 17a) – 2012-15
3. 78 – Bobby Phillips (28g, 22a) – 2005-08
4. 72 – David Watson (24g 24a) – 2002-05
5. 69 – Ben Pennell (28g 13a) – 2022-pres
6. 66 – Marco da Cunha (26g 14a) – 2018-21
7. 65 – Owen Flanagan (26g 13a) – 2021-24
8. 62 – George Monyemangene (24g 14a) – 1985-88
9. 59 – Ken Tape (23g 13a) – 1995-98
10. 58 – Will Corcoran (20g 18a) 2010-13