NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The offense for the Carleton College men's soccer team clicked on all cylinders as the Knights rolled to a 6-2 victory over Augsburg University.
Ben Roman notched his first career hat trick, while
Willan Shrock added a brace.
Roman's outburst resulted in the 19th time in recorded Carleton (8-4-1, 4-2-0 MIAC) history that a Knight had three or more goals in a game. The season-high six goals is the most by the Knights in a MIAC contest game since scoring 10 times at Concordia-Moorhead on Sept. 16, 2023 (see charts below).
This was the first time the Knights had two multi-goal scorers in the same game since
Ben Pennell and Blake Jones both recorded a brace in a 5-0 win at St. Scholastica on Sept. 30, 2023. The last time one Knight had a hat trick and another had multiple goals in the same contest was achieved by Bobby Phillips (3) and Nate Amous (2) at Rockford College on Sept. 3, 2006.
The Knights opened the scoring on Tuesday in the 12th minute.
Felix Shapiro sprung Shrock with a long ball, and the senior finessed a shot inside the left post for his first goal of the season.
Augsburg (3-2-7, 2-2-3 MIAC) was gifted an equalizer in the 27th minute via an own goal. The teams headed into intermission knotted at 1-1 despite Carleton out-shooting the Auggies 10-3 in the first half.
The Knights moved back in front in the 48th minute.
Finn Lennon collected the ball along the endline and slid a pass to the PK spot, which Roman ran onto and smashed into the left side for his third goal of the campaign.
The scoreboard operator was busy as three more goals were scored over the next nine minutes.
Shrock found the back of the net in the 54th minute, collecting a deflection before dribbling to create an angle for a quick shot into the right side. It was his second career brace, the other coming at Grinnell on Sept. 10, 2025.
Augsburg cut the deficit in half when Christopher Plaza Alvarado was first to a loose ball in the box and tallied his fourth goal of the year.
Roman pushed the Carleton lead back to two goals in the 57th minute after he intercepted a clearance by the Auggie goalkeeper and curled a 30-yard banger over the keeper and under the crossbar for his first career multi-goal performance.
Oscar Gates got in on the fun in the 74th minute. He dribbled into the box and around a defender before finishing into the top of the net for the sixth goal of his rookie campaign, tying him with classmate
Matthew Deffo and two others for the sixth-highest goal total since 1998 for a Carleton first year (see chart below).
Roman put a cap on the day and recorded his hat trick three minutes later. He stole a pass, out-maneuvered two defenders and chipped the goalkeeper from the top of the box.
Carleton finished with 21 shots compare to 13 for Augsburg, with 13 of the Knights attempts on goal compared to only three for the Auggies.
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton travels to Saint Mary's University for a 3:30 p.m. contest on Saturday, Oct. 17
Most Goals in a Game by a Carleton Knight
6 – Ron Sanders – 10/5/63 (St. Olaf)
4 – Ari Aristides – 10/31/81 (Beloit)
4 – David Lacocque – 8/29/92 (Northwestern)
3 – Jason Thodos – 1979 (Ripon)
3 – J.J. Nowlin – 9/29/94 (Hamline)
3 – Ken Tape – 9/7/96 (UC-LaVerne)
3 – Dakota Loomis – 10/3/01 (Augsburg)
3 – Dakota Loomis – 10/6/01 (St. Johns)
3 – Bobby Phillips – 9/3/06 (Rockford)
3 – Bobby Phillips – 9/12/07 (Macalester)
3 – Branden McGarrity – 9/1/12 (Cornell)
3 – Branden McGarrity – 9/16/12 (Luther)
3 – Peter Passalino – 10/12/13 (Augsburg)
3 – Tonny Aton – 8/30/19 (at Minnesota-Morris)
3 – Charlie Hall – 9/1/19 (vs. Lawrence)
3 – Charlie Hall – 10/23/21 (at St. Scholastica)
3 –
Ben Pennell – 11/04/24 (at Bethel)
3 –
Ben Pennell – 10/5/25 (at Lincoln)
3 – Ben Roman – 10/13/26 (vs.Augsburg)
Most Goals in a MIAC game
10 – at Concordia College-Moorhead – 9/16/23
9 – vs. Hamline University – 10/20/84
7 – at Hamline University – 9/21/94
7 – at Augsburg University – 10/3/01
7 – vs. Saint Mary's University (Minn.) – 10/10/07
6 – at Bethel University – 10/13/00
6 – vs. Augsburg University – 10/12/02
6 – vs. Concordia College-Moorhead – 9/25/04
6 – at Bethel University – 10/6/07
6 – vs. Augsburg University – 10/13/26
Most Goals by Carleton First Year (since 1998)
19 — Branden McGarrity (2012)
11 — Marco da Cunha (2018)
8 — Nick Feltz (2003), Tim Wills (2008)
7 — David Watson (2002)
6 — Bobby Phillips (2005), Brian Tenhoor (2005),
Matthew Deffo (2026), Oscar Gates (2026)
5 — Jeremy Schultz (2000), Peter Passalino (2013)
4 — Miles McDonough (2000), Brett Adelman (2006)
3 — Brian Wulff (1998), Yemi Adegunju (2001), Ryan Cammarota (2008),
Jordan Cammarota (2011), Nathan Park (2011) Alvin Bierley (2017), Justin
Crawmer (2019),
Dylan Stiffler (2024),
Finn Lennon (2025)
