Men's Soccer Sophomore Chris Mischaikow

The Caltech Men's Soccer team lost two SCIAC matches this past week to visiting teams from the University of La Verne and Cal Lutheran University.

Against La Verne, the team came close to scoring on numerous occasions, with four shots-on-goal. Sophomore Goalkeeper Chris Mischaikow, who was brought in to replace injured starting Goalkeeper Elliott Pallett, had eight saves in the 5-0 loss.

Against Cal Lutheran, Mischaikow was even more impressive, with several athletic saves. Despite briefly going down with a head injury late in the match, Mischaikow stayed in the game and finished with a career-high 15 saves in the 7-0 loss.

The team plays its next match at Whittier College this Wednesday at 4:00 PM.

September 6, 2005
Men's Soccer ties La Sierra University, 2-2

Senior Chris AhNew and Junior Yuki Kimura each scored goals as the Caltech Men's Soccer team drew La Sierra University in their season opener this past Tuesday. Freshman Yezdan Badrakhan assisted on both goals. La Sierra led 2-1 late in the second half, but Kimura's long goal with 15:12 left in the match tied it up. Sophomore Goalkeeper Chris Mischalkow had four saves. The two teams will play a rematch Tuesday, September 13th at the South Field. The match begins at 4:00 PM.

Men's Soccer Senior Midfielder Jonathan Simon was Caltech's Most Inspirational Player for 2003

Weekly Update: 10/18/04
Men's Soccer loses to La Verne, Cal Lutheran

The Men's Soccer team suffered two tough losses this past week, losing to La Verne by a final score of 7-1 on Wednesday, and following it up with a 10-0 drubbing at the hands of Cal Lutheran.

Sophomore Forward Sanjeeb Bose scored his second goal of the season to put Caltech ahead 1-0 just 2 and a half minutes into the La Verne match. But La Verne responded with seven straight goals, thus ending Caltech's bid for an upset.

Freshman Goalkeeper Elliott Pallett had 11 saves between the two matches, averaging 5.5 saves a contest.

The team plays its next match this Wednesday at home against Whittier College. Caltech defeated Whittier 1-0 earlier this season. The match starts at 4:00 PM. Weekly Update: 10/11/04
Men's Soccer loses close match to Occidental; Pallett dominates

The Men's Soccer narrowly lost to Occidental College on Wednesday, losing 2-0 despite some brilliant goalkeeping by Freshman Elliott Pallett, who had 17 saves against just those 2 goals.

Against Pomona-Pitzer, the team struggled. After holding the Sagehens to two goals in the first half, Pomona-Pitzer came roaring back in the second half with seven goals, leading to a 9-0 Caltech defeat. Pallett was again a bright spot for Caltech, however, with an amazing 15 save performance. That kept the game close until midway through the second half.

The team's next match comes this Wednesday at home against La Verne at 4:00 PM.