On Sunday, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh men’s soccer team snapped Macalester’s 27-game home winning streak with a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory. The undefeated UW-Oshkosh Titans kept the pressure on the Scots’ defense for much of the game, hitting the post and crossbar and forcing Macalester ’keeper Tom Klezcewski ’05 to make some difficult saves. Shane Lohr finally broke the deadlock in the 64th minute to give the Titans the lead. Macalester proceeded to pick up its game, and in the 72nd minute a superb long-ball from defender Stuart Peacock ’05 found Joe Wertz ’05 in the box. Wertz passed to substitute Adric Mueller ’07 who fired the ball into the back of the net to tie the game. This was Mueller’s first college goal. In the final minutes of play, both sides missed good opportunities at goal and regulation time ended 1-1. Less than two minutes into the first overtime period, Klezcewski failed to hold on to a shot from Derek Kasten and Mark Foster tapped the loose ball in to give eighth-ranked UW-Oshkosh the win. The last time Macalester lost at home was also in overtime play with Oshkosh.

On Saturday, the Scots continued their perfect conference run with a 3-1 home win over St. Olaf, the only other MIAC undefeated team. All-American midfielder Nathan Knox ’04 scored a hat-trick with goals in the 23rd, 61st and 70th minutes, the second of which was directly off a free kick. Andrew Gastineau scored for the Ollies in the 78th minute. Macalester is now 7-0 in conference play.

The women’s team had a successful week with two big conference away wins. Goals in the first ten minutes from Erin Hoople ’05 and Katie Pastorius ’06 were enough to give Macalester a vital 2-1 win at St. Olaf on Saturday.

On Tuesday, the Scots beat St. Kate’s 3-0. Annie Borton ’07 put the Scots ahead in the 41st minute and Sarah Marsh ’05 added a second goal less than two minutes after halftime. Olof Petursdottir ’07 added the third goal with less than a minute remaining in regulation.

Twentieth-ranked Macalester is now 5-1-1 in conference play and is tied for the conference lead with undefeated St. Benedict’s. The results of the last week put the Scots in a good position to secure a playoff spot.

Macalester faces a potentially conference title-determining match at St. Benedict’s on Saturday, Oct. 18.