Hartford, Conn. –  Senior co-captain midfielder Nate Seiberling (Sharon, Mass.) scored the game's only goal in the opening minutes of the second half on an assist past the defense by sophomore midfielder Nick Aubin (Simsbury, Conn.) to lead the visiting Colby College Mules to a 1-0 win over the Trinity College Bantams in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's soccer season opener for both teams this afternoon.  Trinity, ranked No. 9 in New England loses to Colby and allows a goal by the Mules for the first time in three years.

Aubin passed the ball up the middle of the field and Seiberling outran a Bantam defender to the ball, before shooting over the right shoulder of Trinity junior goalkeeper Grant Schonberg (Mendham, N.J.) from 15 yards away on the right wing.  Trinity's closest chance to tie came midway through the second half, when freshman Michael Stankiewicz (Townsend, Mass.) shot the ball on the ground past Colby junior goalie John Gardner (Winter Haven, Fla.) but just wide of the left goalpost.

In the first half, Schonberg helped keep the game scoreless with a diving save of a point-blank attempt by Aubin 15 minutes into the contest and left his feet to stop another close Mule shot not much later.  Trinity junior forward Chris Binnie (Kingston, Jamaica) appeared to net the first Bantam tally of the season midway through the first half, but was ruled offsides.  Gardner and the Colby defense kept the Trinity offense off the board the rest of the way, as Gardner finished with four saves. Schonberg notched six stops, including another diving stop of a nearly-identical Seiberling attempt shortly after the Colby goal.

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