CASTLETON, Vt. - Off to a 2-0 start in 2011 the Southern Vermont College Men's Soccer team was slowed up by a strong Castleton St. squad Wednesday night. The Mountaineers traveled to Castleton where they fell 4-0 in their first defeat of the season.

Trevor Kotrady (North Clarendon, Vt.) scored a pair of goals and Nate Koenemann (Montpelier, Vt.) stopped all three shots that came his way to preserve a Castleton's 4-0 shutout of Southern Vermont.

Southern Vemont had a solid chance to get on the scoreboard first when Pierre Massena (West Milford, N.J.) broke through the Spartan defense and settled a through pass. Massena took one touch and shot, but Castleton goalie Koenemann (Montpelier, Vt.) cut down the angle and turned the shot away.

Kotrady (North Clarendon, Vt.) broke through to make it 1-0 during the 18th minute on a fantastic individual effort. The junior striker took a feed from the midfield area up to the right flank, eluded a single defender and split two more before unleashing a low-liner just inside the far post.

Two minutes later Zac Conlogue (Farmington, Maine) scored his first goal of the season on a penalty kick. Conlogue settled a loose ball inside the penalty area off a Castelton corner kick, he then struck a shot toward the goal that was illegally handled by a Mountaineer defender to set up the free shot.

In the 47th minute of play, Kotrady showed off his speed to push the Spartan lead to 3-0. Southern Vermont's Nick Haggerty (Wynantskill, N.Y.) tried to work a give-and-go with Massena, but the play just missed and Castleton quickly attacked on the counter. Freshman Dameon Young (Fairfax, Vt.) corralled a pass and deftly slipped a through ball out in
front of Kotrady who outpaced a pair of Mountaineer defenders to reach the pass first. Kotrady played one touch to his right and nestled a soft shot just inside the far post.

Connor Anniello (Scotland, Conn.) stopped six shots in just under 70 minutes for the Mountaineers, before giving way to Brendan Shea (North Providence, R.I.) for the final 20-plus minutes.

The Spartans carried play for much of the evening, outshooting their guests 29-7, while holding an 11-0 advantage in corner kicks.

Castleton evens its record at 1-1-1, while Southern Vermont falls to 2-1.

Southern Vermont hosts New England College Saturday at 1 pm, while the Spartans will host SUNY-Cobleskill Sunday afternoon at 1 pm.