The Case Western Reserve University men's soccer team battled both a stalwart University of Chicago defense and Mother Nature, as the Spartans ultimately succumbed 1-0 to the 19th-ranked Maroons on Saturday in Chicago.

The Spartans dropped to 6-3-4 following the loss with a 0-2-1 University Athletic Association record. The Maroons improved to 9-1-4 with a 2-0-1 conference ledger.

Stats and Standouts

• Senior goalkeeper Bradley Winter played all 90 minutes and made a season-high five saves in the contest.

• Senior Phillip Washington and junior Ohta Kamiya each had a team-high two shots for the Spartans. Washington led the team with two shots on goal, with first-year Alex Eby adding one shot on goal.

• Chicago finished the game with a 12-9 edge in total shots and a 6-3 advantage in shots on goal.

First Half

• The first half of the game was interrupted by two separate rain delays. The first came with 16:33 left in the first half and lasted just over 30 minutes. The second came with 7:08 left in the period and lasted for nearly two hours.

• Senior Phillip Washington had a pair of shots on goal in the first half but was denied by the Chicago keeper each time., including a header from a long ball by sophomore Mitchell Fein in the 13th minute that required a diving deflection by Ali Alamery.

• Winter thwarted the best chance of the first half for the Maroons, diving to tip a 20-yard laser shot by Chicago's Chase Perry over the top of the crossbar in the 40th minute of the game. After the ensuing corner kick, a shot by William Stewart went off the crossbar, and the ball was eventually corralled by Winter to dodge the Chicago scoring threat, and the game remained scoreless through halftime.

• Chicago held a 7-5 edge in total shots and a 3-2 edge in shots on goal after the first 45 minutes of play.

Second Half

• The Maroons broke the scoreless tie in the 54th minute on a goal by William Stewart, his second of the year, off Max Weene's fourth assist of the year.

• Chicago maintained the one-goal lead, but CWRU had a late chance to even the score. Junior Ohta Kamiya launched a long ball into the box in the 88th minute that nearly crossed into the goal, but a handball was called against the Spartans, ending the threat.

Spartan Notes

• CWRU fell to 8-18-5 since 1994 against the Maroons.

• Saturday's game was the middle contest of a stretch of three games against nationally-ranked opponents for the Spartans.

• The Spartans have now allowed one or fewer goals in 12 of their 13 games this season, as the team's goal-against average moved to 0.46 following Saturday's game.

Up Next

The Spartans will continue a stretch of three consecutive road UAA games next weekend, traveling to Waltham, Massachusetts, on Friday night to face sixth-ranked Brandeis at 5:00 p.m., and to Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday for an 11:00 a.m. contest against NYU.