The fifth-ranked Case Western Reserve University men's soccer team scored twice in the second half to defeat the ninth-ranked University of Chicago on Saturday morning at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.

The Spartans won their 10th game of the season, improving to 10-0-2 overall and 2-0-1 in University Athletic Association play. The Maroons fell to 10-3-0 this season and 1-2-0 in UAA contests. CWRU is second in the conference standings with seven points, trailing Emory, who has three wins in three games.

Stats and Standouts

• Senior Cormac Apostolides and junior Mitchell Fein scored for CWRU in the game
• Junior Sean Wilson added an assist on the second goal
• The Spartans were held to just five shots in the game, though four were on goal
• Sophomore Carter Shedd made four saves in 90 minutes

First Half

• Shedd made his first save in the 10th minute and picked up a second save seven minutes later
• The Maroons had a pair of shots blocked before a corner kick in the 20th minute
• After relentless pressure, Giovanni Caselli scored a goal to give the visitors a 1-0 lead 21 minutes into the game
• The Maroons put another shot on target 11 minutes later, before first-year Tad Woolfe had the first shot of the game for CWRU in the 34th minute
• Shedd made his final save of the half with under two minutes to play in the period before the Spartans cleared a corner kick

Second Half

• The Spartans earned a penalty kick in the 52nd minute after Fein drew a foul in the 18-yard box
• Apostolides converted from the penalty spot, sending a shot on the ground in the bottom corner of the net for his fourth goal of the campaign
• Fein had the next shot of the game just five minutes later
• Neither team had an attempt until the 72nd minute when the Maroons had a shot blocked and a shot that went wide
• Wilson headed the ball toward the box off a deflection in the 76th minute
• The ball found Fein just outside the box, who tapped it with his right foot before firing a shot with his left foot past the goalkeeper for the go-ahead strike
• It was his fourth goal of the year and second game-winning goal of 2026
• The Maroons mounted a comeback bid in the final 14 minutes of play, attempting four shots and earning a pair of corner kicks
• The Spartan defense kept the visitors at bay to preserve the lead and secure the victory

Spartan Notes

• The Spartans improved to 14-21-5 against the Maroons, winning their first game against Chicago since 2018, which was also a 2-1 home victory
• CWRU remained one of six undefeated schools left in Division III to start the 2026 season
• Case Western Reserve set a program record with its 12th game without a loss to start the season, besting the record of 11 set by the team in 2006
• The team's streak of not allowing a goal ended at 554:08 with Caselli's strike the first by a visiting player against the Spartans in 911:39 of action
• Apostolides converted from the penalty spot for the second time this season, scoring his third goal of the campaign
• The Spartans have four penalty kick goals this season, their most in a campaign since 2018 and tying the program record
• Wilson was credited with his third career assist, and Fein recorded his fourth career game-winning goal
• CWRU has won at least 10 games in a season for the third time in the last five years and 10th time since 1994

Up Next

CWRU will welcome Brandeis University to DiSanto Field on Friday, October 23 with kickoff scheduled for 5 p.m.