Courtesy Middlebury Athletic Communications

Box Score

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Middlebury advanced to the semifinal round of the 2007 NESCAC Men's Soccer Championship with a 3-0 win over Connecticut College. The Panthers will take on Williams next Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Amherst, while the host school will play Bowdoin at 1:30. The winners meet for the NESCAC title at noon on Sunday. The Camels end their season at 3-9-3, while Middlebury improves to 13-2, its most wins since the '98-'00 teams won 13 games each season.

Middlebury open the scoring at the 25:51 mark as Casey Ftorek took a nice feed from Baer Fisher before beating Connecticut College goalkeeper Ted Lane, one-on-one.

The Panthers increased their lead 2:37 before the half as Carson Cornbrooks buried a feed from the left wing by Ftorek to make it a 2-0 contest.

Middlebury built a comfortable 3-0 lead 2:52 into the second half when Ftorek converted a penalty kick for his team-leading 11th goal of the season.

Brian Bush made a pair of saves in goal for his seventh shutout in 12 games, while Ted Lane made a save for the Camels.