Worcester, Mass. (September 5) -- The Assumption College men's soccer team dropped Saint Thomas Aquinas College by a 1-0 final in the home opener at the Multi-Sport Stadium.

It was a penalty kick taken by Tom Carroll (Belford, N.J./Middletown North) at the 32:22 mark that couldn't be stopped by Spartan keeper Andrew Tartara and held up as the game's lone marker.

While the Grayhounds held the edge in corner kicks by 6-4, and STAC was unable to put enough on frame and couldn't find a way past Assumption goalkeeper Dana King (Windham, Maine/Windham).