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CHESTER, Pa.<\/strong> \u2013 A late start didn\u2019t seem to bother the Saint Mark\u2019s soccer team. The Spartans controlled the action for nearly all 80 minutes in 1 3-0 win over Caravel on Sept. 29 under the bright lights at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa., home of the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.<\/p>\n The Buccaneers and Spartans were scheduled for an 8 p.m. start, but an accident on Interstate 95 northbound snarled rush-hour traffic. That pushed the first game of the evening, Conrad vs. St. Georges, back by a half our, so the second game did not get under way until almost 8:30.<\/p>\n Saint Mark\u2019s came out playing an aggressive style on the professional-sized pitch, but the Bucs stuck with them for a bit. Caravel sent several shots wide of the Spartans\u2019 net, and the shots on net were stopped by keeper Tom Swasey.<\/p>\n Good defense helped lead to the first Spartans goal in the 30th<\/sup> minute. After a steal, Scott McDermott moved the ball toward midfield and sent a long pass ahead to Brayden Wrinn, He got around a defender to the left of Buccaneers keeper Logan Brown and sent a shot into the short side of the net.<\/p>\n Caravel had two corner kicks late in the first half, but they could not convert. One a shot on goal in the final minutes of the half, Swasey booted the ball to Brady McMann, who went in all alone on Brown and drilled a shot into the left side of the net to double their advantage.<\/p>\n The offensive chances dwindled a bit in the second half, but the Spartans were able to add one more goal. That came in the 50th<\/sup> minute off a corner kick. Nick Cirillo inserted the ball along the goal line, and Declan O\u2019Connor saw it in the crowded 6-yard box and rolled it in with the Commodore Barry Bridge looming overhead.<\/p>\n The margin allowed both coaches to get every player on the respective rosters the opportunity to play on the same field as Andre Blake and Cavan Sullivan.<\/p>\n The Spartans improved to 4-1 and will host Archmere on Friday at 3:45 p.m. Caravel (1-4) travels to Brandywine on Thursday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n Photos by Nick Halliday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>
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