OTTAWA (September 29, 2025) - The Carleton Ravens men's soccer team remains undefeated on the 2025 season following a come-from-behind draw on Friday and a road win on Sunday.
The Ravens trailed Trent 2-0 on Friday night before finding their legs. After the visitors stunned Carleton with two in the opening 28 minutes, Nicholas Gagan finished a loose ball in the box to put Carleton on the board. Unwilling to concede the comeback, the Excallibur added a third goal before the half when John Moncada chipped one by Nathan Frans for the 3-1 lead.
Carleton found another gear in the second half, quickly cutting the lead to one when Adrijan Vranjkovic knocked home a ball from John Aldiban to make it 3-2. Just twelve minutes later, Caden Tomy's well-struck corner gave Owen Schultz difficulty, finding its way over the line to draw the match level.
Jack Belanger would come in to relieve Schultz and made two exceptional saves in the latter stages of the match to ward off the surging Ravens, and maintain the draw.
Carleton got off on a stronger foot on Sunday at RMC, as Mohammed Bouzidi scored his second of the season to put Carleton up in just the fifth minute. The Ravens continued pressing throughout the half, throwing everything at Finn Gregoire. The Ravens had 11 first-half shots, with six finding their way on goal.
As RMC pressed late in the half, Jun (Juhyeok) Lee would draw the match level in the 38th minute.
Caden Tomy once again led the charge for Carleton in the second half, knocking home his second of the weekend in the 55th to put the Ravens ahead. Carleton would tighten their defensive form after the goal, not allowing a shot until injury time. Lionel Fotso had the Paladins' best opportunity of the match with the shot, but sailed it over the bar.
Carleton improved to 5-0-4 over the weekend. Despite being the only undefeated team in the conference, Carleton remains third in the table, tied with Toronto with 19 points each, one behind TMU. The Ravens are six points up on Ontario Tech. The Ridgebacks and Varsity Blues have four contests remaining, while Carleton and TMU have three.
Carleton travels to face Queen's (3-4-1) Sunday, before returning home next week to host TMU on the 10th and Queen's on the 12th to wrap up the regular season.
