Huskies fall 1-0 in hard-fought match with Davenport

Sunday, October 17

St. Cloud, Minn.

12 p.m.

St. Cloud State

4-8-1, 3-6-0

Davenport

7-5-0, 7-2-0

Davenport

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Connor Cook

10/17/2021 2:40:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Soccer took a 1-0 shutout loss against Davenport on Sunday, closing out their homestand with a weekend split. The Huskies battled the GLIAC leader for all 90 minutes, dominating possession for long stretches but were able to land just one shot on target. Goalkeeper Gage Steiner made nine saves in the loss, turning away a few key chances with fantastic sprawling efforts. Emmanuel Iwe put the lone Huskies' shot on goal.

TURNING POINT

In the 57th minute, Davenport's Tyler Welch played a blocked shot and finished strong with the right, giving the Panthers the game's lone marker.

TOP HUSKIES

• Gage Steiner stopped nine shots in goal.
• Emmanuel Iwe provided the lone Huskies shot on goal.

NOTES

• Charlie Pritchard and Eddie Saydee played the full 90 minutes.

QUOTABLES

St. Cloud State Men's Soccer Head Coach Sean Holmes

"Two high-level performances over the course of the weekend is just a little bit beyond our grasp right now with our youth and inexperience. The GLIAC is all about these Friday-Sunday battles. So much good soccer in the Friday night performance, and today in our first half performance we showed some resilience. We were composed, we were mature. Doing it for 90 minutes is still a little hard for us. They had their chance and they finished it. We had a couple of chances and didn't finish. Our margin of error at this level is pretty narrow. I thought Gage Steiner was good in goal, our back four had a good performance. Cullen McSweeney as always was a workhorse in the midfield. I thought Jake Leonard was good off the bench. We seemed a little bit tired going into the final third, and that was the difference. This is a program that's won a National Championship a couple years ago, and they have it right now in their DNA that they know how to go on the road and grind out wins. That battle toughness will come with time and experience."

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State travels to Michigan for a pair of matches at Saginaw Valley State on October 22 and at Northwood on October 24. The games will start at 3:00 and 11:00 p.m. CST respectively with coverage information available on the SCSU Men's Soccer page.

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