Women's soccer falls to Northern Michigan

Thursday, September 2

Marquette, Mich.

2:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Northern Michigan

1-0-0, 0-0-0

St. Cloud St.

Northern Mich.

Ariel Hawkey tallied two shots on goal in her collegiate debut Thursday afternoon.

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

9/2/2021 8:07:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

The Huskies tally six shots, including five on goal, in the 3-0 loss

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Soccer fell in its season opener to the Northern Michigan University Wildcats by a final score of 3-0. The Huskies tallied six total shots, five on goal, in the effort, while redshirt first year Evie Kohn (West Lakeland, Minn. / Stillwater Area) make six saves in her collegiate debut.

TURNING POINT
St. Cloud State was unable to overcome two first half goals by the Wildcats, as the Huskies were unable to capitalize on their offensive opportunities. Northern Michigan scored its first goal just three minutes into the game, as Brooke Pietila beat Kohn to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead at 3:44 in the half. The Wildcats then added another goal at 36:44 in the first to make it 2-0 before a goal in the waning seconds of the game resulted in the 3-0 final score.

TOP HUSKIES

First year forward Ariel Hawkey (Graham, Wash. / Graham-Kapowsin) tallied a team-leading two shots on goal in her collegiate debut. Emali Ortega Talamentes (Denver, Colo. / York International), Megan Kirby (Navarre, Florida / Navarre) and Nicole Friis (Appleton, Wis. / Appleton North) also tallied shots on goal for the Huskies Thursday afternoon.
Redshirt first year Evie Kohn (West Lakeland, Minn. / Stillwater Area) faced nine shots and made six saves in net in her St. Cloud State debut.

NOTES

The Huskies are now 4-5-0 all-time against Northern Michigan dating back to September 2005
Twelve different St. Cloud State student-athletes made their collegiate debuts Thursday afternoon: Evie Kohn, Jocelin Martinez, Krisit Jazdzewski, Ari Del Moral, Emali Ortega Talamentes, Rheana Zerna, Karlie Valdez, Ariel Hawkey, Alleigh Stout, Chloe Narolski, Megan Kirby and Alondra Carranza.
The Huskies are 8-7-2 in season openers dating back to 2004

QUOTABLES

St. Cloud State Women's Soccer Head Coach Gretta Arvesen
"It felt great to be competing in a NCAA sanctioned game again. Even though the result was not the outcome we wanted, there are many lessons to be learned from today's performance."

UP NEXT
St. Cloud State will now head to Houghton, Mich., to face Michigan Tech on Saturday, Sept. 4. The game will start at 10:00 a.m. CT and will be broadcast through Stretch Internet.

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