Huskies earn first home win, Garcia scores twice in 3-2 thriller over Northwood

Friday, September 24

St. Cloud, Minn.

7 p.m.

St. Cloud State

2-4-1, 1-2-0

Northwood

1-5-1, 0-2-1

Northwood

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Thomas Breach

Huskies earn first home win, Garcia scores twice in 3-2 thriller over Northwood

9/24/2021 10:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Soccer earned their first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory and notched the program's first home victory with a 3-2 decision against Northwood on Friday evening. Andres Garcia scored two goals while Vukota Mastilovic provided one marker of his own. Goalkeeper Dawson Fairchild made eight saves to secure his second win of the season in goal. SCSU improves to 1-1 at home with the victory.

TURNING POINT

Leading 2-0 just a few ticks into the 32nd minute, Charlie Pritchard moved the ball ahead towards the left of the box. The Huskies' defender shoved a masterful pass across to Andres Garcia as the latter leaked towards the goal. Garcia finished strong with the right foot, scoring his second goal of the game in what would become the game-winning marker.

TOP HUSKIES

• Andres Garcia recorded the first multi-goal game in St. Cloud State history.
• Dawson Fairchild made a season-high eight saves as part of a masterpiece in goal.
• Vukota Mastilovic scored his first collegiate goal as part of the Huskies' win.

NOTES

• SCSU drew six corner kicks and put seven shots on goal.
• The Huskies led for 86 minutes of play.
• Bryant Alexander, Emmanuel Iwe, Charlie Pritchard and Zinedine Kroeten all logged 90 minutes on the pitch.

QUOTABLES

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

"So pleased with the result and the performance. I thought the first half-hour showcased what we're capable of going forward, and I think the second half showed that we still have some maturity and composure to add to our guys. Nine of our 11 starters are sophomores or freshmen, and that energy and enthusiasm they brought to the first half also contributed to some of our errors in the second half. Full credit to Northwood, that's a team that has won a GLIAC championship, they're not going to stop trying and roll over until the last whistle. A better version of us one day will take that 3-0 and finish it off. I was really pleased and excited that Andres Garcia got two. Emmanuel Iwe was terrific, Eddie Saydee marshalled the defense very well. Charlie Pritchard was great in one-on-one defending and most importantly guys came off the bench and made contributions. When you play double weekends and you play in a tough conference it requires a full team effort to get results, and that's what happened tonight. I am ecstatic."

POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State continues their seven-game homestand on Sunday with a match against Saginaw Valley State at 11:30 a.m. CST. The game will be broadcast on the NSIC Network.

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