Huskies Fall 2-1 to Purdue Northwest on a Late Second Half Goal

Sunday, September 25

St. Cloud, Minn.

Noon CT

St. Cloud State

1-6-2, 0-5-0

Purdue Northwest

4-3-2, 4-1-0

Purdue Northwest

St. Cloud St.

Huskies Fall 2-1 to Purdue Northwest on a Late Second Half Goal

9/25/2022 7:02:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - St. Cloud State men's soccer fell 2-1 to Purdue Northwest Sunday afternoon. Each team put away a goal in the first half. Late in the second half, Purdue Northwest took the lead on a break away. Owen Worsdell scored the Huskies lone goal off a feed from Gabe Monaighan and Zinedine Kroeten.

TURNING POINT

Going into the second, the Huskies were looking to take the lead. Each team was pretty evenly matched through the half but Purdue Northwest's Ryan Moran gained some momentum to take a shot that hit the back of the net.

TOP HUSKIES

Freshman midfielder Owen Worsdell scored the Huskies lone goal
Junior forward Gabe Monaighan and senior midfielder Zinedine Kroeten assisted on Worsdell's goal
Redshirt senior Gage Steiner had one save on the day

QUOTABLES - Head Coach Sean Holmes

"I was really proud of our squad today. The second half of GLIAC weekends are always tough and I thought we responded well. Especially taking the lead at home. In the end our youth and inexperience let us down a little bit and Purdue Northwest, who were energetic and well coached, snatched the points from us in the end. I thought with five minutes left that a tie might be a fitting score for the contest but a moments inattention makes a big difference in big games. I thought Noah Kantorowicz was unflappable at the back. Noah Eklund gave us a good presence going forward and in his defending. I thought our midfield trio of Nolan Pratumwon, Philip Cuputo, and Zinedine Kroeten were growing and improving every game. Man of the match goes to Owen Worsdell who scored a good goal and was all around terrific on the day. Now we have seven days to prepare for a pretty important game at Upper Iowa."

NOTABLES

Owen Worsdell goal marks his seveth on the season
Gage Steiner has 26 saves on the season

UP NEXT

St. Cloud State will hit the road for a conference match up at Upper Iowa on Sunday, October 2. The match will kickoff at 2:30 p.m. in Fayette, Iowa. On Friday, October 7 the Huskies will travel to Hammond, Indiana for a rematch against Purdue Northwest. On Sunday, October 9 St. Cloud will hop over to Grand Rapids, Michigan to take on Davenport.

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