St. Cloud State Men’s Soccer Returns Home This Weekend

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Soccer returns home after going on its first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) road trip last week. The Huskies play Northern Michigan (2-6-1, 1-3-0 GLIAC) at noon CT on Sunday, Oct. 1 at Husky Stadium.

FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Sunday's game will be streamed live on FloSports (FloFC) (note – paid membership is required). Live stats will be covered by SCSU. Links to coverage options for both matches can be found on the St. Cloud State Men's Soccer schedule page.

WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
The game is serving as a Salute to Service Day, with all service members receiving a ticket for free. It is also Youth Day with free admission for children under 13 years old with a paid adult. It is also double point night with each fan attending the game earning double points on the SCSU Huskies Mobile App.

LAST TIME OUT
The Huskies (1-5-2, 1-2-1 GLIAC) played their most complete game in a 1-0 win against Purdue Northwest (4-1-3, 1-1-1 GLIAC) in Hammond, Ind. on Sunday afternoon. Facing a Pride team who was unbeaten on the season, SCSU scored an early goal and played the rest of the match without conceding, earning its first win on the season. Zinedine Kroeten (St. Louis Park, Minn.) scored the game's lone goal, his second on the season. Philip Caputo (Eagan, Minn.) and Mika Folstad (St. Paul, Minn.) earned assists on the goal due to their roles on the buildup play that led to the goal. The stout defensive effort was led by goalkeeper Dylan De Baldo (Vancouver, Wash.) who made four saves and earned his third clean sheet of the season. The starting back six of [defenders] Noah Eklund (Andover, Minn.), Juan Villegas (Miami, Fla.), Vukota Mastilovic (Belgrade, Serbia), Owen Worsdell (Brighton, England) and [midfielders] Nolan Pratumwon (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Andrew Holmes (St. Cloud, Minn.) along with substitute Evan Stearns (Thornton, Colo.) worked together to limit PNW's chances and hold on to the shutout.

SERIES HISTORY
The Huskies have played Northern Michigan four times over the past two seasons. Last season, SCSU dropped both of its matches to the Wildcats 3-0 and 4-2. The Huskies hold a 1-3-0 all-time record against NMU and the lone win came in the team's first ever matchup in 2021.

SCOUTING NORTHERN MICHIGAN
The Wildcats, led by second-year head coach Alex Fatovic, are coming off a 5-8-4 season in which they finished fifth in the GLIAC regular season standing with a 4-5-3 record. They fell in the first round of the GLIAC tournament to Purdue Northwest, 2-0. This year, NMU was picked to finish fifth in the GLIAC Preseason Coaches' Poll and holds a record of 2-6-1 overall and 1-3-0 in GLIAC play. NMU started GLIAC play with a 1-0 win over Davenport but is currently on a four-game skid in which it has lost each match 1-0.

All five of the Wildcats goals this season have come from different players. Graduate student forward, Fernando Abascal leads the team in assists with two and sophomore defender Jan Hoffmann leads the team in points, with three (one goal and one assist). Hoffmann also leads the team in shots (23), shots on goal (seven) and minutes played among all players (774). Between the posts, sophomore Florian Palmowski started and played every available minute in the first eight games making 33 saves, allowing nine goals, posting three shutouts and compiling a 2-5-1 record. NMU went with junior Bryce Beckley in goal for its last match against UW-Eau Claire. He played all 90 minutes, making seven saves and allowing one goal, picking up the loss.

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Players Mentioned

Philip Caputo

Dylan De Baldo

Noah Eklund

Mika Folstad

Andrew Holmes

Zinedine Kroeten

Vukota Mastilovic

Nolan Pratumwon

Evan Stearns

Juan Villegas

Owen Worsdell

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