St. Cloud State Women’s Soccer Downs Dragons, 4-0

Friday, October 18

St. Cloud, Minn.

6:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

7-2-4, 4-1-4

MSU Moorhead

1-10-2, 1-7-1

MSU Moorhead

St. Cloud St.

10/18/2024 10:41:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Four different Huskies score, SCSU improves unbeaten streak to six games

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Soccer (7-2-4, 4-1-4 NSIC) scored a season-high four goals in a 4-0 victory over MSU Moorhead (1-10-2, 1-7-1 NSIC) on Friday night at Husky Stadium in St. Cloud. Four different Huskies found the back of the net in the game while the Husky defense limited the Dragon offense to no shots on goal or corner kicks throughout the entire game.

TURNING POINT

The Huskies jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 20^th minute when freshman defender Izzy Halunen (Woodbury, Minn.) and junior forward Ellie Primerano (St. Joseph, Mich.) connected for the game's first score. Halunen started the end-to-end play by moving the ball out of the Huskies defense end and towards middle field, kicking up a beautiful pass up the left side to a streaking Primerano, who ran past the Moorhead defense, made one defender miss and finished a shot with her left foot for the score. Then, just seven minutes later, sophomore defender Grace Olson (West Des Moines, Iowa) let a 35-yard shot rip from the middle of the field, beating the goalie high for the score and 2-0 lead.

In the second half, the Huskies got goals from freshman forward Gabby Hofeld (St. Paul, Minn.) and sophomore forward Linsey Trapino (Verona, Wis.) in the 79^th and 82^nd minutes, respectively, to put the game away for the Huskies.

TOP HUSKIES

Primerano scored her fifth goal of the season and her third game-winning goal of the season.
Redshirt freshman Gabby Zugel (Plainwell, Mich.) had two assists in the game, the first two points of her career.
Redshirt junior Meriel Orham (St. Michael, Minn.) earned her fifth shutout of the season.

NOTES

With the win, SCSU moves to 30-0-2 all-time against MSU Moorhead.
The Huskies unbeaten streak moves to six consecutive games, where they are 2-0-4 in their last six games. The Huskies are also now 7-1-4 in their last 11 games.
SCSU led shots on goal, 10-0, and corner kicks, 5-0.
Primerano's fifth goal of the season and third game-winning score of the season was also her ninth career goal and fourth game-winning score, as well as her 31^st career point.
In program history, Primerano now ranks 10^th in game-winning goals (four) and 16^th in points (31).
Zugel's two assists were her first and second career points.
Trapino netted her fourth goal of the season, 11^th career goal and 26^th career point, as she becomes the 23^rd Husky – and second this season after Primerano – to reach 25 career points (11g/4a/26p).
Olson scored her third goal of the season while Hofeld netted her second goal of the campaign.
Halunen's assist on Primerano's game-winning goal was her first career point.
Sophomore forward Zoey Fanter (Norwalk, Iowa) recorded her second assist of the season while sophomore defender Ana Spaine (West Des Moines, Iowa) had her first assist of her sophomore campaign.
Orham moved to 7-2-4 with her fifth shutout of the season, lowering her goals-against-average to 0.62.

UP NEXT

SCSU will next host Northern State on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 2:00 p.m. CT at Husky Stadium.

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