Primerano Scores in Third Straight Game, Huskies beat Bemidji State 2-1

Sunday, September 22

St. Cloud, Minn.

1:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

5-1-0, 2-0-0

Bemidji State

3-3-0, 1-1-0

Bemidji St.

St. Cloud St.

Primerano Scores in Third Straight Game, Huskies beat Bemidji State 2-1

9/22/2024 6:13:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Hawkey and Primerno score to lift SCSU to first victory over Beavers since 2019

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Soccer (5-1-0, 2-0-0 NSIC) won its fifth consecutive game after beating Bemidji State (3-3-0, 1-1-0 NSIC), 2-1, on Sunday afternoon at Husky Stadium in St. Cloud. Junior forward Ellie Primerano (Saint Joseph, Mich.) continued her hot stretch to start the season, scoring for the third consecutive game as her second half score proved to be the game-winner. She also recorded her first assist of the season on senior forward Ariel Hawkey's (Graham, Wash.) first period score.

The win avenged SCSU's three setbacks to the Beavers last season and moved the Huskies to 2-0 to open conference play.

TURNING POINT

SCSU jumped out to a 2-0 lead after goals in the 16^th minute from Hawkey and 65^th minute from Primerano. On the first goal, Primerano was able to sneak a pass past two Beaver defenders to Hawkey, who found herself alone behind the Bemdiji backline. Hawkey then beat the Bemidji goalkeeper to the far side to give the Huskies the early advantage. It was Primerano's turn then in the second half, as moved down the left side of the field and flipped a shot towards the front of the net, where Bemidji State's goalkeeper got a hand on the ball but couldn't stop it enough before crossing the goal line for a 2-0 lead.

SCSU held off a late charge from BSU in the second half, including a Beaver goal in the last minute, but SCSU held on to the 2-1 win.

TOP HUSKIES

Primerano scored her second game-winning and fourth goal of the season overall, as well as her first assist of the season.
Hawkey netted her first goal of the season.
Redshirt junior goalkeeper Meriel Orham (St. Michael, Minn.) recorded three saves in net to record her fifth win of the season.

NOTES

With the win, St. Cloud State improves to 10-13-3 all-time against the Beavers. It was the Huskies first win over BSU since Nov. 13, 2019, a 1-0 win in Bemidji.
Primerano scored her eighth career goal and ninth career assist to move to 28 career points (8g/12a) to move to 19^th place on SCSU's all-time scoring list.
Hawkey's first goal of the season was the fifth of her career.
Sophomore midfielder Cady Compton (Ankeny, Iowa) recorded her first career assist with a helper on Primerano's score.
Five Huskies – Orham, sophomore defender Ana Spaine (West Des Moines, Iowa), sophomore defender Grace Olson (West Des Moines, Iowa), junior defender Ella Clow (Minneapolis, Minn.) and freshman defender Izzy Halunen (Woodbury, Minn.) – all played a full 90 minutes.

UP NEXT

Next up, the Huskies will hit the road for a pair of road contests next weekend, facing Augustana on Friday, Sept. 27 and Wayne State on Sunday, Sept. 29.

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