St. Cloud State Men’s Soccer Falls 3-2 in Tightly Contested Match Against St. Thomas

Saturday, September 7

St. Paul, Minn.

Noon CT

St. Cloud State

0-2-0, 0-0-0

St. Thomas

2-1-2, 0-0-0

St. Cloud St.

St. Thomas (MN)

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

St. Cloud State Men’s Soccer Falls 3-2 in Tightly Contested Match Against St. Thomas

9/7/2024 6:03:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Caputo and Folstad each score a goal

St. Paul, Minn.- St. Cloud State Men's Soccer (0-2-0) were defeated 3-2 by St. Thomas Saturday afternoon. The Tommy's drew first blood with a goal coming at nearly the two-minute mark of the first half. The Huskies would create some offensive chances until Philip Caputo ultimately tied the game at the 22nd minute off assists by Yanis Smeg and Mika Folstad. The teams would go into the half tied 1-1, but coming out the break, St. Thomas would take a 2-1 lead after a goal by Faris Colic in the 49th minute. The two teams would continue to battle late into the second half before Folstad tied the game with a goal in the 77th minute off assists by Rhys Ward and Matt Greenland. St. Thomas was not fazed and would score three-minutes later in the 80th to lead 3-2. St. Cloud State continued to create opportunities but were unable to find the back of the net as they would be defeated 3-2 by St. Thomas.

Top Huskies

Mika Folstad tallied three points on the day with his first career goal and his second career assist.
Philip Caputo tied teammate Andrés García for the most career goals in program history with his eighth career goal.
Matt Greenland, Yanis Smeg, and Rhys Ward each recorded one assist with this being Greenland's and Smeg's first career point and Ward's fourth.

Notables

The Huskies fall to 0-1-0 against St. Thomas all-time.
St. Thomas led the game in shots (12-7), shots on goal (7-3), and corner kicks (7-3).
Will Cooley and Yannick Langerhuizen made their first career starts.
Langerhuizen and Andrew Holmes each played all 90 minutes.
Ramy Atia started his second consecutive game in goal for the Huskies and played all 90 minutes while recording a season-high four saves.
Yanis Smeg recorded one shot on goal.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on Friday, September 13 as they play Upper Iowa (0-0-1) in their home opener. For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Soccer, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.