St. Cloud State Men’s Soccer Falls in Conference Opener

Thursday, September 17

St. Cloud, Minn.

1:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

2-4-0, 0-1-0

Purdue Northwest

4-0-1, 1-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Purdue Northwest	2	0	2
St. Cloud St.	0	1	1

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

9/17/2026 3:46:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Huskies drop their first GLIAC game at Husky Stadium

ST. CLOUD, Minn - St. Cloud State Men's Soccer (2-4-0) hosted the Purdue Northwest Lions (4-0-1). The Huskies would fall in their first conference game of the season 2-1.

Purdue Northwest came out the gates firing as the Lions, Gianluca Franco, opened the gates with a goal in the third minute, followed by Landon Potts in the 12th minute. The Lions would carry a two-goal lead into the locker room. The Huskies began the 2nd half in better form and got the ball to hit the back of the netting in the 58th minute as King Dwumah Acheampong scored his first goal of the season on the assist from Gavin Gaetz. Huskies held the ball for the majority of the 2nd half with multiple different chances, but they couldn't score the equalizer, and the Lions would go on to win 2-1.

Top Huskies

King Dwumah Acheampong scored his first goal of the season

Gavin Gaetz tallied his first collegiate assist

Diego Ramos had 5 total shots, 2 on goal, in just 66 minutes on the pitch

Notables

Erik Willke, Santi Martin, Andrew Holmes, Elliot Hadley, and Finn Mankowski all played 90 minutes

Huskies outshot the Lions 12-9

The Huskies had four shots on goal.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will host the fourth and final game of their four-game homestand, taking on UW-Parkside on Sunday, September 20th, at 12:00 p.m. CT. The game will be available to watch live on FloCollege.

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