MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Wildcats of the Northern Michigan University men's soccer team (1-4-2, 1-2-1 GLIAC) fell 1-0 to Davenport University in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play Sunday afternoon on a misty day in Marquette.

FIRST HALF

In the first half, neither team was able to put a goal on the board.

Ryan Palmbaum, Brady Kronenburg, and Markus Sandstad each had one shot in the opening half.

The NMU defense held stout as the visiting Panthers, who are undefeated in GLIAC play, only got two shots on goal off.

Goalkeeper Jonas Vorbau saved both shots that came his way in the first half.

SECOND HALF

In the second half, the Wildcats were able to outshoot the visiting team six to five as well as register six corners to Davenport's one.

Palmbaum registered NMU's lone shot on goal in the second half as well as two more shots.

The Panthers scored the first and only goal of the game in the 73rd minute of play. The 1-0 lead held the rest of the way in the Davenport win.

STAT LEADERS

Ryan Palmbaum tied the match-high and led the Wildcats with four total shots. He also had a shot on target.

Five other NMU team members had shots in the match. Cian Tunney, Kaffie Kurz, Dominik Vyleta, Brady Kronenburg, and Markus Sandstad.

Wildcat goalkeeper Jonas Vorbau had three saves in 90 minutes in goal.

WILDCAT TALK

"There is a saying that soccer is a 'match of two halves' and in the first half I was really pleased with how we handled the game," said head coach David Poggi.

"The first half was how we want to play. In the second half, we kind of lost our way. There are things we need to clean up in our game," added the head coach.

"It was an enjoyable, competitive, hard-fought match in the first half and it got difficult in the second half and was full of tension," concluded Poggi.

UP NEXT

NMU will travel to Iowa on Friday for a GLIAC match with Upper Iowa University. The contest is slated for 3 p.m.