MARQUETTE, Mich. - A singular match is on the horizon for Northern Michigan University's men's soccer team, as the Wildcats look to clash against the Huskies of St. Cloud State this Saturday in Minnesota. 

The Huskies currently have a record of 1-2 overall and drew 2-2 against the Cats in their last matchup during the 2023 regular season. The Wildcats will look to improve on their 3-2-1 record against the Huskies and continue to reach milestones in their program history book. 

Northern Michigan will kick-off against St. Cloud State on Saturday, September 21, at 8 p.m. 

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Saturday, September 21 - vs. St. Cloud State at 8 PM
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Hear from Alex Fatovic
"There's nothing that we're going to take into this [next] game lightly…We're just going to keep trying to do the same things that we've been doing and hopefully, that comes out with three points for us in the end."


Cat Nips

• The Wildcats are 3-0-1 with three shutouts in the first four games, the best in program history 
• Alessandro Scialanga leads the team with six points, recording two goals and two assists
  • Scialanga scored two goals, one being his first career Wildcat goal, against Thomas More University last weekend
• Scialanga leads Wildcat field players in minutes played with 358, all but two minutes of the season. Behind him is Quint Van Roij (356), Finn Van Den Berg (343), and Tommaso Lami (333) and Xhoel Lutaj (333)
• Nils Cedergren holds three clean sheets for the start of the season, tied for first across the nation in shutouts
• Seven different 'Cats have found the back of the net throughout the last four games of the 2024 season 
• The Wildcats hold second in the GLIAC with eight goals for to two goal against 

A Look at St. Cloud State University
The Huskies are headed into Saturday coming off of a 1-1 weekend, with a most recent 7-2 win against Upper Iowa University. For St. Cloud State's third game of the season, senior midfielder, Philip Caputo, was named GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week, after he scored three goals and earned three assists against Upper Iowa. Also running as key players for the Huskies this season are Mika Folstad, a fifth-year midfielder with seven points, and Owen Worsdell, a junior defender with five points. St. Cloud State has shared the net with three goalkeepers, holding 6 goals scored against.