KENOSHA, Wis. – The Parkside men's soccer program is set to round out the regular season this weekend at Wood Road Field. The Rangers will open the weekend hosting St. Cloud State on Friday. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CDT. Parkside will then return to the pitch on Sunday to take on Northern Michigan. The Rangers will celebrate their senior class prior to the start of the match and kickoff the match at 1:30 p.m. CST.
Friday, Nov. 1
Parkside vs. St. Cloud State
2:30 p.m. CDT | Wood Road Field | Kenosha, Wis.
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Sunday, Nov. 3
Parkside vs. Northern Michigan
1:30 p.m. CST | Wood Road Field | Kenosha, Wis.
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The Rangers enter the final week of regular season play with a 6-5-3 overall record and a 4-4-2 GLIAC record. Parkside have already clinched a playoff spot in the GLIAC Tournament but will look to move up the table for better seeding. They currently sit in the fifth-place spot but are just one point behind fourth-place St. Cloud State.
SCOUTING ST. CLOUD STATE
The Huskies enter the weekend with an 8-7 overall record and a 5-5 record in conference play. SCSU played two matches in last week's action, both on the road. They would open the weekend with a close 1-0 loss to GLIAC foe Roosevelt. They would bounce back with a 3-2 win over UIS.
The Husky offense flows through senior Philip Caputo. Caputo has put in a campaign worthy of GLIAC Player of the Year consideration as he currently leads the GLIAC with 12 total goals. His 12 goals also places him seventh in all of Division II. He also leads SCSU with assists with six. His offensive effort has resulted in him leading the GLIAC in points with 30. Caputo's success has put the Huskies on top of the GLIAC in multiple offensive categories including scoring offense, shot accuracy, total goals, and total assists.
On the defensive end for St. Cloud State they rely on Atia Ramy between the posts. Ramy has started in 14 of the Huskies 15 matches and has racked up over 1,100 minutes in goal. He has made 48 saves on the season and holds a .727 save percentage.
HISTORY
The Rangers and Huskies last met earlier in the season, back in September. The two sides played in a back-and-forth thriller that the Rangers would fall in 4-3.
The all-time series favors the Rangers as they are 4-2-1 all-time against the Huskies.
SCOUTING NORTHERN MICHIGAN
The Wildcats of Northern Michigan enter the weekend with a 5-7-2 overall record and a 2-7-1 record in GLIAC action. The Wildcats two lone GLIAC wins have come against Purdue Northwest and Davenport both in Marquette.
NMU's offense is led by Tommaso Lami who has a team leading four goals this season. The Wildcats can have a number of different players produce, as they have 10 different players who have notched at least one goal this season. They have a total of 14 players have recorded points this year with Tommaso and teammate Alessandro Sciala leading the team with nine points each.
Defensively the Wildcats have played Nils Cedergren in net for all 14 matches. He has made 45 saves on the season and currently holds a .738 save percentage on the year.
HISTORY
The Wildcats and Rangers met back in September in Marquette where
Mario Bolado's free kick goal was the difference in Parkside's 1-0 victory.
The all-time series currently sits in favor of the Rangers by a landslide at 10-1-1. The last time the Wildcats topped the Rangers was back in 2021.