THIS WEEK IN PEACOCK MEN'S SOCCER… As Upper Iowa looks to wrap up their 2022 fall season on Wednesday, they have one last match at St. Cloud State. Kick off in Minnesota is scheduled for 6 p.m.
LIVE COVERAGE OPTIONS… Fans who are unable to make it to the game this week have a chance to follow along with a pair of live options. While live stats are available for free, fans will need to sign up for a FloSports subscription at
https://flosports.link/3oPmh5x. As a bonus, anyone who subscribes using a GLIAC member institution domain (.edu) email address will be eligible for an additional discounted subscription rate. Upper Iowa is an affiliate member of the GLIAC in both men's soccer and women's lacrosse. The FloSports subscription will cover both home and away matches for the remainder of the season.
PEACOCK HUE REVIEW… Over the weekend, the Peacocks played two matches at Harms-Eischeid Stadium. Their first battle was with (No. 14) UW Parkside. Throughout the game, Parkside capitalized on several stray few moments. They opened the scoring after converting on a free kick in the 23rd minute. Three minutes later, the Rangers doubled their lead on an unfortunate own goal. Wisconsin-Parkside then made it 3-0 in the 35th minute as they created an opportunity from a long ball clearance. The shot snuck in at the back post. The score held for the entirety of the match.
Against Northern Michigan, Upper Iowa got off to a slow start. The Wildcats converted their first goal in the 17th minute of the match from a corner kick. They continued with their hot shot offense and netted their second goal of the afternoon only one minute later. The Peacocks came to life with a score in the 25th minute of the game from
Frider Blunck, with assists from
Dexter Garrett and
Carson Cajuste. The Wildcats answered with one more goal before the first 45 minutes came to a close. At the 28:26 mark, NMU netted one into the top right corner, leaving them with a 3-1 lead going into halftime.
The two teams battled it out evenly for the first part of the second half. In the 73rd minute, a foul was called on Upper Iowa in the box, giving Northern Michigan a penalty opportunity. The Wildcats stepped up and converted. Upper Iowa created the same penalty kick opportunity for themselves just a few minutes later.
Leart Wunsch drew a foul in the box which gave
Edward Stephens-Truman the penalty opportunity. His successful attempt brought the game to a score of 4-2, in favor of Northern Michigan. The Peacocks sought out several more scoring opportunities, but were just off the mark in doing so. The 4-2 result held for the remainder of the contest.
ONE, TWO, FRI-DER… Frider Blunck netted his third goal of the season against Northern Michigan this past weekend, making him the offensive scoring leader for the Peacocks. Blunck has tallied a total of eight goals in his Peacock career. All but one of them have been scored against Northern Michigan.
SCANNING ST. CLOUD… The Huskies come into the match versus Upper Iowa with a 3-8-4 (2-7-2 GLIAC) record. In their last two contests, they fell to Northern Michigan 4-2 and drew a 2-2 tie with UW Parkside. Philip Caputo leads the way for SCSU offensively, tallying five goals and three assists on the season. Gage Steiner is in commands between posts, recording over 1,300 minutes this season with a total of 56 saves. In their last meeting with the Peacocks, St. Cloud was victorious in a 2-0 result. They saw goals from Rhys Ward and Miguel Konde Gwo.
