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Vikings Look to Bounce Back at Detroit

Vikings Look to Bounce Back at Detroit
Posted: Oct 22, 2014

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•The Cleveland State men's soccer team continues the 2014 regular season with one Horizon League match this weekend.

• The Vikings return to league play on Saturday (Oct. 25) with a 1:00 p.m. match at Detroit at Titan Field.

• The Vikings are 5-8 this year and 3-2 in Horizon League play.

• Detroit's record this year is 7-4-2 and the Titans are second place in the league with a 4-1 mark.

• CSU played two games last week, winning 3-1 at Wright State and falling at home to Valparaiso 1-0.

• Wright State struck first but CSU scored three unanswered goals in the second half to take a 3-1 victory.

• Alec Nagucki scored two goals and Jake Lagania added another for his first goal of the season.

• Valparaiso used a goal in the 58th minute that was good enough to beat CSU. 

• The Vikings had the advantage in corner kicks in each game for a total of 12-5. 

• Nick Ciraldo played all 180-minutes in goal and made seven total saves throughout the week. 

• Alec Nagucki leads the team with six points with Alvaro Pichard next with five points and Sergio Manesio, Dan Koniarczyk, and Hesham Hammouda all just  behind with four points.

• Nick Ciraldo has played in 12 games and made 48 saves throughout this season. 

• The Vikings will play just six home matches this year with 11 contests on the road. CSU played eight straight matches away from home from Aug. 31 through Oct. 4.

• CSU will play four games this year against teams that advanced to the NCAA Championship last season (Akron, California, Milwaukee, Wake Forest).

• CSU returns to action with two games next week, playing at Akron on Tuesday (Oct. 28) at FirstEnergy Stadium-Cub Cadet Field at 7:00 p.m. and hosting UIC on Saturday (Nov. 1) at Krenzler Field at 7 p.m.