Cleveland, Ohio-  The Cleveland State men's soccer team beat Marshall 2-1 in the season's home opener at Krenzler Field on Sunday afternoon.

The Vikings (2-2-0) controlled the ball throughout the match and played tough defense against Marshall all game long.  Offensively for Cleveland State, senior forward Jordan Hart and senior forward Admir Suljevic led the charge for the Vikings on key goals to put the Vikings in the win column.

In the first half, Marshall put up the first points of the match when sophomore defender/midfielder Jack Hopkins scored his second goal of the season to give Marshall (0-3-1) an early 1-0 lead.  Juan Ortiz was credited on the assist.  That Vikings struck back when senior Jordan Hart booted an impressive goal from 30 yards out at the 36:42 minute-mark to tie the game at one and stood that way heading into halftime.  Hart's goal was his second on the season. 

In the second half,  CSU was in command offensively and defensively.  The Vikings were scrapping for every loose ball and attacking the net all throughout the second half.  Cleveland State attempted nine shots, where Marshall was only able to get off three shots in the second half. 

At the 69:38 minute-mark junior, Admir Suljevic broke the tie when he scored his second goal of the season when he took a pass at the top of the box from junior midfielder/ defender Alex Obbey, when Suljevic kicked the ball into the lower left corner of the net.  Suljevic's goal happened to be the game winner.  Constant ball pressure from Cleveland State kept Marshall off the scoreboard during the second half. 

CSU's goalkeeper Nick Ciraldo made his first start of the year on Sunday and defended the net well.  Ciraldo had three saves in the game.

The Vikings will hope to keep the winning ways going as the men's soccer team will play a pair of games away when the team will play Belmont on Friday (Sept.13) at 7 p.m. and on Sunday (Sept. 15) against Lipscomb at 1 p.m.