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Cleveland State Men's Soccer Hosts UIC for Senior Night

Cleveland State Men's Soccer Hosts UIC for Senior Night

Game Outlook 
Date:
 Saturday,  Oct. 23
Location: Cleveland, Ohio | Krenzler Field
Teams: Cleveland State (8-5-0, 7-1-0) vs. UIC (6-6-2, 4-3-0)
Weather: 53 degrees, partly cloudy
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Presented by Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine

Opening Whistle
The Vikings welcome UIC to Krenzler Field for Senior Night tomorrow at 7 p.m. This contest marks the final regular-season game at home for the Green and White.

Honoring the Five
Cleveland State will recognize its five seniors; Thomas M'Barek, Andrew Nicholas, Stjepan Mijic-Barisic, Tommy Paltani, and Ivan Babic at 6:50 p.m.

Flames Facts
UIC enters the Horizon League game with a 6-6-2 overall record and 4-3-0 HL mark. The Flames have been shutout in their previous two contests with the latter coming against No. 20 Notre Dame, 3-0 on Tuesday. Nkusuwila Zulu leads the Flames attack with five goals and five assists. Jose Perez Flores is closed behind with three goals and three assists. Sokratis Vasilas has made 45 saves to go along with fourth shutouts.

The Series
The Vikings lead the all-time series 21-18-4, but UIC has won the previous two meetings. The Flames blanked Cleveland State last season, 1-0. Cleveland State is 11-4-3 against UIC on Krenzler Field.

Top of the League
The Vikings sit atop the Horizon League standings with 21 points, five points ahead of Oakland. UIC is currently fourth with 12 points.

Sharing Schmidt
Jannis Schmidt collected four assists last week, raising his total to 10 on the year. His 10 helpers are tops in the Horizon League and second-most in the nation.

Horizon League Rankings
Bojan Kolevski and Schmidt are tied for the most points in the league with 22. Kolevski paces all goal scorers with nine while Schmidt tops the assist category with 10.

Last Game Out
Cleveland State shutout Northern Kentucky, 3-0 at home on a rainy Saturday night. A pair of Viking defenders notched their first goals of the year, Saahb Kular and M'Barek. Kolevski also found the back of the net on the evening. In addition, Schmidt assisted on all three goals.

Coming Up
The Vikings will play their final non-conference game of the regular season on Tuesday evening, traveling to Akron at 7 p.m.

Inside the Numbers

  Cleveland State UIC
Goals 25 19
Assists 27 19
Shots (SOG) 158 (74) 174 (78)
Corner Kicks 50 58
Saves 60 46
Shutouts 3 4