Men's Soccer Takes Down The Wildcats On The Road In Marquette To Start 2023

OVERVIEW – NORTHERN MICHIGAN

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 4, Northern Michigan Wildcats 2

RECORDS: Northwood (1-0-0, 0-0-0 G-MAC), Northern Michigan (0-1-0, 0-0-0 GLIAC)

LOCATION: NMU Soccer Field - Marquette, Mich.

RECAP: The Northwood men's soccer team traveled to Marquette to open their 2023 season on Thursday (August 31). Luke Kalavitz and the Timberwolves would escape victorious following two second-half goals in the final 12 minutes of the match to win 4-2.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• A tightly contested first half between the two schools. Northern led with nine shots followed by NU's 7. This accounted for both having three shots on goal to finish the half.
• Northwood applied pressure in the 21^'[, a shot low center by Andrew Simon would be saved, but moments later junior Kalavitz put the Timberwolves out in front, 1-0 NU. Kalavitz's goal was the first of his career.
• Coming out of the break, the Timberwolves came out firing. A shot by Amadeo Crovasce would leak high, but Oliver Jarvis would add to the lead with a goal in the 47', 2-0 NU.
• The Wildcats' attack would find success with subsequent on-goal shots in the 53' including a save that wouldn't keep the Cats from scoring, 2-1 NU.
• Northern would capitalize on another opportunity scoring the equalizer in the 72' 2-2.
• The game saw hard fouls throughout with Northwood collecting seven yellow cards while Northern finished with six.
• Chris Escalante would later break the tie off a pass from Patrick Hamilton in the 78', 3-2 NU.
• Kalavitz would later put the game out of reach four minutes later in the 82', scoring his second for a brace and the second of his career, 4-2 NU. Hamilton would earn his second assist of the match on the goal.

GAME STATS

• Shots: Northwood 17, Northern Michigan 20
• Saves: Northwood 7 (Robert Gjelaj), Northern Michigan 5 (Florian Palmowski)
• Corners: Northwood 2, Northern Michigan 7

TOP NU PERFORMERS

• Kalavitz: 2 Goals (2)
• Jarvis: Goal (1)
• Escalante: Goal (1)
• Hamilton: 2 Assists

UP NEXT

• Men's soccer is set for their home opener versus Purdue Northwest on Sunday (September 3). First kick is set for noon.