MENOMONIE — The University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic men's soccer team defeated the University of Northwestern-St. Paul 3-0 Wednesday at Nelson Field. The Blue Devils finished with 23 shots, including 10 on goal, while holding Northwestern-St. Paul to four shots and one on goal.
Logan Bergien led Stout with a goal and an assist, contributing four shots, including two on goal.
Trey White scored the game-winning goal while
Max Meeh added a goal.
Stout created early pressure, with
Patrick Zich and Bergien taking shots in the opening 9 minutes. A set-piece stretch followed, producing three corner kicks and attempts from
Kevin Lowery,
Alex Thayer and
Ryker Rivard, including Thayer's shot off the left woodwork in the 21
st minute. White broke through in the 31st minute off
Jack Poole's assist, giving Stout a 1-0 lead. Northwestern responded with a corner at 32 minutes and Braeden Morrow's shot on goal at 32 minutes, but Puglisi made the save. The Blue Devils generated further chances, with
Sven Oberg and Lowery forcing saves before the first half ended with UW-Stout ahead 1-0.
Bergien scored in the 48th to extend Stout's lead to 2-0 off a free kick a bent around the wall and tucked just inside the far post. The Blue Devils maintained pressure with an
Asher Vogel shot, two corner kicks, and another Bergien attempt before Meeh scored in the 57th minute off assists from Rivard and Bergien, making it 3-0.
With the win, the Blue Devils improve to 2-1-0 on the season. Up next, Stout travels to Pella, Iowa, to face Central College on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 4:30 p.m.
