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Cleveland State Men's Soccer Final Road Game Takes Them to Wright State

Game No. 15
Date/Time: Friday, Nov. 1 | 7:00 PM
Location: Dayton, Ohio / Alumni Field
Teams: Cleveland State (5-6-3, 2-4-1) vs. Wright State (6-8-2, 2-4-1)
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Opening Whistle
With two games remaining in the regular season, the Green and White hit the road for the final time at Wright State tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Last Game Out
The Vikings celebrated senior night with a 3-0 shutout of Purdue Fort Wayne, the second of the season and first in league play. Cleveland State started the scoring in the 38th minute as Bojan Kolevski finished off a pair of passes from Matteo Correia and Tom Mertz.

The margin grew to 2-0 in the 61st minute as Correia finished off a through ball from Kolevski. Kolevski capped off the scoring in the 74th minute with his second of the game off a pass from Mertz to win 3-0.

#HLMSOC Award
Kolevski was named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week after scoring two goals and adding an assist in the 3-0 victory over PFW. The award was his first of the season and third of his career. The senior now has five goals and four assists for 14 points on the year.

Climbing the Career Records
Kolevski moved up a spot in the career goal category and is now tied for ninth with Bob Hritz (1975-78) with 33 goals.

About the Raiders
Wright State comes into the game with a 6-8-2 overall and identical 2-4-1 conference mark. WSU has been tough on its home field with a 4-2-1 record. In the last game, the Raiders were shutout on the road at Detroit, 2-0.

Cole Werthmuller leads the scoring with nine goals, while Henry Hutchinson has a team-best three assists. Joel Shaw has started the most games in goal, nine times, and has made 22 saves to go with two shutouts. However, Alessandro Malterer has started the last two games in goal and has played in five total this season, making ten saves.

Series History
A team has a chance to tilt the series in its favor as each side has won 19 times and three games have ended in draws. The last two meetings occurred in Cleveland each time and ended in ties. The last game in Dayton was in 2021, with the Raiders coming out on top, 4-3.

Ubiparipovic Background
Sinisa Ubiparipovic enters his sixth year as the head men's soccer coach at Cleveland State University. In his five seasons, the Vikings are 35-33-11 overall (.513 winning percentage) and 22-16-7 (.567 winning percentage) in league play.

Preseason Poll
Cleveland State was picked to finish second in the Horizon League Preseason Poll. Oakland is slotted in the top spot with three first-place votes for 75 total points. The Vikings are second with a first-place vote for 73 points. Green Bay received three first-place votes and IU Indianapolis got one to tie each other for third place.

Up Next
Cleveland State concludes the regular season at home on Tuesday, November 5 at 2 p.m. against Robert Morris.

Standings
1. Oakland - 4-1-2 - 14 Points
T2. Robert Morris - 4-2-1 - 13 Points
T2. Green Bay - 4-2-1 - 13 Points
T4. Purdue Fort Wayne - 3-3-1 - 10 Points
T4. Milwaukee - 3-3-1 - 10 Points
6. Detroit - 2-2-3 - 9 Points
T7. Wright State - 2-4-1 - 7 Points
T7. Northern Kentucky - 1-2-4 - 7 Points
T7. IU Indy - 2-4-1 - 7 Points
T7. Cleveland State - 2-4-1 - 7 Points
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Players Mentioned

Bojan Kolevski

#9 Bojan Kolevski

F
5' 10"
Graduate Student
Matteo Correia

#16 Matteo Correia

F
5' 9"
Freshman
Tom Mertz

#6 Tom Mertz

M
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Bojan Kolevski

#9 Bojan Kolevski

5' 10"
Graduate Student
F
Matteo Correia

#16 Matteo Correia

5' 9"
Freshman
F
Tom Mertz

#6 Tom Mertz

6' 2"
Freshman
M
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