CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Vikings (6-2-6, 4-0-3) emerged victorious 3-1 against Purdue Fort Wayne (6-2-5, 3-2-2) in a match between the top two teams in the Horizon League.
Before the game, Cleveland State honored its five seniors:
Uros Jevtic,
Paolo Roditti,
Josip Rimac,
Isaac Ortega, and
Jacob Deever.
With tonight's victory, the Green and White extended its unbeaten streak to eleven games, which is the sixth longest in the NCAA and one short of tying the program record. Cleveland State also improved to 4-0-3 this year at home.
The Vikings tallied the only goal of the first half in the 42nd minute when
Uzman Ramees, who was just subbed on less than a minute before, found the back of the net off a pair of passes from
Peleg Armendariz and
Matteo Correia.
Armendariz doubled the margin in the 51st minute with his team leading fifth goal off a through ball from Ramees. Five minutes later, Ramees bagged his second of the game off a free kick from
Fefo Granados to lead 3-0.
Purdue Fort Wayne broke up the shutout in the 87th minute with a free kick in the box after the Vikings were called for an illegal pass back.
Ryan Poling made a season-best nine saves in goal.
Armendariz paced the offense with four shots, including two on frame.
Tom Mertz and Correa were next with two shots apiece.
Cleveland State plays its final league road game of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 31, with an early Halloween start of 2 p.m.