Detroit Mercy scored a goal in each half, both by Rocco Galati, and the Titans defeated Chicago State 2-1 in men's soccer Thursday afternoon at Titan Field in Detroit.
Chicago State was the aggressor early, attempting six shots to Detroit Mercy's one, but both only managed one shot on goal and the Titans broke through in the 34th minute on Galati's first goal to give UDM a 1-0 lead.
Galati found the back of the net again about three minutes into the second half, scoring at the 47:47 mark to extend the lead to 2-0.Â
Chicago State cut the lead in half in the 83rd minute when
Danail Sergiev scored on a shot in the lower left corner an CSU had seven minutes to tie and extend the match but the Titans turned back the Cougars and half on for the 2-1 win. Chicago State did manage some pressure and outshot the Titans 15-7 but Detroit Mercy held a 5-4 advantage in shots on goal and a 2-1 advantage on the scoreboard.
Next up for the Cougars will be a trip to Louisville, Kentucky to take on Bellarmine University on Monday, September 5 at Owsley B. Frazier Stadium at 1 p.m.
About Chicago State:
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioningm to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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