Box Score

ST. PAUL – The University of Northwestern fell to Marian University 3-1 in Saturday afternoon's contest. With plenty of opportunities on goal, the Eagles couldn't quite execute against the Sabres.

Marian was the first to put themselves on the scoreboard with a goal from Israel Tovar Jr in the 12th minute when Eagle goalkeeper Jordan Salm (Cleveland, Wis./Sheboygan North) ran out of the goal to make the save but missed and allowed Tovar Jr. to complete the goal with an additional kick. Only one minute later Tovar Jr. made another goal with a header but was called for offsides. Freshman Andres Almarza (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Christian) made his first career goal in the 24th minute with a hard deep shot putting the Eagles on the board. Almarza led the Eagles in shots on goal with five.

The second period proved to be successful for Marian with two more goals from Alonso Fragoso in the 66th and 71st minutes. On the offensive front, Marian earned the upper hand in shot total with 20 in comparison to UNW's 13, but the Eagles picked up two more saves on defense than the visitors. Unable to respond to the Sabres' second half offensive push, the Eagles fell to the Sabres 3-1.

Jordan Salm (Cleveland, Wis./Sheboygan North) had another busy night racking up 11 saves for the Eagles with a .785 average for the day. The freshman goalkeeper has started in goal four out of the five games for the Eagles this season.

Northwestern (0-5) will begin Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) conference play as they host Northland College on September 19 at 4:15 p.m. and again on the 20th against St. Scholastica at 2:15 p.m.