Noah Bortle

HAMMOND — "Disappointing is probably a good word for it."

That's how Purdue Northwest men's soccer coach Luke Dunn summed up his team's 2024 campaign.

A year after winning the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and securing a bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Pride took a step backwards in 2024, going 7-9-2 with a 3-7-2 record in conference. PNW's season came to an end with a loss to Saginaw Valley State in the GLIAC semifinal.

"It created a lot of hunger within the team," Dunn said. "In our offseason training and our recruiting, we really emphasized, 'How can we not let this happen again?'"

The Pride showed flashes last fall of the team that had one of the most successful seasons in the school's history. A 3-1-1 record against ranked opponents showed a top-end

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