HOUGHTON — Coming into their battle in Marquette against Northern Michigan Sunday afternoon, the Michigan Tech Huskies soccer team was looking for something, really anything, positive after struggling out of the gates this season to a 1-8-1 record. Maybe a positive result of any kind against the Wildcats was what the doctor ordered.

In the 40th minute, senior defender Olivia Gette took advantage of a lengthy free kick, and then senior goalkeeper Bri Barrows shut the door from there for the Huskies to earn their second win of the season, 1-0.

“You can’t get a much better feeling than beating a rival on their home turf,” said Huskies coach Melissa Kuhar, “especially after the start to conference we’ve had, the start to the season we had. So, yeah, absolutely thrilled with getting that win.

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