2016 Creighton Men’s Soccer Game 8 • Saturday, Sept. 24 • Creighton at DePaul • Chicago, Ill. • 1:00 pm SID Contact: Anthony Robinson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5801 • Cell Phone: (712) 250-4900 • E-mail: [email protected] This is Creighton Men’s Soccer: Bluejays in the Polls 5 NCAA College Cup Appearances (1996, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012) NSCAA: 12 NCAA RPI: NA 23 NCAA Tournament Selections Top Drawer Soccer: 10 Soccer America: 22 26 Combined Conference Titles College Soccer News: 8 2016 Schedule August No. 12 Creighton (4-1-2, 1-0-0 BIG EAST) 26 at #25 Rutgers W, 2-0 vs. 29 San Francisco Canceled DePaul (5-2-2, 0-1-0 BIG EAST) September 2 at #2 Clemson L, 0-1 Up Next Scouting No. 12 Creighton 5 Nebraska-Omaha T, 1-1 (2OT) The Creighton men’s soccer team hits the (4-1-2, 1-0-0 BIG EAST) 9 Pennsylvania (Socctoberfest) W, 3-0 road for the first time in three weeks as it The Bluejays had their three-match win matches up against DePaul in Chicago on streak snapped with a 0-0 draw against No. 13 UMKC W, 3-0 Saturday afternoon for the Bluejays’ first 8 Denver on Wednesday. 17 Seton Hall * (Homecoming) (BEDN) W, 4-1 BIG EAST road match of 2016. 21 #8 Denver T, 0-0 (2OT) Creighton opened the conference 24 at DePaul * 1:00 pm Follow The Match schedule with a come-from-behind 4-1 Saturday’s match will have a free victory during its homecoming match against 27 Loyola-Chicago 7:00 pm videostream at the following web address: Seton Hall on Sept. 17. http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/college October sportslive/?media=535914. The Bluejays average 17.9 shots per match and have 58 total corner kicks through 1 at St. John’s * (BEDN) 6:00 pm Live stats for the contest can be found seven matches. 7 Butler * (BEDN) 7:00 pm at: http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/ 11 at Tulsa 7:00 pm gametracker/launch/gt_msoccer.html?event Alex Kapp has recorded four shutouts =1501813&school=depa&sport=msoccer&c and ranks second in Division I in save 15 Marquette * (BEDN) 7:00 pm amefrom=&startschool=& percentage (.912) with 31 saves and three 22 at Villanova * (BEDN) 12:00 pm goals against. 26 at Xavier * (BEDN) 6:00 pm Bluejay fans can also stay updated through the Creighton men’s soccer Twitter feed: Creighton returned five starters and 10 29 Providence * (BEDN) 7:00 pm Twitter.com/CreightonMSoc. letterwinners from last year’s squad that ended the season in the quarterfinals of the November NCAA tournament and led the country with 3 Georgetown * (BEDN) 7:00 pm 19 wins. 2016 BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship 6-13 TBD (at campus site of higher seed) TBA 2016 NCAA Tournament Nov. 17 - Dec. 11 TBA 2016 BIG EAST Regular-Season Standings * BIG EAST Conference matches BIG EAST Overall All times Central and subject to change Team W L T Pts. Pct. W L T Pct. Home matches in bold played at #10 Butler 1 0 0 3 1.000 6 0 1 .929 #12 Creighton 1 0 0 3 1.000 4 1 2 .714 Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium Xavier 1 0 0 3 1.000 3 2 2 .571 Georgetown 1 0 0 3 1.000 2 5 0 .286 Marquette 0 0 1 1 .500 3 1 3 .643 St. John’s 0 0 1 1 .500 3 2 2 .571 DePaul 0 1 0 0 .000 5 2 2 .667 Providence 0 1 0 0 .000 4 3 0 .571 Villanova 0 1 0 0 .000 3 3 1 .500 Seton Hall 0 1 0 0 .000 2 4 1 .357 2016 Quick Facts Scouting DePaul Lennon Named To TDS Team Of The Week (5-2-2, 0-0-1 BIG EAST) Following his three-goal performance last The Blue Demons picked up a 2-1 victory week, earned a spot on the Creighton University Information Riggs Lennon Location Omaha, Neb. over Northwestern during their last match on Top Drawer Soccer Division I Men’s Team of Founded 1878 Wednesday night. the Week (Sept. 12-18). Enrollment 8,393 Nickname Bluejays Simon Megally leads DePaul with five goals The senior scored the final goal during Colors Blue & White and three assists after recording one each Creighton’s 3-0 shutout of UMKC before President Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D. against the Wildcats. converting a pair of penalty kicks against Seton Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen Hall (Sept. 17). Affiliation NCAA Division I The Blue Demons dropped a 1-0 match against Conference BIG EAST Xavier in their first BIG EAST match of the Lennon and goalkeeper Alex Kapp also season. earned spots on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Bluejay Soccer Roll as announced by the conference on Head Coach Elmar Bolowich Series History vs. Blue Demons Monday afternoon. Alma Mater Mainz, 1981 Creighton leads the all-time series against Career Record 366-167-51 (28th season) DePaul 6-0-0. Creighton’s Conference Opener Success Record at CU 86-23-11 (Sixth season) The Bluejays are a perfect 4-0 in BIG EAST Assistant Coach Johnny Torres The Bluejays defeated the Blue Demons 1-0 regular-season openers following their victory Alma Mater Creighton, 2008 last year at Morrison Stadium. over Seton Hall on Sept. 17. Assistant Coach Michael Gabb Alma Mater Creighton, 2002 Creighton earned a 2-1 come-from-behind Creighton’s last regular season conference- Graduate Assistant Zach Barnes victory during the last meeting at Wish Field. opener loss occured during the 2011 season Alma Mater Creighton, 2015 Fabian Herbers tied the match, and Mike at Missouri State as a member of the Missouri Director of Operations Tim Breen, S.J. Paye scored the game-winner for the Bluejays. Valley Conference, and the last conference Home Field Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium home-opener loss occured in 2009, also to Capacity 7,500 Last Time Out Missouri State. 2015 Overall Record 19-4-0 In a clash of top-15 teams, No. 12 Creighton 2015 BIG EAST Record / Finish 7-2-0 / 2nd and No. 8 Denver played to a 0-0 draw. The Bluejays are 10-2-2 in conference home- Letterwinners Returning / Lost 10 / 9 openers at Morrison Stadium and 22-2-2 all- Starters Returning / Lost 5 / 6 Alex Kapp led the Bluejays with nine saves time. Goalkeepers Returning / Lost 1 / 1 as the Pioneers held a 17-12 shot advantage. Everybody Takes A Shot Conference Regular-Season Titles 13 Ricky Lopez-Espin and Riggs Lennon each The Bluejays tallied a season-high 29 shots, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2006, had three shots to lead Creighton, while the including 12 on goal, during Creighton’s 3-0 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 Bluejays managed only four shots on goal. win against UMKC (Sept. 13). Conference Tournament Titles 13 Kapp Ties Morrison Stadium Record 10 different Bluejays recorded at least one 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, Alex Kapp tied a Morrison Stadium record for shot. 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012 the most saves by a Creighton individual in a single match with nine on Wednesday against Creighton’s shot total against UMKC was the NCAA Tournament Appearances 23 Denver. most by the team since it posted 39 against 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, Villanova last season (Oct. 24). 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Alex Bolowich recorded nine saves against 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, No. 14 Old Dominion on Sept. 14, 2012. Forward Attack 2014, 2015 Through the first four matches, only one of Kapp’s nine saves also matched his career Creighton’s six goals had been scored by a 5 NCAA College Cup Appearances high. foward. That changed last week as all seven 1996, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012 goals of the Bluejays’ goals against UMKC and Scoreless Draws Seton Hall came from forwards (Myles Englis, Sports Information Creighton’s 0-0 draw on Wednesday was the Ricky Lopez-Espin and Riggs Lennon). Assistant SID / Men’s Soccer Contact first scoreless ties for the Bluejays since the Anthony Robinson 2014 NCAA tournament against UMBC (Dec. Office Phone 402-280-5801 Offensive Outburst 5, 2014). UMBC advanced to the College Cup Creighton was held to three goals through the Cell Phone 712-250-4900 E-mail [email protected] on penalty kicks, 4-3. first three contests of 2016, but outscored its opponents 10-1 in three consecutive victories. Sports Information Director Rob Anderson Office Phone 402-280-5544 Wednesday also marked Creighton’s first Assistant SID Glen Sisk regular-season 0-0 draw since the 2013 The Bluejays shut out Penn and UMKC 3-0 Office Phone 402-280-2433 season. The Bluejays and No. 12 Georgetown before defeating Seton Hall 4-1. Press Box 402-280-3567 or 3564 played to 0-0 on Sept. 28, 2013 during Sports Information FAX 402-280-2495 Creighton’s first BIG EAST road match in Ticket Office 402-280-JAYS program history. Athletic Website GoCreighton.com Conference Website BIGEAST.com NSCAA Top 25 Three Is The Magic Number Franke Lends Helping Foot Creighton is 3-0-0 this season when scoring Noah Franke leads the Bluejays with three Week Four • Sept. 20, 2016 Rk Team Pts LW 2016 three or more goals. assists. 1. Maryland (11) 579 4 5-0-2 2. Syracuse (11) 564 5 7-0-0 The Bluejays have won their last 36 Franke had three assists all of last season.