2015 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY MEN’S SOCCER MATCH NOTES MARQUETTEMATCH 4: vs. DAYTON SOCCER 2015 MATCH NOTES MARQUETTE VS DAYTON MATCH # 4 Monday, Sept. 7 • Valley Fields • Milwaukee • 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer Contact: Luke Pattarozzi • (414) 288-6980 • [email protected] • GoMarquette.com THE MATCHUP LIVE BROADCAST INFO WATCH LIVE: GoMarquette.com 2015 STATS LIVE STATS: GameTracker 1-1-1 W-L-D 2-1-0 1.67 GOALS/GM 2.00 2015 QUICK FACTS 13.7 SHOTS/GM 13.0 Location ..............................................Milwaukee, Wisconsin GAA Nickname ...........................................................Golden Eagles 1.22 1. 0 VP/Director of Athletics ..........................................Bill Scholl .800 SAVE % .727 Home Field ............................................................ Valley Fields All-time record ............................... 388-365-87 / 51st season 14.3 FOULS/GM 11. 0 NCAA Appearances ................................. 3 (1997, 2012, 2013) Head Coach ........................................................Louis Bennett KEY STORYLINES Record at Marquette ......................64-81-26/ 10th season • The Marquette University men’s soccer team will play host to the Dayton Flyers in Monday’s Overall Record .............................199-145-43/ 20th season home opener, which will mark the first game in a three-game homestand for the Golden Eagles. Assistants: ......Steve Bode, Marcelo Santos, Nick Vorberg • The Golden Eagles lead the all-time series with a 3-2-2 mark against Dayton, but their meeting on Starters R/L .............................................................................8/3 Monday will be the first since 1994 and first in Milwaukee since 1989. The Flyers are unbeaten in the Letterwinners R/L ................................................................20/6 Newcomers ...............................................................................6 prevous four meetings, including two draws. • Marquette traveled across town in its last matchup and played to a 1-1 draw in front of a record crowd at Engelmann Stadium (4,030) to retain the Milwaukee Cup for the first time since 2009. It 2015 FIXTURES marked the first draw in the all-time series since 2007. August Oponenent Location Time/Result • Dayton comes into Monday’s Labor Day match with a 2-1-0 mark with two straight wins against Fri. 28 at (RV) Oregon State Corvallis, Ore. L, 0-1 OT James Madison and Cleveland State following a season-opening setback to Radford. Sun. 30 at Portland Portland, Ore. W, 4-2 • Marquette head coach Louis Bennett will try for career coaching win No. 200 on Monday after September being denied reaching the milestone against his former team of 10 seasons, UW-Milwaukee, Thursday. Thu. 3 at Milwaukee Milwaukee T, 1-1 2OT Mon. 7 Dayton Valley Fields 6:00 pm FOLLOW IT LIVE Fri. 11 Nebraska-Omaha Valley Fields 6:00 pm • Monday’s home opener against Dayton will feature live video streaming and live statistics via Fri. 18 Northern Illinois Valley Fields 7:05 pm GoMarquette.com. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Sat. 26 at St. John’s* Queens, N.Y. 6:00 pm • As always, follow Marquette Soccer on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Live in-game updates Tue. 29 at Notre Dame Notre Dame, Ind. 6:00 pm are available via Twitter. Join the conversation by using #MarquetteSoccer. October Sat. 3 at Villanova* Villanova, Pa. 12:00 pm SCOUTING THE FLYERS Wed. 7 at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 7:00 pm • Dayton enters Monday’s contest with a 2-1-0 mark and seeking its third straight win after victories Sat. 10 Seton Hall* Valley Fields 7:05 pm over James Madison and Cleveland State in its previous two outings. Monday’s match against the Wed. 14 at Georgetown* Washington, D.C. 2:00 pm Golden Eagles will by the Flyers’ first on the road this season. Sat. 17 Creighton* Valley Fields 7:05 pm • The Flyers defeated Cleveland State convincingly last time out, going away with a 4-1 win, thanks Sat. 24 at Xavier* Cincinnati, Ohio 6:00 pm to goals from four different player who each registered their first goal of the season. Two first half goals Wed. 28 Providence* Valley Fields 7:05 pm were all Dayton needed as Amass Amankona and Michael Frasca scored in the 15th and 18th minutes, Sat. 31 Butler* Valley Fields 7:05 pm respectively. James Haupt and Carlos Sendin added tallies in the second half for good measure. The November Flyers outshot CSU, 17-9, including 6-2 in shots on target. Thu. 5 at DePaul* Chicago, Ill. 1:00 p.m. • Dayton went 7-7-5 in 2014, watching its season come to an end in a 1-0 loss to top-seeded Rhode BIG EAST Championship Island in the first round of the Atlantic-10 Conference tournament. Tue. 10 First Round at Higher Seed TBA • The Flyers return 16 letterwinners, including nine starters, in 2015 and were picked to finish Fri. 13 Semifinal at Higher Seed TBA sixth in the A-10 Preseason Poll behind conference-favorite Saint Louis. Dayton landed three on the Sun. 15 Final at Higher Seed TBA Preseason All-10 team as James Haupt (F), Amass Amankona (M) and Lalas Abubakar (D) were each NCAA Championship represented, while Kennedy Nwabia earned Preseason All-Rookie honors. Thu. 19 First Round TBA TBA Sun. 22 Second Round TBA TBA UP NEXT Sat. 28 Third Round TBA TBA • Marquette will welcome Nebraska-Omaha to Valley Fields on Friday, Sept. 11. It will mark the December first-ever meeting between both programs. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Central time. Fri. 4 Quarterfinals TBA TBA Fri. 11 Semifinals Kansas City, Kan. TBA Sun. 13 Final Kansas City, Kan. TBA *BIG EAST Conference matches; Bold indicates home match Dates/times subject to change; All times Central (CT) BIG EAST Regular Season Champions: 2011, 2013 | BIG EAST Tournament Champions: 2013 @marquettesoccer /marquettesoccer @marquettesoccer 2015 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY MEN’S SOCCER MATCH NOTES MATCH 4: vs. DAYTON LAST TIME OUT BENNETT II, NORTEY EARN PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST ACCOLADES • On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Golden Eagles traveled across town to take • The Golden Eagles were picked to finish fifth in the BIG EAST on UW-Milwaukee for the coveted Milwaukee Cup in the 43rd meeting Conference in 2015, behind conference favorites Creighton and between both teams. The game ended in a 1-1 draw and Marquette Georgetown, who tied for a league-high 77 poll points and evenly split the retained possession of the cup thanks to last season’s 2-0 win at Valley 10 first-place votes. Providence was picked third, followed by Xavier and Fields. Marquette. • A record crowd of 4,030 was announced at Engelmann Stadium, Preseason Coaches’ Poll which eclipsed the old mark 3,312 set back in 2013, and is the largest 1. Creighton - 77 pts. (5 first place votes) crowd to take in a Milwaukee Cup match in series history. 2. Georgetown - 77 pts. (5) • UW-Milwaukee showed tremendous speed early on, taking advantage 3. Providence - 65 pts. of its artificial surface that Marquette was experiencing for the first time 4. Xavier - 55 pts. this season. It tranlated into several scoring chances and UWM’s Tinashe 5. Marquette - 50 pts. Marowa broke through with the game’s first goal in the 22nd minute. 6. St. John’s - 36 pts. • The Golden Eagles found the equalizer in the 73rd minute when junior 7. Butler - 33 pts. midfielder Louis Bennett II curled a left-footed strike inside the left post 8. Villanova - 29 pts. from 25 yards out. 9. Seton Hall - 19 pts. • Each team registered 17 shots and seven corner kicks in the match. 10. DePaul - 9 pts. • The Golden Eagles also featured two players on the Preseason All-BIG MARQUETTE’S SUCCESS IN HOME OPENERS EAST squad with redshirt senior forward C. Nortey and junior midfielder • Since 2005, the Golden Eagles are 8-1-1 in Valley Fields lid-lifters with Louis Bennett II earning the prestigious honor. a four-match win streak entering Monday’s contest against Dayton. Their • The 2014 Preseason Coaches’ Poll had Marquette and Georgetown lone loss in that stretch came against UW-Milwaukee back in 2010 by a 4-2 tied atop the list following the Golden Eagles earning a share of the BIG result. MU tied Denver, 0-0, back in 2006. EAST regular season title, a BIG EAST tournament championship and • Marquette defeated Gonzaga in last season’s home opener, 2-0, eventually falling to Virginia in the Sweet Sixteen in 2013. behind scores from Alex McBride and Daniel Szczepanek. • In their last 10 home openers, Marquette has doubled their opponents BIG EAST AMONG NATION’S ELITE CONFERENCES in the scoring column, averaging 2.2 goals per game, while allowing just 1.1 • The BIG EAST featured four teams ranked in the NSCAA Top-25 goals against. preseason poll, including Georgetown at No. 3, Creighton at No. 6, Providence at No. 7 and Xavier at No. 19. BARRAZA QUICKLY COLLECTS FIRST AWARD • Currently, those same four teams rank in the top-12 nationally • Freshman goalkeeper Luis Barraza is only two matches into his young according to the NSCAA Top-25 Poll and top-16 according to College Soccer collegiate career, but he already claimed his first weekly honor with a spot News’ Top-30 Poll. on the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll (Aug. 31). • Barraza made 11 saves in two starts last week, registering a 1-1 record during Marquette’s West Coast road trip. He made eight saves in a 1-0 overtime loss against Oregon State, followed by three saves in a 4-2 win against Portland. He currently sports a 1.65 GAA with a .786 save percentage in over 163 minutes of action. NEWCOMERS MAKING AN IMPACT • Four out of the six newcomers made appearances in the season opener against Oregon State with Luis Barraza getting the start in net.