2019 Creighton Men’s Soccer Match #17 • Butler at Creighton • Omaha, Nebraska • Saturday, Nov. 9 • 7:00 p.m. (CT) SID Contact: Anthony Robinson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5801 • Cell Phone: (712) 250-4900 • E-mail: [email protected] This is Creighton Men’s Soccer: • 5 NCAA College Cup Appearances • 11 Elite Eight Appearances (1996, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012) • 24 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 14 Sweet 16 Appearances • 27 Combined Conference Titles Up Next Kuba Polat, Younes Boudadi and Musa Qongo 2019 Schedule Creighton opens postseason play with a BIG each claim four assists to tie for the team lead. Overall: 8-6-2 EAST Championship First Round match on BIG EAST: 4-4-1 Saturday against Butler at Morrison Stadium. Creighton averages 1.38 goals per match, while Home: 7-2-0 goalkeepers Paul Kruse and Collin Valdivia Away: 1-4-2 Follow the Match have combined for a 1.25 goals against August Saturday’s match will be broadcast on the BIG average. EAST Digital Network, which can be streamed 30 at #6 North Carolina (ACCNX) T, 2-2 (2OT) on Twitter (@BIGEASTChamps), YouTube Head coach Johnny Torres is in his first (youtube.com/BIGEASTConference) or Caffeine year at the helm of the Bluejays after September TV (www.caffeine.tv/bedn). spending 12 years as an assistant coach. 1 at #4 Wake Forest (ACC Network) L, 0-1 Live stats will be provided via StatBroadcast. Scouting Butler (10-6-1, 4-4-1 BIG EAST) 6 #21 AKRON $ W, 2-1 The Bulldogs ended the regular season with 13 9 COLUMBIA W, 3-1 Links to live stats and video streams can be found points in BIG EAST play following a 2-1 win at on the Creighton Men’s Soccer schedule page. home against Xavier on Wednesday. 13 UC IRVINE L, 1-3 16 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W, 2-1 Updates will be provided on Twitter Butler tied Creighton for fourth in the final 20 at Marquette* (BEDN) W, 1-0 (@CreightonMSOC), Facebook (Facebook. standings but fell to the Bluejays last weekend com/CreightonSoccer) and Instagram to drop the tiebreaker. 24 TULSA W, 4-3 (2OT) (CreightonMSOC). 29 VILLANOVA* (BEDN/COX) W, 1-0 The Bulldogs are 6-2-1 since the start of Scouting Creighton (8-6-2, 4-4-1 BIG EAST) October. The Bluejays secured the No. 4 seed and a October First Round home match after battling for a Brandon Guhl paces the Bulldogs offensively 4 at Seton Hall* (BEDN) L, 0-1 1-1 draw at No. 3 Georgetown on Wednesday, with 19 points, including a team-best eight 11 at Xavier* (BEDN) L, 0-1 during Creighton’s third consecutive overtime goals. match. 19 #7 ST. JOHN’S* (COX) L, 0-2 Freshman Wilmer Cabrera, Jr. is close behind 23 DEPAUL* (BEDN) W, 1-0 Yudai Tashiro netted the game-tying goal on with seven goals, while Jack Heywood leads 26 at Providence* (BEDN) L, 2-3 (OT) Wednesday and leads the Bluejays with six the squad with seven assists. goals this season, including four in the last three matches. Gabriel Gjergi has played each minute this year November in goal for Butler and owns a 1.11 goals against 2 BUTLER* (BEDN/COX) W, 2-1 (2OT) Creighton ended the regular season with 13 average with five shutouts. points in BIG EAST play to tie for fourth place 6 at #3 Georgetown* (BEDN) T, 1-1 (2OT) with Butler. The Bluejays earned the No. 4 Head coach Paul Snape is in his 9th season at seed because of their 2-1 double overtime win the helm of the Bulldogs. against Butler in Omaha last weekend. 2019 BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship (each round hosted at campus site of higher seed) 2019 BIG EAST Standings 9 (5) BUTLER (BEDN) 7 pm BIG EAST Overall 13 at (1) #3 Georgetown 12 pm Team W L T Pts W L T Pct. 17 Championship (FS2) 11 am x^-#3 Georgetown 7 0 2 23 14 1 2 .882 x-#8 St. John’s 6 2 1 19 13 3 1 .794 x-Providence 6 3 0 18 12 5 0 .706 x-Creighton 4 4 1 13 8 6 2 .563 $ - Creighton’s 2019 Socctoberfest x-Butler 4 4 1 13 10 6 1 .618 * - BIG EAST Conference matches x-Marquette 4 5 0 12 8 8 1 .500 ( ) - Denotes seeding Seton Hall 3 5 1 10 6 9 1 .406 All times Central and subject to change Xavier 3 6 0 9 8 8 1 .500 Villanova 2 6 1 7 9 8 1 .528 Home matches in BOLD CAPS played at DePaul 1 5 3 6 5 9 3 .382 Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium x - Clinched spot in 2019 BIG EAST Championship ^ - 2019 BIG EAST Regular Season Champion 2019 Quick Facts Series History Against Bulldogs ing a team save at the 54-minute mark. Cameron Creighton leads the all-time series against Butler, Briggs turned aside a dangerous Georgetown Creighton University Information 8-2-1, including a 4-0-1 mark at Morrison Stadium. opportunity by sending the ball off the end line. Location Omaha, Neb. Founded 1878 The Bluejays defeated the Bulldogs 2-1 in double Following Tashiro’s goal in the 61st minute, the Enrollment 8,821 overtime on Nov. 2 in Omaha to gain the head- Bluejays attempted only three shots during the Nickname Bluejays to-head tiebreaker and allow Creighton to host remainder of regulation while the Hoyas continued Colors Blue & White Saturday’s First Round match. to apply pressure and nearly found a game-winner. President Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D. Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen Creighton and Butler have met once previously The Hoyas outshot the Bluejays 5-3 during the two Affiliation NCAA Division I during the BIG EAST Tournament as the Bulldogs overtime periods as Kruse made his eighth and Conference BIG EAST earned a 2-1 victory to claim the 2016 BIG EAST ninth saves of the match. Championship. Bluejay Soccer Creighton BIG EAST Tourney History Head Coach Johnny Torres The Bluejays have made the six-team BIG EAST Alma Mater Creighton, 2008 Last Time Out Career Record 8-6-2 Creighton earned the No. 4 seed in the 2019 BIG Championship field each year since joining the Record at CU 8-6-2 EAST Championship presented by Jeep with a 1-1 league in 2013. Assistant Coach Ian Sarachan double overtime draw at No. 3 Georgetown on Alma Mater Illinois-Chicago, 2010 Wednesday afternoon. Creighton has reached the title match twice (2015, Assistant Coach Michael Gabb 2016) and claimed runner-up each time. Alma Mater Creighton, 2002 Sophomore goalkeeper Paul Kruse made a career- Volunteer Assistant Mitch Kavanagh high nine saves to help fend off the Hoyas’ 27 shots The Bluejays are 3-5-1 during BIG EAST Alma Mater Bellevue University, 2013 and 19 corner kicks on Wednesday. Georgetown Championship matches, including a 2-0-1 mark at Home Field Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium ended the match with a 27-11 edge in shots and Morrison Stadium. Capacity 7,500 19-2 advantage in corner kicks. 11-4-3 2018 Overall Record Creighton hosted a First Round match in 2016 2018 BIG EAST Record / Finish 7-1-1/1st Kruse’s nine saves were the most by a Creighton (3-1 win vs. Xavier) and a Semifinal match in both Letterwinners Returning / Lost 12 / 7 Starters Returning / Lost 6 / 5 goalkeeper since Alex Kapp had nine in two differ- 2018 (1-1 tie vs. Marquette) and 2015 (2-1 win vs. Goalkeepers Returning / Lost 1 / 0 ent matches in 2016. Providence). Newcomers 11 The Bluejays trailed 1-0 at the half before senior The last time the program hosted more than one Conference Regular-Season Titles 14 Yudai Tashiro tied the match at 1-1 with a diving conference tournament match in the same season 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2007, header during the 61st minute. was in 2011 when the Bluejays defeated Bradley 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018 and Missouri State en route to the MVC Tournament Tashiro recovered a rebound and headed the ball title. Conference Tournament Titles 13 into the back of the net from eight yards out for his 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, team-leading sixth goal of the season. Keegan Boyd Overall, Creighton is 6-1-2 during 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012 had the initial shot that the Georgetown goalkeeper conference tournament matches played at saved before Tashiro dove towards the ball from Morrison Stadium, and 21-4-3 during all NCAA Tournament Appearances 24 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, near the middle of the 18-yard box and knotted the postseason matches at Morrison (includes NCAA 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, match at 1-1 with his fourth goal in Creighton’s past Tournament). 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 three matches. BIG EAST Champs Across Creighton Athletics NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances 14 Following the Bluejays’ equalizer, Georgetown The Creighton men’s soccer team is looking 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, continued to apply pressure and launched four to become the third diferrent program across 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 shots and forced Kruse to make three saves during Creighton Athletics to claim a BIG EAST Tournament the remaining 30 minutes of regulation. crown. NCAA Elite Eight Appearances 11 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, The Bluejays and Hoyas combined for eight shots Across all sports, Creighton has played in 15 BIG 2012, 2014, 2015 during the scoreless overtime periods.