2020-21 Creighton Men’s Soccer Match #12 • Thursday, April 15 • Creighton at #2 Georgetown • 11 a.m. Central SID Contact: Anthony Robinson • Office Phone: (402) 280-5801 • Cell Phone: (712) 250-4900 • Email: [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 ranks 9th nationally. 2021 Spring Schedule Creighton opens postseason play at the BIG Overall: 6-5-0 EAST Men’s Soccer Championship Presented Bluejay freshman Nathan Schnur has started BIG EAST: 5-3-0 by JEEP with a semifinal match against nine matches in goal for the Bluejays. The Home: 4-1-0 Georgetown on Thursday. Colorado native owns a 1.74 goals against Away: 2-3-0 average and has recorded 31 saves. Neutral: 0-1-0 Follow the Match February Thursday’s match will feature live video and live Head coach Johnny Torres is in his stats. second year at the helm of the Bluejays after 20 at Marquette* W, 2-1 (2OT) spending 12 years as an assistant coach. 27 at Nebraska-Omaha L, 0-3 Live video will be featured on BEDN, which can be found on YouTube.com/BIGEASTConference Scouting #2 Georgetown (7-0-2) while live stats will be provided by GUHoyas.com. The Hoyas enter the postseason unblemished. March 6 XAVIER* W, 2-1 Links to video and live stats will be provided Georgetown, the defending (2019) national 10 vs. #19 Missouri State $ L, 0-2 on the Creighton Men’s Soccer schedule page. champions, currently owns a 26-match unbeaten streak, dating back to a 1-0 two 13 at DePaul* L, 1-2 Updates will be provided on Twitter overtime loss at Louisville on Sept. 24, 2019, 17 BUTLER* W, 4-2 (@CreightonMSOC). the only Hoya setback in the team’s last 34 20 #25 MARQUETTE* L, 1-2 (OT) matches (27-1-5 since start of 2019 season). Scouting Creighton (6-5-0) 24 at Xavier* W, 3-0 The Bluejays head into the postseason after The Hoyas have allowed just five goals this 29 KANSAS CITY W, 3-1 securing the No. 2 slot in the BIG EAST Midwest season and rank eighth nationally with a 0.520 Division. Creighton went 5-3-0 during league goals against average. play with home-and-home contests against April the other four division teams (Butler, DePaul, Giannis Nikopolidis has allowed only two goals 2 DEPAUL* W, 4-3 Marquette, Xavier). this season in 582 minutes of action and ranks 10 at Butler* L, 2-3 fifth nationally with a 0.309 goals against Senior Diego Gutierrez led the Bluejays during average. the regular-season and tied for the lead in the BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship BIG EAST with 16 points from five goals and six Offensively, Dante Polvara tied for the BIG Presented by JEEP assists. His six assists ranked at the top of the EAST lead with 16 points and ranks 12th (Hosted by highest overall seed) conference and his goal total is tied for fourth. nationally with seven goals. He owns 15 goals and 19 assists during his 15 at #2 Georgetown 11 am collegiate career after spending three seasons Derek Dodson and Jacob Montes tied for the 17 Championship (FS2) 2 pm at crosstown foe UNO (University of Nebraska team lead with three assists. Omaha). Montes and stand-out defender Rio Hope-Gund May Gutierrez’s 16 points ranks 22nd nationally and will each be unavailable for the postseason 13-17 NCAA College Cup TBA his six assists rank 12th. as both players played their final match in a Georgetown uniform on April 3 before Duncan McGuire led all BIG EAST freshmen and embarking on professional careers. tied for sixth overall in the conference with 11 points from four goals and three assists. Head coach Brian Wiese is in is 15th season at # - Exhibition match played at Omaha Sports Complex the helm of the Hoyas. * - BIG EAST Conference matches A total of 12 different Bluejays have scored $ - Match played at Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri at least one goal this spring as Creighton has Series History Against Hoyas All times Central scored 22 goals, which led the BIG EAST and Georgetown leads the all-time series against Dates and times subject to change ranks 20th nationally heading into the week. Creighton, 5-3-2. Home matches in BOLD CAPS played at Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium Callum Watson and Charles Auguste ranked The Bluejays and Hoyas played to a 1-1 draw fourth in the BIG EAST with four assists. The in Washington, D.C. during the 2019 regular- Bluejays own 28 assists, which paced the season finale before Georgetown went on to conference during the regular-season and win the national championship. 2021 Quick Facts Creighton is 1-3-2 all-time at Georgetown, but lead when Omaha native Duncan McGuire found winless (0-3-2) since joining league in 2013. the back of the net in the 61st minute. The scoring Creighton University Information threat started when Auguste played a ball towards Location Omaha, Neb. The Bluejays and Hoyas have met once previously in Musa Qongo, who chased it down on the left side of Founded 1878 the BIG EAST Championship as Georgetown earned the box and crossed it to McGuire. McGuire’s header Enrollment 8,770 a 2-1 double overtime victory to claim the 2015 BIG hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced into Nickname Bluejays EAST Tournament title in Washington, D.C. the goal for his fourth score of the season. Colors Blue & White President Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D. 2020 BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship Butler tied the score in the 75th minute on Ethan Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen Despite being played on April 17, 2021, the winner King’s first goal of the season, then scored the Affiliation NCAA Division I of Saturday’s title match will be crowned the 2020 game-winner five minutes later in the 80th minute Conference BIG EAST BIG EAST Men’s Soccer tourney champion. when Jack Haywood scored his first goal of the season on a free kick around a Bluejay wall and into Bluejay Soccer Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BIG EAST the top right corner of the net. Haywood had also Head Coach Johnny Torres Conference announced that fall sports would not be assisted on each of BU’s first two goals. Alma Mater Creighton, 2008 Career Record 14-12-2 (2nd season) conducted in 2020, and thus the 2020 Fall Season Record at CU 14-12-2 (2nd season) moved to the 2021 spring. CU had two chances seconds after Haywood’s Assistant Coach Ian Sarachan score. Dominic Briggs beat Gjergi, only to have his Alma Mater Illinois-Chicago, 2010 The winner of Thursday’s Creighton/Georgetown potential game-tying shot cleared away by Perrin Assistant Coach Michael Gabb match will face the winner of Marquette and Seton Barnes. Twenty-four seconds later Owen O’Malley Alma Mater Creighton, 2002 Hall on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Shaw Field. had a clean look following a short corner but Gjergji Volunteer Assistant Mitch Kavanagh turned it away to preserve the Butler lead. Alma Mater Bellevue University, 2013 Saturday’s title match will be nationally televised Home Field Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium on FS2. The game featured 24 fouls (18 on Creighton) and Capacity 7,500 five yellow cards (four on CU). 2019 Overall Record 8-7-2 Last Time Out 2019 BIG EAST Record / Finish 4-4-1/T-4th Creighton allowed a pair of goals in the final 16 Letterwinners Returning / Lost 11 / 10 Creighton In BIG EAST Tourney Starters Returning / Lost 5 / 6 minutes as Butler upset the Bluejays, 3-2, on The Bluejays have made the BIG EAST postseason Goalkeepers Returning / Lost 1 / 1 Saturday afternoon during the regular-season all eight seasons the program has been in the Newcomers 10 finale for both teams. league. Conference Regular-Season Titles 14 Butler outshot Creighton 5-2 in the first half and Creighton’s best finish at the BIG EAST 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2007, led 1-0 after Jack Streberger finished off a scoring Championship is runner-up (twice). The Bluejays 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018 chance in the 41st minute. lost at Georgetown in the 2015 title match and at Butler in 2016. Conference Tournament Titles 13 Creighton didn’t wait long after halftime to respond, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, as Diego Gutierrez fed Charles Auguste just Creighton is 3-6-1 in its previous seven BIG EAST 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012 outside the top of the box in the 47th minute for postseason appearances and has not played more the tying score. It was Auguste’s third tally of the than one match in the league postseason tourney NCAA Tournament Appearances 24 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, season and came on a low roller just inside the since 2016. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, right post that Butler keeper Gabriel Gjergji was 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 slow to react on. Complete results and Creighton BIG EAST tournament records can be found later in this NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances 14 Less than 15 minutes later Creighton took a 2-1 notes packet. 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 Spring 2021 BIG EAST Final Regular-Season Standings NCAA Elite Eight Appearances 11 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, Midwest Division 2012, 2014, 2015 BIG EAST Overall Team W L T Pct.