2010 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY MEN’S SOCCER BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP MARQUETTE vs 19/12 NOTRE DAME November 6, 2010 • 5 p.m. CT Alumni Stadium • Notre Dame, Ind. LIVE STATS / GAMETRACKER www.GoMarquette.com MU TELEVISION / RADIO VIDEO - UND.com No. 6 Blue Division No. 2 Blue Divison RADIO - GoMarquette.com Overall Record: 7-7-4 Overall Record: 9-4-4 Media Contact: Luke LeNoble | O: 414.288.6980 | C: 414.313.2238 | [email protected] | GoMarquette.com 2010 MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE/RESULTS KEY STORYLINES • Marquette earned its second straight BIG EAST Men’s Date Opponent Location Time/Result TV/Radio Soccer Championship berth by virtue of earning the No. 6 9/1 MILWAUKEE VALLEY FIELDS L, 2-4 Sports32/MU Radio seed in the Blue Division with a league record of 3-4-2 and 9/5 at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. T, 0-0 (2 OT) -- 11 points in conference play this season. 9/10 FGCU! VALLEY FIELDS W, 1-0 -- 9/12 SANTA CLARA! VALLEY FIELDS L, 0-2 MU Radio • MU is coming off a 3-1 opening-round victory at St. 9/17 at 19/15 Michigan State# East Lansing, Mich. L, 0-1 -- John’s and advances to the BIG EAST quarterfi nals for 9/19 MICHIGAN# VALLEY FIELDS T, 1-1 (2OT) MU Radio 9/24 at Rutgers* Piscataway, N.J. W, 1-0 FiOS1 Sports (TV) the fi rst time since joining the conference in 2005 ... The 9/28 WISCONSIN VALLEY FIELDS W, 1-0 Sports32/MU Radio Golden Eagles have a 1-1 all-time record in the tourna- 10/1 3/4 CONNECTICUT* VALLEY FIELDS T, 1-1 (2OT) MU Radio ment, falling to USF 2-1 in last year’s fi rst round. 10/6 WRIGHT STATE VALLEY FIELDS W, 2-0 MU Radio 10/9 at Pittsburgh* Pittsburgh, Pa. T, 2-2 (2OT) -- • Saturday’s winner will advance to the semifi nals at Red 10/13 at NR/21 Notre Dame* Notre Dame, Ind. L, 1-4 -- Bull Arena, home of Major League Soccer’s New York 10/16 SYRACUSE* VALLEY FIELDS W, 3-0 MU Radio Red Bull, in Harrison, N.J. on Nov. 12 and will face the 10/20 PROVIDENCE* VALLEY FIELDS L, 0-1 (2OT) MU Radio winner of Louisville vs. West Virginia ... The champion- 10/23 at Georgetown* Washington, D.C. L, 2-6 MU Radio ship match will be played on Nov. 14 ... Winner of the BIG 10/27 at West Virginia* Morgantown, W. Va. L, 0-3 -- EAST Championship fi nal receives the league’s automatic 10/30 SETON HALL* VALLEY FIELDS W, 3-2 (OT) MU Radio bid into the NCAA Championship fi eld of 48. 11/3 at St. John’s^ Queens, N.Y. 6:30 p.m. CT -- 11/6 at 19/12 Notre Dame^ Notre Dame, Ind. 5 p.m. CT MU Radio • Saturday’s BIG EAST quarterfi nal is a re-match from Oct. All times Central • Dates times subject to change • Home matches in BOLD CAPS 13 when Notre Dame defeated Marquette 4-1 at Alumni * - BIG EAST match • ! - Marquette Invitational (Milwaukee, Wis.) • # - Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge Stadium, snapping the Golden Eagles’ season-best six- National rankings are NSCAA/Soccer America rankings at time of game game unbeaten streak ... The Irish scored three goals in the fi rst 30 minutes of action and sophomore Chris Mad- 2010 BIG EAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS sen tallied MU’s lone goal. BLUE DIVISION BE Pts. Pct. GF GA Overall Pct. GF GA Streak Georgetown 7-2-0 21 .778 19 8 11-5-1 .676 34 21 L1 ABOUT THE OPPONENT Notre Dame 6-2-1 19 .722 17 9 9-4-4 .647 27 15 W2/U4 • Notre Dame is ranked as high as No. 12 in the nation Connecticut 5-1-3 18 .722 15 2 11-2-4 .765 36 5 W1 (Soccer America) this week and received a fi rst-round West Virginia 6-4-0 18 .600 17 9 10-6-2 .611 28 17 W1 bye in the BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship with a Providence 4-4-1 13 .500 9 10 10-5-2 .647 21 17 W5/U6 runner-up fi nish in the Blue Division standings. Marquette 3-4-2 11 .444 13 19 7-7-4 .500 23 28 W2 Pittsburgh 1-6-2 5 .222 8 16 6-9-2 .412 19 23 L4 • The Irish fi nished the regular season with a 6-2-1 record Seton Hall 1-8-0 3 .111 11 24 3-13-1 .206 24 41 L8 in conference play ... They are 7-1-1 this season at Alumni Stadium and own a perfect 5-0 mark at home against con- RED DIVISION BE Pts. Pct. GF GA Overall Pct. GF GA Streak ference foes ... Steven Perry has scored nearly half (12) Louisville 9-0-0 27 1.000 20 8 14-0-2 .938 33 10 W10/U16 Cincinnati 5-1-3 18 .722 15 6 7-4-6 .588 18 11 W1/U5 of Notre Dame’s 27 goals this season and with 27 points is St. John’s 4-3-2 14 .556 6 5 10-6-2 .611 26 16 L1 tied for the league lead ... Harrison Shipp leads the team Villanova 4-3-2 14 .556 9 9 8-8-3 .500 19 22 L2 with six assists, including three helpers in the Irish’s fi rst USF 4-4-2 14 .500 11 12 9-5-4 .611 21 15 L2 meeting with Marquette back on Oct. 13. DePaul 1-5-3 6 .278 6 14 4-9-5 .361 15 25 W1/U2 Syracuse 0-6-3 3 .167 2 18 2-10-5 .265 10 32 L6 • Notre Dame is 12-9-5 in the BIG EAST Championship, Rutgers 1-8-0 3 .111 5 14 4-11-1 .281 13 23 L2 including a pair of tournament titles (1996, 2003). GoMarquette.com | 2010 Marquette University Men’s Soccer | Game Notes 2010 BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER 12-TEAM BRACKET “The Road to Red Bull” November 3 & 5 November 6 & 8 November 12 & 14 Campus Sites Campus Sites Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ First Round Quarterfinals Fri./Semifinals Sun./Final (2-Red) CINCINNATI Mon., Nov. 8 (Winner Q1) (6-Red) DE PAUL, 0 7:00 p.m. ET Fri., Nov. 5 (3-Blue) CONNECTICUT 7:30 p.m. ET (3-Blue) CONNECTICUT, 2 5:00 p.m. ET (Winner S1) (Live CBS C) (1-Blue) GEORGETOWN Sat., Nov. 6 (5-Blue) PROVIDENCE, 3 1:00 p.m. ET (Winner Q2) (5-Blue) PROVIDENCE Wed., Nov. 3 2:00 p.m. ET (4-Red) VILLANOVA, 0 Noon ET (Live BE-TV) (2-Blue) NOTRE DAME (6-Blue) MARQUETTE, 3 Sat., Nov. 6 (Winner Q3) 6:00p.m. ET Wed., Nov. 3 (6-Blue) MARQUETTE 7:30 p.m. ET (3-Red) ST. JOHN’S, 1 7:30 p.m. ET (Live CBS C) (Winner S2) (1-Red) LOUISVILLE (5-Red) USF, 1 Sat., Nov. 6 7:00 p.m. ET (Winner Q4) Wed., Nov. 3 (4-Blue) WEST VIRGINIA 7:00 p.m. ET (4-Blue) WEST VIRGINIA, 2 NOTE: Conference staff has the discretion to change the order of the championship semifinals based on the host/local institution’s participation. C:\Users\jims\Desktop\2010 MSoc\2010 M-Soccer 12-team bracket v4.1.doc 2010 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY MEN’S SOCCER SERIES HISTORY STATISTICAL COMPARISON • The Irish lead the all-time series with Marquette, 12-5-1, and have won Marquette Notre Dame their last six matches against the Golden Eagles ... MU’s last win over 7-7-4 ...................Overall Record ................9-4-4 Notre Dame was a 4-0 decision back in 1990 ... The Golden Eagles have 3-4-2 ...............Conference Record ............6-2-1 not won at Notre Dame since 1983. 23.........................Goals Scored .....................27 28........................ Goals Allowed .................... 15 MU AGAINST NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS 13.1................... Shots Per Game ............... 18.3 • MU has earned a point in three of its last four matches against teams 14.1...............Opp. Shots Per Game ...........13.3 ranked in the top-10 in the NSCAA poll ... MU tied No. 9 Louisville (T, 2-2) 114-236 ...........SOG-Shot Attempts ........118-311 and No. 5 USF (T, 1-1) last season ... The Golden Eagles have played one 113-254 ...... Opp. SOG-Shot Attempts .... 76-226 top-10 opponent this season, playing to a 1-1 draw against No. 3 UConn. 104....................... Corner Kicks ................... 120 228............................. Fouls ......................... 192 • MU’s last win over an opponent ranked in the top 25 of the NSCAA poll 22......................... Yellow Cards ..................... 20 was a 1-0 shutout over No. 23 Penn State on Sept. 4, 2005 in Columbus, 6.............................. Shutouts .......................... 6 Ohio ... The Golden Eagles tied No. 5 USF, 1-1, in Tampa last season and played to a 2-2 draw against No. 9 Louisville later in the week. MU INJURY REPORT • Bennett’s Golden Eagles defeated Georgetown 1-0 at Valley Fields on Out Pos. Probable Pos. Oct. 17, 2009 when the Hoyas were ranked No. 16 in the nation by Soccer Keenan Flynn ..............GK Eric Pothast ................... D America. Charlie Lyon ................GK Amilcar Herrera ...........MF RECORD vs. NSCAA-RANKED TEAMS (since 2008) Matt Leonard ................. D Anthony Colaizzi ............D Scott Miller .....................D Michael Alfano ............... D 2010 Season (0-1-1) Andrew Krynski ...............F Nov. 6 .................? .....Marquette at #19 Notre Dame Keith Sierra ..................MF Oct.