Marquette hosts Creighton, ranked No. 7 by United Soccer Coaches, in Big East men’s soccer Saturday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. Central at Valley Fields in Milwaukee. The Golden Eagles (6-2-1, 0-1 in league play) face unbeaten Creighton (8-0-2, 1-0); the match streams on ESPN+.
The article’s RPI snapshot is from the morning of Sept. 24: Georgetown leads the Big East at No. 6, followed by Xavier (15), Akron (19), Creighton (23) and Marquette (27). Marquette rose from No. 31 Monday after beating Milwaukee 1-0; its conference opener was a 3-0 loss to Georgetown.
Marquette has gone winless in its last four meetings with Creighton, including a 1-0 loss in Omaha last year. Bluejays scoring leader Matthew Reed has seven goals; assists leader Carter Tavares has been out indefinitely with a kidney injury. Creighton has split goalkeeper starts between Matthew Hudson and Amari Thompson; Hudson has a 0.64 goals-against average and .857 save percentage.
