Men's Soccer Wraps Up Regular-Season Nonconference Slate At Tulsa

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Tuesday, Oct. 11 | No. 10 Creighton (7-1-3, 3-0-1 BIG EAST) at Tulsa (5-4-2, 1-2-0 AAC) | Tulsa, Okla. | 7 p.m.

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The Creighton men's soccer team plays its final regular-season nonconference match on Tuesday night at Tulsa.

Follow The Match
Tuesday's match will have a live video stream via a subscription ($) to Hurricane Vision (www.tulsahurricane.com/watch)

Live stats for the contest can be found at: www.sidearmsports.com/tulsa/msoc

Bluejay fans can also stay updated through the Creighton men's soccer Twitter feed: Twitter.com/CreightonMSoc.

Scouting No. 10 Creighton (7-1-3, 3-0-1 BIG EAST)
Creighton currently holds the longest unbeaten streak in the BIG EAST with nine consecutive matches without a loss (6-0-3).

Defensively, the Bluejays have allowed a BIG EAST low five goals this season, and have recorded six shutouts.

Creighton owns a 0.43 goals against average, third-best in Division I.

Goalkeeper Alex Kapp has 44 saves and and is tied for the top spot in Division I with a .898 save percentage.

On the offensive side of the field, Creighton has scored three or more goals five times and averages 2.00 goals per match.

Riggs Lennon leads the team with nine goals, while Noah Franke paces the Bluejays with six assists.

Creighton has 10 different players with at least one goal, and four have multiple goals.

Scouting Tulsa (5-4-2, 1-2-0 American Athletic)
The Golden Hurricane have dropped their last two matches and have not scored a goal during the month of October. Connecticut defeated Tulsa 1-0 before the Golden Hurricane fell 2-0 against South Florida.

Ray Saari leads Tulsa with four goals and three assists, while Jake McGuire holds a 0.96 goals against average and has four shutouts.

Tom McIntosh is in his 22nd season as head coach of the Golden Hurricane.

Series History vs. Golden Hurricane
Creighton leads the all-time series against Tulsa 17-9-3.

The series is much closer at the Golden Hurricane home venue, as the teams have played 13 matches at Tulsa with Creighton holding a 6-5-2 record.

The Bluejays defeated the Golden Hurricane 1-0 last season at Morrison Stadium.

The teams have met annually the past four seasons, with CU holding a slight 2-1-1 edge.

Tulsa's last win in the series came during the 2012 season, a 2-0 victory at home.

Last Time Out
Riggs Lennon's header during the first half lifted Creighton to a 1-0 victory over No. 9 Butler on Friday night at Morrison Stadium.

The Bluejays recorded their sixth shutout of the season and moved into sole possession of first place in the BIG EAST with 10 points (3-0-1).

Creighton vs. Top 25
The Bluejays are 75-51-15 all-time against Top-25 opponents, and 3-1-1 this season.

Creighton is 41-12-4 at home against Top-25 competition, including 31-5-3 at Morrison Stadium.

The Bluejays are now unbeaten in their last eight Top-25 home matches.

Friday was the first top-10 matchup at Morrison Stadium since Sept. 21, 2013 (No. 5 Creighton vs. No. 7 St. John's).

Creighton is 5-0-1 as a top-10 team against top-10 opponents at Morrison Stadium.

Most Ties Under Bolowich
Creighton's three draws this season matches a season-high by a Bluejay team under the direction of Elmar Bolowich (2012, 2014).

The Bluejays did not record a draw last season.

The single-season Creighton record for most ties during a season is five, which has happened twice (2007, 2009).

LaGro and Kapp Earn Conference Honors
Mitch LaGro was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week and Alex Kapp repeated as the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week, the conference announced on Oct. 3.

LaGro scored his first career goal and helped the CU defense shutout previously unbeaten and untied No. 12 Loyola-Chicago (Sept. 27).

Kapp recorded his fifth shutout on the season on Sept. 27 against Loyola-Chicago and had a combined eight saves while going 1-0-1 during two matches.

Night of Firsts
During Creighton's match against No. 12 Loyola-Chicago (Sept. 27), three Bluejays picked up their first career goal or assist.

Mitch LaGro opened the scoring for Creighton with his first career goal. Julius Fohr recorded his first assist on the same play.

Luke Haakenson scored his first career goal for the third and final Bluejay goal.

Creighton also handed Loyola-Chicago its first loss of the season.

Lennon Ties CU Single-Match Record
Riggs Lennon tied a school single-match record and became the sixth Creighton player to score four goals in a match when he scored all four of the Bluejays' goals against DePaul (Sept. 24).

Mike Tranchilla was the last Bluejays to score four goals (Nov. 9, 2001) in a single match.

Creighton has had an individual score four goals seven different times, including twice by Keith DeFini (1990, '91).

Creighton Single-Match Goal Record
   4   Riggs Lennon vs. DePaul   9-24-16
   4   Mike Tranchilla vs. Evansville   11-9-01
   4   Keith Sawarynski vs. Vanderbilt   10-13-00
   4   Johnny Torres vs. Charleston   10-20-96
   4   Lance Hill vs. UNLV   9-19-93
   4   Keith DeFini vs. Teikyo Westmar   9-14-91
   4   Keith DeFini vs. Concordia   9-25-90

Lennon, Kapp Claim BIG EAST Honors
Riggs Lennon's four-goal performance against DePaul (Sept. 24) helped him earn his first BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honor.

His four-goal performance tied a BIG EAST record for goals in a league match.

Lennon scored seven goals during a four match stretch, while playing only 221 of 380 possible minutes.

He has nine goals this season through 11 matches, second-best in the BIG EAST and ninth-best nationally.

Alex Kapp tied a Morrison Stadium single-match record for most saves by a Creighton player with nine and earned BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week honors.

Kapp ranks first in Division I in save percentage (.898).

National Recognition for Virginia Transfer
Riggs Lennon claimed College Soccer News National Player of the Week honors on Monday. The senior scored the game-winning goal against No. 9 Butler on Friday.

He was named the Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week on Sept. 27 and claimed a spot on the TDS Team of the Week for the second consecutive week.

He is the first Creighton player to earn national player of the week status since Fabian Herbers claimed College Soccer News National Player of the Week recognition last season (Sept. 14).

Lennon also earned a spot on this week's College Soccer News National Team of the Week.

He has nine goals this season to lead the Bluejays. Lennon had seven goals during three seasons at Virginia before transferring to Creighton for his final season of eligibility.

Kapp On Goal
Senior Alex Kapp notched his sixth shutout as a Bluejay against No. 9 Butler on Oct. 7. He had two clean sheets all of last season in 10 starts at Boston College.

Kapp now has 13 career shutouts through 47 career starts in goal.

He also has 44 saves through 11 matches this season, while allowing five goals in 1050 minutes of action. Kapp's .898 save percentage ranks first (tie) in Division I.

The senior did not allow a goal for 286 minutes and 33 seconds; a span that streched from the 13th minute of Creighton's match against UNO (Sept. 5) to the 10th minute of the first BIG EAST contest against Seton Hall (Sept. 17).

Men's Soccer Wraps Up Regular-Season Nonconference Slate At Tulsa

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Players Mentioned

Julius Fohr

Noah Franke

Luke Haakenson

Fabian Herbers

Alex Kapp

Mitch LaGro

Riggs Lennon