Men's Soccer Welcomes Providence For Senior Night

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Saturday, Oct. 29 | Providence (10-5-0, 5-2-0 BIG EAST) at No. 18 Creighton (8-4-3, 4-2-1 BIG EAST) | Omaha, Neb | 7 p.m.

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The Creighton men's soccer team hosts Providence on Saturday for its first home match in two weeks. The Bluejays will honor its four seniors prior to the match.

Follow The Match
Saturday's match will be broadcasted on the BIG EAST Digital Network, which can be found at FOXSportsGo.com and on the FOX Sports Go app.

Live stats for the contest can be found on Statbroadcast: Creighton.Statbroadcast.com.

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

Scouting No. 18 Creighton (8-4-3, 4-2-1 BIG EAST)
The Bluejays dropped their second consecutive match on Wednesday night, 2-1 in double overtime at Xavier.

Creighton is currently in a three-way tie for second place in the BIG EAST with Villanova and Xaiver with 13 points.

Riggs Lennon leads Creighton with nine goals, while Noah Franke has a team-high six assists. The Bluejays average 1.73 goals and 17.7 shots per match.

Creighton has had 10 different players score at least one goal, and five have converted two or more.

Goalkeeper Alex Kapp leads the BIG EAST with six shutouts and holds a 0.69 goals against average.

Scouting Providence (10-5-0, 5-2-0 BIG EAST)
The Friars enter Saturday's match on a six-match winning streak which has propelled them into first place in the BIG EAST.

Providence is a perfect 6-0 during the month of October. Its last loss came 1-0 against Connecticut on Sept. 28.

The Friars opened conference play 0-2, but have won its past five BIG EAST contests to move into the top spot in the league. Providence's last conference loss occured on Sept. 24 at then No. 10 Butler.

Julian Gressel is tied for second in the BIG EAST with 23 points from nine goals and five assists.

During five BIG EAST matches, goalkeeper Colin Miller is a perfect 5-0 with a 0.79 goals against average and .833 save percentage.

Series History vs. Friars
Creighton leads the all-time series against Providence 4-3-0.

The Bluejays are 3-0-0 at Morrison Stadium against the Friars.

The two teams have met during the regular season and conference tournament each of the past three seasons.

Creighton has won two out of three BIG EAST regular-season matches, while Providence owns two victories in three postseason matchups.

Last Time Out
Creighton took a 1-0 lead during the 52nd minute from a Ricky Lopez-Espin goal on Wednesday night at Xavier, but the Musketeers tied the match during the 80th minute and picked up an overtime victory with a goal during the 105th minute of double overtime.

The Bluejays held a 29-7 advantage in shots and 9-3 edge in corner kicks.

Xavier attempted only two shots on goal, as each resulted in goals.

One Goal Makes the Difference
Each of Creighton's last 21 losses have been by a single goal, including every setback during the past three seasons and each loss this season.

Creighton has fallen behind by two goals just four times in 128 matches under Elmar Bolowich, and lost by two goals just twice.

Controlling Possession
Creighton has dominated possession during its past two matches, despite losing each match.

During the last two contests against Villanova and Xavier, the Bluejays held a combined 41-12 shot advantage, including 14-4 in shots on goal.

Creighton also had a 23-5 edge in corner kicks.

Despite the one-sided offensive statistics in favor of Creighton, the Bluejays have been outscored 3-1 during two losses. Opponents have scored on 75 percent of its shots on goal (3-of-4), while Creighton has only scored on 7 percent of its shots on goal (1-of-14).

Fortress Morrison
Creighton's final two regular season matches will be at Morrison Stadium for the first time since 2011.

The Bluejays are 6-0-2 at home this season, and are the only BIG EAST school without a blemish on their home turf.

Creighton is 120-20-17 overall at Morrison Stadium, including 14-3-0 in BIG EAST action. The Bluejays are seeking their fourth season without a loss at Morrison.

Senior Ricardo Perez has played in the second-most matches all-time at Morrison Stadium (47) and Alex Kapp entered Saturday's match with the best career goals against average 0.36 (minimum 720 minutes) at the stadium (Morrison Stadium Career Records list found on Page 4).

Conference Success
With a victory or draw in either of the final two matches of the season, Creighton will finish above .500 in conference play for the 25th time in program history.

The Bluejays are currently 4-2-1 with two matches remaining in BIG EAST regular-season play.

In 26 seasons combined in the Missouri Valley Conference (22 seasons) and BIG EAST (4 seasons), Creighton has never finished with more losses than wins during conference play and finished at .500 only once (4-4-1 in 2013).

Looking to Avoid Consecutive Losses
With back-to-back losses against Villanova and Xavier, Creighton has now lost more than one game in a row only four times under Coach Elmar Bolowich.

The Bluejays are looking to avoid losing three-straight matches for the third time since Bolowich arrived prior to the 2011 season.

Creighton ended the 2013 season with three consecutive one-goal losses and lost three during the middle of the 2013 campaign for the only two times the Bluejays have lost three-straight.

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Players Mentioned

Noah Franke

Alex Kapp

Riggs Lennon

Ricky Lopez-Espin

Ricardo Perez