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Men's Soccer Plays Host To DePaul For Final Home Match Of Regular Season
3/31/2021 12:15:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Bluejays can stay on track to a BIG EAST Championship spot with victory
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Creighton welcomes DePaul to Morrison Stadium for the Bluejays' final home match of the regular season.
Follow the Match
Friday's match will feature live video and live stats.
Live video will be featured on BEDN, which can be found on YouTube.com/BIGEASTConference while live stats will be provided by StatBroadcast.
Links to video and live stats will be provided on the Creighton Men's Soccer schedule page.
Updates will be provided on Twitter (@CreightonMSOC).
Scouting Creighton (5-4-0, 4-2-0 BIG EAST)
The Bluejays enter Friday's contest following a 3-1 win against Kansas City on Monday afternoon at Morrison Stadium.
Creighton is currently in second place in the BIG EAST Midwest Division with a .667 winning percentage (4-2-0).
Senior Diego Gutierrez leads the Bluejays and ranks fourth in the BIG EAST with 11 points from four goals and three assists. The Omaha native owns 14 career goals after posting 10 during three seasons at UNO.
Charles Auguste, Duncan McGuire and Jake Ronneberg each have scored two goals this season. A total of 10 different Bluejays have scored at least one goal this spring.
Callum Watson, Auguste, McGuire and Gutierrez each have three assists to lead the team as Creighton leads the BIG EAST and ranks 11th nationally with 21 assists. Eleven different players have at least one helper.
Bluejay freshman Nathan Schnur has started seven matches in goal for the Bluejays. The Colorado native owns a 1.39 goals against average and has recorded 24 saves.
Head coach Johnny Torres is in his second year at the helm of the Bluejays after spending 12 years as an assistant coach.
Scouting DePaul (2-4-2, 2-4-0 BIG EAST)
The Blue Demons head to Omaha on a two match losing streak with both losses coming in overtime.
DePaul's last victory came against Creighton in Chicago on March 13.
Jake Fuderer leads the Blue Demons with seven points from three goals and one assist.
DePaul has scored nine goals through eight matches and been shut out three times.
Goalkeeper Drew Nuelle has played each minute this season for the Blue Demons and owns a 1.80 goals against average and 39 saves. His save total ranks second in the BIG EAST.
Head coach Mark Plotkin is in his third season at the helm of the Blue Demons.
Series History Against Blue Demons
Creighton leads the all-time series against DePaul, 10-1-0.
The Blue Demons defeated the Bluejays 2-1 on March 13 in Chicago for DePaul's first win in program history against Creighton.
The Bluejays are 6-0-0 against the Blue Demons at home, including five wins at Morrison Stadium.
Creighton has shut out DePaul during the past three matches in Omaha.
The last (and only) time the Blue Demons scored a goal at Morrison was in 2013.
Last Time Out
Creighton collected a 3-1 win against Kansas City on Monday afternoon at Morrison Stadium as three different Bluejays found the back of the net for the first time this season.
Callum Watson, Owen O'Malley each scored their first goals as Bluejays, while Dominic Briggs converted his first of the season and third of his career.
The Bluejays improved to 5-4-0 overall with the victory, and the Roos moved their season record to 3-7-1.
Watson opened the scoring during the 14th minute. The Hastings College transfer received a pass from the right wing by Keegan Boyd before sending the ball inside the left post from 17 yards out. Boyd and Diego Gutierrez each recorded assists on the play.
Creighton ended the first half with a 13-2 edge in shot attempts but found the back of the net only once.
The Bluejays continued to apply pressure to start the second half. Creighton forced a corner kick within the first 30 seconds after the break and found the back of the net just 50 seconds into the second 90-minute period.
Charles Auguste recovered an attempted clearance from the Kansas City goalkeeper following the corner-kick sequence and sent the ball ahead to Duncan McGuire. The Bluejay freshman proceeded to place a pass towards O'Malley at the far post before O'Malley calmly sent the ball into the back of the net for his first goal in a Bluejay uniform.
Briggs added to Creighton's goal total in the 54th minute. The sophomore received an outlet pass at midfield from McGuire before recovering the ball, flipping it over the goalkeeper and sending the ball past the end line.
The Roos closed the final margin to two goals with a tally in the 81st minute.
Creighton ended the match with a 19-8 advantage in shots and 9-2 edge in corner kicks. A total of 12 Bluejays attempted at least one shot, as Watson and Auguste each paced the squad with three attempts.
Bluejays Fighting For Postseason Spot
Creighton holds a 4-2-0 mark in league action, and the Bluejays are second in the Midwest Division with a .667 winning percentage.
For the spring of 2021, the BIG EAST is split into two divisions. Each team plays home-and-home against the opposing divisional foes. The five Midwest Division teams are slated to play eight league games, while the six East Division teams are scheduled to play 10.
The top two teams in each division with the best winning percentages will qualify for the BIG EAST Championship, which will be hosted by the team with the best winning percentage across the entire league.
Creighton's remaining league schedule consists of a home match against DePaul on April 2 and a match at Butler on April 10.
The Bluejays' clinch a spot in the conference tourney with a win against DePaul on Friday and a Butler draw or loss to Xavier on Saturday.
Creighton also clinches a spot in the postseason bracket with wins against both DePaul and Butler.
The Bluejays win the Midwest Division with victories against the Blue Demons and Bulldogs and a Marquette loss against Xavier (April 10).
Recent Goal-Scoring Surge
After being shut out twice and scoring only five goals through the first five matches of the season, Creighton has found its offensive rhythm.
The Bluejays have scored 11 goals during their past four matches, including three or more during three matches.
Nine different players have scored during the last four matches, while Diego Gutierrez and Duncan McGuire have each scored twice.
Overall this season, 10 players have scored at least one goal and 11 players have at least one assist.
Fortress Morrison
Creighton is 146-29-21 overall at Morrison Stadium (opened in 2003), which includes a 3-1-0 mark this season, including 2-1-0 in BIG EAST matches.
The Bluejays have not recorded a shutout at home this season, but owned two shutouts at Morrison in 2019 (both league matches) and six in their 11 home matches in 2018.
Creighton has never lost consecutive matches at Morrison Stadium during the same season.
Creighton's loss at Morrison Stadium against No. 17 Virginia Tech to open the 2017 season followed the team's loss at home to end the 2016 campaign (2-1 vs. Providence), marking the first time since 1985 that Creighton had lost consecutive home matches.
The Bluejays are 25-1-3 in their next home match following a home loss at Morrison, including a 1-0-0 mark this season.
Creighton ended its 2019 season with a loss at home against Butler during the first round of the BIG EAST Championship.
The Bluejays are 64-14-8 at Morrison Stadium since the start of 2013 when the program joined the BIG EAST and 25-7-2 during home league matches.
Auguste and Schnur Recognized By BIG EAST
Junior midfielder Charles Auguste earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of Week, while Nathan Schnur claimed BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors, the league announced on Monday afternoon.
Auguste recorded three points with a goal and an assist during the Bluejays' 3-0 victory over Xavier on Wednesday. The junior had an assist on the game-winning goal and scored Creighton's second goal of the match. Auguste ranks second on the team with six points from two goals and two assists this year.
Schnur recorded his first shutout of the year against the Musketeers. The Colorado native posted a pair of saves during his third victory of the season.
Senior defender Musa Qongo also made the weekly honor roll after helping the Bluejays limit Xavier to only two shots on goal despite giving up 13 corner kicks. He also added an assist on Auguste's goal.
Auguste Noted on TopDrawerSoccer Team of Week
Charles Auguste's three-point performance against Xavier on March 24 helped the junior earn a spot of the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week on March 30.
Auguste assisted on the game-winning goal and scored the second goal of the match as the Bluejays shut out Xavier, 3-0.
The junior midfielder ranks second on the Bluejays with seven points from two goals and three assists.
Entire NCAA Tournament To Be Held In North Carolina
The Division I Competition Oversight Committee recently approved a proposal to have all 48 women's teams and all 36 men's teams compete in Cary, North Carolina and the surrounding areas for the Division I Men's and Women's Soccer Championships.
The men's College Cup will take place at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary May 14-17, with the national semifinals on May 14 and championship on
May 17.
Additional dates of men's championship:
First Round -- April 29
Second Round -- May 2
Third Round -- May 6
Quarterfinals -- May 10
Campbell, East Carolina, UNC Wilmington, UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest each plan to host tournament games, while additional matches will be played at the following off-campus sites:
Bryan Park (Greensboro, N.C.)
J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex (Wilson, N.C.)
Sportsplex (Matthews, N.C.)
WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, N.C.)
Maximum capacity for each venue will be 25 percent.
