Men's Soccer Hosts Xavier For First Round of BIG EAST Championships on Sunday

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Sunday, Nov. 6 | Xavier (8-7-3, 4-4-1 BIG EAST) at No. 24 Creighton (9-5-3, 5-3-1 BIG EAST) | Omaha, Neb | 3 p.m.

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The fourth-seeded Creighton men's soccer team hosts fifth-seeded Xavier on Sunday in the First Round of the BIG EAST Championship Presented by Jeep.

Follow The Match
Sunday'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. 24 Creighton (9-5-3, 5-3-1 BIG EAST)
The Bluejays snapped a three-match losing streak with a 3-0 victory against Georgetown on Thursday night.

Creighton finished in a tie for third in the BIG EAST and earned the No. 4 seed in the BIG EAST Championship Presented by Jeep.

Ricky Lopez-Espin scored a pair of goals against Georgetown and now has seven goals this season.

Riggs Lennon leads Creighton with 10 goals, while Noah Franke has a team-high six assists. The Bluejays average 1.71 goals per match and leads Division I with 17.29 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 seven shutouts and holds a 0.67 goals against average.

Scouting Xavier (8-7-3, 4-4-1 BIG EAST)
The Musketeers enter Sunday's match with one win during their last six matches (1-4-1). The lone victory came against Creighton, 2-1 in overtime at home on Oct. 26.

Jalen Brown leads Xavier with six goals, while Majed Osman paces the squad with six assists. Matt Vasquenza also has 15 points from five goals and five assists.

Vasquenza has scored three goals in four career matches against Creighton. He had the game-tying goal earlier this season and had the game-winner to snap the Bluejays' 15-match win streak last season.

Series History vs. Musketeers
The all-time series between Creighton and Xavier is tied at 2-2-1. The Musketeers defeated the Bluejays 2-1 in double overtime in Cincinnati on Oct. 26.

Xavier has won the last two matchups against Creighton.

The Bluejays' last victory in the series came during the quarterfinals of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Creighton earned a 2-1 victory over the Musketeers on Nov. 30, 2014.

Creighton is 2-1 against Xavier at Morrison Stadium.

Last Time Out
Ricky Lopez-Espin scored a pair of goals and Riggs Lennon added a penalty kick as Creighton snapped a three-match losing streak and defeated Georgetown 3-0 on Thursday night at Morrison Stadium.

The Bluejays had scored only three goals over their last four matches (1-3-0) before scoring three against the Hoyas.

Alex Kapp recorded his BIG EAST-leading seventh shutout of the season and made four saves.

BIG EAST Postseason History
Creighton is 1-3 during three BIG EAST tournament appearances. The Bluejays only win came last season during the semifinal round against Providence.

The Bluejays have played in the opening round of the BIG EAST Tournament only one other time. Creighton dropped its only First Round matchup (2013), 2-1 at Providence.

The Jays are 1-0 at Morrison Stadium during BIG EAST tournament action. Creighton defeated Providence 2-1 during the BIG EAST semifinals last season at home.

Fortress Morrison
The Bluejays are 7-1-2 at home this season.

Creighton is 121-21-17 overall at Morrison Stadium, including 15-4-0 in BIG EAST action.

The Bluejays have never lost consecutive matches at Morrison Stadium and have not lost two-straight home matches since 1985 at Rosenblatt Stadium.

Senior Ricardo Perez has played in the
second-most matches all-time at Morrison Stadium (49) and Alex Kapp enters Thursday's match with the best career goals against average 0.38 (minimum 720 minutes) at the stadium.

Conference Success
With Thursday's victory, Creighton finished above .500 in conference play for the 25th time in program history.

The Bluejays went 5-3-1 in BIG EAST regular-season play this season and finished in a tie for third place.

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).

Three Is The Magic Number
Creighton is 6-0-0 this season when scoring three or more goals.

The Bluejays have won their last 39 matches when scoring three or more goals, dating back to a 3-3 tie against Drake on Nov. 7, 2009.

Creighton has scored three or more goals 219 times in program history while going 215-1-3 in those matches.

The one loss came during the 1990 season. The Bluejays fell to Missouri State 5-4 in overtime.

Men's Soccer Hosts Xavier For First Round of BIG EAST Championships on Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Noah Franke

Alex Kapp

Riggs Lennon

Ricky Lopez-Espin

Ricardo Perez