Saturday, October 21
Providence, R.I.
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Men's Soccer Begins Road Trip With Match At Providence On Saturday
10/19/2017 9:45:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Bluejays will play against the Friars on Saturday before staying on the road for a midweek match at Marquette on Wednesday
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Saturday, Oct. 21Â | Creighton at Providence | Providence, R.I. | 6:00 p.m. (CST)
Up Next
Creighton continues BIG EAST play with a match at Providence on Saturday night. Saturday's match is the first of three road matches during the Bluejays' final fourÂ
contests of the regular season.
Follow The Match
Saturday's match will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network which can be found at FOXSportsGo.com and the FOX Sports Go app. Chris Fama will handle commentary for the match.
Live stats for the contest can be found on Gametracker: (http://www.friars.com/gametracker/launch/gt_msoccer.html event=1551170&school=prov&sport=msoccer&camefrom=&startschool=&).
Bluejay fans can also stay updated through the Creighton men's soccer Twitter feed: Twitter.com/CreightonMSoc.
Scouting Creighton (8-4-1, 2-2-1 BE)
The Bluejays enter Saturday's match in a three-way tie for third place in the BIG EAST with seven points.
Creighton is also 5-1-1 during its past six matches after starting the year at 3-3-0.
Senior forward Ricky Lopez-Espin leads the Bluejays and is tied for first in the BIG EAST with nine goals. He also owns two assists to pace the squad with 20 points, and tie for the top spot in the league.
Joel Rydstrand leads the Bluejays and is tied for first in the BIG EAST with six assists.
Lucas Stauffer ranks second on the team in points with nine from two goals and five assists. Â
Creighton leads the BIG EAST and ranks 24th in the country with 1.92 goals per match. The Bluejays also pace the BIG EAST and are 13th in Division I with 6.38 corner kicks per match.Â
Senior goalkeeper Michael Kluver is 8-3-0 with four shutouts and a 1.00 goals against average.Â
Last Time Out
Ricky Lopez-Espin scored a pair of goals as Creighton defeated Xavier 4-1 on Saturday night at Morrison Stadium.
With the victory, the Bluejays improved to 2-2-1 during BIG EAST play (8-4-1 overall) and moved into a three-way tie for third place in the conference standings, while the Musketeers fell to 2-3-0 in league play (7-4-2 overall) and fell into a tie for sixth with four BIG EAST matches remaining for all 10 teams in the league.
The Jays also improved its home unbeaten streak to seven matches and are now 6-1-1 at Morrison Stadium this season.
Julius Fohr and Sven Koenig each scored their first career goals as Bluejays on Saturday night.
Scouting Providence (4-7-2, 1-2-2 BE)
The preseason BIG EAST favorites and defending regular-season champion Friars currently see themselves in ninth place in the conference standings, but only two points out of third.Â
Providence is 3-2-1 at home, including 1-1-1 during BIG EAST contests (compared to just 1-5-1 on the road; 0-1-1 BIG EAST).Â
Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year Mac Steeves leads the team and ranks third in the BIG EAST with 19 points from eight goals and three assists. The senior has four goals during conference plays.
Joao Serrano paces the squad with four assists, including two during Providence's most recent match against Seton Hall on Saturday.Â
Colin Miller, the 2016 BIG EAST Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, has two shutouts this season and has started 11 of the Friars' 13 matches. He owns starts during all five BIG EAST matches while holding a 1.47 goals against average with one shutout.Â
Head coach Craig Stewart is in his sixth season at Providence after leading the Friars to the Elite Eight of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.Â
Series History vs. Friars
The series between Creighton and Providence is tied at 5-5-0.
The Frairs finished 2-1-0 against the Bluejays last season. Providence won each of the matches in Omaha, including a NCAA Third Round contest, while Creighton defeated the Friars during the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament in Rhode Island.
The two teams have matched up at least twice each season since 2013, including five postseason meetings.Â
Creighton is 2-2-0 during matches played at Providence.Â
Lopez-Espin Honored By BIG EAST
Senior forward Ricky Lopez-Espin earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors, the league announced on Monday.
Lopez-Espin scored two goals during the Bluejays' 4-1 victory over Xavier on Saturday night at Morrison Stadium. The senior co-captain also set career-highs for shots (7) and shots on goal (5) against the Musketeers. He tallied Creighton's first goal of the match during the seventh minute and added his second goal during the 59th to give the Bluejays a 3-1 lead.
The Miami, Florida, native has recorded four two-goal matches during his career, including two this season.
The senior also tallied a goal during Creighton's 6-1 win against Drake (Oct. 10) as the Bluejays tied a Morrison Stadium record for goals in a single match.Â
Lopez-Espin is tied for the BIG EAST lead in points (20) and goals scored (9). His goal total also puts him in a tie for 14th-best mark in Division I.
During BIG EAST play, Lopez-Espin has scored a BIG EAST-best five goals through five matches. Since BIG EAST play started on Sept. 16, the senior forward has tallied eight goals during eight matches, while Creighton has outscored the opposition 19-10 and posted a 4-2-1 record (2-2-1 BIG EAST).
Additional Accolades for RLE
Ricky Lopez-Espin also earned a spot on the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (week ending Oct. 15) and the Top Drawer Soccer Men's Team of the Week (Oct 9-15).
He is the first Bluejay to be named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week since Riggs Lennon on Sept. 25, 2016.
Lopez-Espin Nearing CU Career Goals List
Ricky Lopez-Espin currently has 27 career goals and needs two more to move into a tie for eighth on Creighton's career goals chart.Â
John Probst (1980-83), Ray Nikodem (1980-82), and current Creighton women's soccer coach Ross Paule (1994-96), each scored 29 goals during their Bluejay careers.
The Creighton record for goals during an individual career is 68, set by Keith DeFini (1990-93).
Lopez-Espin is also currently tied for ninth in Creighton men's soccer history with four career multi-goal matches.Â
CU Seeks To Improve BIG EAST Road Record
Creighton is 0-2-0 during BIG EAST road matches this season with three contests away from Omaha remaining.
The Bluejays finished last season 1-2-1 on the road during the conference slate.Â
Since joining the BIG EAST prior to the 2013 season, Creighton is 9-8-3 during regular-season conference road matches.Â
By comparison, the Bluejays are 16-4-1 during home regular-season BIG EAST matches.
Bluejays Start Extended Road Trip
Creighton has two road matches over the course of five days, and the team will not return to Omaha between the pair of contests.
After playing at Providence on Saturday night, the Bluejays will fly to Chicago on Sunday afternoon and bus to Milwaukee to spend the rest of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Wisconsin before playing against Marquette on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Creighton will return to Omaha on Thursday afternoon.
In total, the Bluejays will be on the road for nearly seven full days from the morning of Friday, Oct. 20 through the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 26.Â
Morrison Stadium Goal Record
Creighton tied its own Morrison Stadium record for goals in a single match, as the Bluejays scored six against Drake on Oct. 10.Â
The Jays also scored six goals at Morrison Stadium against Central Arkansas on Sept. 27, 2006, and against UMKC on Nov. 22, 2003.Â
Creighton's six goals also marked its highest total in any match since the Central Arkansas match on Sept. 27, 2006.
The program record for goals in a single match is 14 (14-0 vs. Concordia, 9/25/90).
Bluejays Keep Finding Back of the Net
Creighton scored a total of 10 goals during two matches last week after tying a Morrison Stadium record with six on against Drake (Oct. 10) and scoring four against Xavier on Saturday night..Â
Last week marked the first time since September of 2006 in which the Bluejays scored 10 goals during a two-match stretch (6-1 W vs. Central Arkansas and 4-0 vs. Western Kentucky).Â
BIG EAST High For Goals Scored
The Bluejays goal output on Oct. 10 against Drake was the highest by any BIG EAST school this season and most since the opening weekend of the 2015 season.
Creighton's six goals were the most by a BIG EAST school since Xavier scored eight against Eastern Illinois on Aug. 28, 2015.Â
Three Is The Magic Number
The Bluejays have scored three or more goals three times this during the 2017 season and are a perect 3-0 during those matches (3-0 W at Cal, 6-1 W vs. Drake, 4-1 W vs. Butler).Â
Creighton finished 9-0-0 when scoring three or more goals last season.
The Bluejays have won their last 45 matches when scoring three or more goals, dating back to a 3-3 tie against Drake (11/7/09). Creighton has scored three or more goals 225 times in program history while going 221-1-3 in those matches.
The one loss came during the 1990 season. The Bluejays fell to Missouri State 5-4 in overtime.Â
Two-Goal Match
Ricky Lopez-Espin recorded his second brace of the season with goals during the seventh and 59th minutes against Xavier on Saturday night.Â
Lopez-Espin also scored a pair of goals against Butler during the BIG EAST regular-season opener (Sept. 16) for the Bluejays' first multi-goal individual performance of 2017.Â
Marios Lomis' brace against Drake (Oct. 10) marked the second multi-goal performance for Creighton this season.Â
Creighton had a total of five individuals record at least two goals in a match during the 2016Â season (Joel Rydstrand, Riggs Lennon, Ricardo Perez, Ricky Lopez-Espin, Myles Englis).Â
RPI Rankings Update
The Bluejays were ranked 25th in the third official RPI rankings that were released on Monday, Oct. 16.
Creighton is one of four BIG EAST teams listed in the top 60 (of 205 Division I programs).
12.   Georgetown
21.   ButlerÂ
25.   Creighton
54.   Xavier
The top 10 includes 1) North Carolina, 2) Wake Forest, 3) Maryland, 4) Michigan State, 5) Notre Dame, 6) Duke, 7) Indiana, 8) Clemson, 9) Louisville, 10) Virginia.
Fortress Morrison
Creighton is 129-23-18 overall at Morrison Stadium, including a 6-1-1 record  (2-0-1 during BIG EAST play) at home so far this season.
The Bluejays currently hold a seven-match unbeaten streak at home (6-0-1), with their last and only loss this season coming during the season-opener against then-No. 17 Virginia Tech.
Creighton has never lost consecutive matches at Morrison Stadium during the same season (since 2003).Â
The Bluejays' loss at Morrison Stadium against No. 17 Virginia Tech to open the 2017 season followed the team's loss at home to end last season (2-1 vs. Providence), marking the first time since 1985 that Creighton had lost consecutive home matches (spanning across two seasons).Â
CU finished the 2016 season 9-2-2 at home, including 4-1-0 during BIG EAST regular-season play.
Ramlo Listed On BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Sophomore midfielder Connor Ramlo earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll ( after scoring his first career goal against St. John's (Oct. 6).Â
Ramlo's goal during the 69th minute tied the match at 2-2 before the contest was called during the 81st minute after a lengthy delay because of lightning.Â
Ramlo also scored the first goal of Creighton's 6-1 rout of Drake (Oct. 10) and now has two goals this season.
Iron Men Stauffer and FrankeÂ
Seniors Lucas Stauffer and Noah Franke rank first and second in Division I Men's Soccer for matches played among active players.
Stauffer has played in 81 matches, while Franke currently owns 80 appearances.
Stauffer also played in his 50th match at Morrison Stadium on Saturday against Xavier, which is third-most in program history. Ricardo Perez holds the record for matches played at Morrison Stadium with 52 appearances (2013-16).
The Creighton record for matches played in a career is 90, set by David Wagenfuhr (2000-2003).
The Bluejays have four matches remaining (including Saturday) during the 2017 regular-season, including one scheduled to be played at Morrison Stadium.Â
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Saturday, Oct. 21Â | Creighton at Providence | Providence, R.I. | 6:00 p.m. (CST)
Up Next
Creighton continues BIG EAST play with a match at Providence on Saturday night. Saturday's match is the first of three road matches during the Bluejays' final fourÂ
contests of the regular season.
Follow The Match
Saturday's match will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network which can be found at FOXSportsGo.com and the FOX Sports Go app. Chris Fama will handle commentary for the match.
Live stats for the contest can be found on Gametracker: (http://www.friars.com/gametracker/launch/gt_msoccer.html event=1551170&school=prov&sport=msoccer&camefrom=&startschool=&).
Bluejay fans can also stay updated through the Creighton men's soccer Twitter feed: Twitter.com/CreightonMSoc.
Scouting Creighton (8-4-1, 2-2-1 BE)
The Bluejays enter Saturday's match in a three-way tie for third place in the BIG EAST with seven points.
Creighton is also 5-1-1 during its past six matches after starting the year at 3-3-0.
Senior forward Ricky Lopez-Espin leads the Bluejays and is tied for first in the BIG EAST with nine goals. He also owns two assists to pace the squad with 20 points, and tie for the top spot in the league.
Joel Rydstrand leads the Bluejays and is tied for first in the BIG EAST with six assists.
Lucas Stauffer ranks second on the team in points with nine from two goals and five assists. Â
Creighton leads the BIG EAST and ranks 24th in the country with 1.92 goals per match. The Bluejays also pace the BIG EAST and are 13th in Division I with 6.38 corner kicks per match.Â
Senior goalkeeper Michael Kluver is 8-3-0 with four shutouts and a 1.00 goals against average.Â
Last Time Out
Ricky Lopez-Espin scored a pair of goals as Creighton defeated Xavier 4-1 on Saturday night at Morrison Stadium.
With the victory, the Bluejays improved to 2-2-1 during BIG EAST play (8-4-1 overall) and moved into a three-way tie for third place in the conference standings, while the Musketeers fell to 2-3-0 in league play (7-4-2 overall) and fell into a tie for sixth with four BIG EAST matches remaining for all 10 teams in the league.
The Jays also improved its home unbeaten streak to seven matches and are now 6-1-1 at Morrison Stadium this season.
Julius Fohr and Sven Koenig each scored their first career goals as Bluejays on Saturday night.
Scouting Providence (4-7-2, 1-2-2 BE)
The preseason BIG EAST favorites and defending regular-season champion Friars currently see themselves in ninth place in the conference standings, but only two points out of third.Â
Providence is 3-2-1 at home, including 1-1-1 during BIG EAST contests (compared to just 1-5-1 on the road; 0-1-1 BIG EAST).Â
Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year Mac Steeves leads the team and ranks third in the BIG EAST with 19 points from eight goals and three assists. The senior has four goals during conference plays.
Joao Serrano paces the squad with four assists, including two during Providence's most recent match against Seton Hall on Saturday.Â
Colin Miller, the 2016 BIG EAST Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, has two shutouts this season and has started 11 of the Friars' 13 matches. He owns starts during all five BIG EAST matches while holding a 1.47 goals against average with one shutout.Â
Head coach Craig Stewart is in his sixth season at Providence after leading the Friars to the Elite Eight of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.Â
Series History vs. Friars
The series between Creighton and Providence is tied at 5-5-0.
The Frairs finished 2-1-0 against the Bluejays last season. Providence won each of the matches in Omaha, including a NCAA Third Round contest, while Creighton defeated the Friars during the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament in Rhode Island.
The two teams have matched up at least twice each season since 2013, including five postseason meetings.Â
Creighton is 2-2-0 during matches played at Providence.Â
Lopez-Espin Honored By BIG EAST
Senior forward Ricky Lopez-Espin earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honors, the league announced on Monday.
Lopez-Espin scored two goals during the Bluejays' 4-1 victory over Xavier on Saturday night at Morrison Stadium. The senior co-captain also set career-highs for shots (7) and shots on goal (5) against the Musketeers. He tallied Creighton's first goal of the match during the seventh minute and added his second goal during the 59th to give the Bluejays a 3-1 lead.
The Miami, Florida, native has recorded four two-goal matches during his career, including two this season.
The senior also tallied a goal during Creighton's 6-1 win against Drake (Oct. 10) as the Bluejays tied a Morrison Stadium record for goals in a single match.Â
Lopez-Espin is tied for the BIG EAST lead in points (20) and goals scored (9). His goal total also puts him in a tie for 14th-best mark in Division I.
During BIG EAST play, Lopez-Espin has scored a BIG EAST-best five goals through five matches. Since BIG EAST play started on Sept. 16, the senior forward has tallied eight goals during eight matches, while Creighton has outscored the opposition 19-10 and posted a 4-2-1 record (2-2-1 BIG EAST).
Additional Accolades for RLE
Ricky Lopez-Espin also earned a spot on the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (week ending Oct. 15) and the Top Drawer Soccer Men's Team of the Week (Oct 9-15).
He is the first Bluejay to be named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week since Riggs Lennon on Sept. 25, 2016.
Lopez-Espin Nearing CU Career Goals List
Ricky Lopez-Espin currently has 27 career goals and needs two more to move into a tie for eighth on Creighton's career goals chart.Â
John Probst (1980-83), Ray Nikodem (1980-82), and current Creighton women's soccer coach Ross Paule (1994-96), each scored 29 goals during their Bluejay careers.
The Creighton record for goals during an individual career is 68, set by Keith DeFini (1990-93).
Lopez-Espin is also currently tied for ninth in Creighton men's soccer history with four career multi-goal matches.Â
CU Seeks To Improve BIG EAST Road Record
Creighton is 0-2-0 during BIG EAST road matches this season with three contests away from Omaha remaining.
The Bluejays finished last season 1-2-1 on the road during the conference slate.Â
Since joining the BIG EAST prior to the 2013 season, Creighton is 9-8-3 during regular-season conference road matches.Â
By comparison, the Bluejays are 16-4-1 during home regular-season BIG EAST matches.
Bluejays Start Extended Road Trip
Creighton has two road matches over the course of five days, and the team will not return to Omaha between the pair of contests.
After playing at Providence on Saturday night, the Bluejays will fly to Chicago on Sunday afternoon and bus to Milwaukee to spend the rest of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Wisconsin before playing against Marquette on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Creighton will return to Omaha on Thursday afternoon.
In total, the Bluejays will be on the road for nearly seven full days from the morning of Friday, Oct. 20 through the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 26.Â
Morrison Stadium Goal Record
Creighton tied its own Morrison Stadium record for goals in a single match, as the Bluejays scored six against Drake on Oct. 10.Â
The Jays also scored six goals at Morrison Stadium against Central Arkansas on Sept. 27, 2006, and against UMKC on Nov. 22, 2003.Â
Creighton's six goals also marked its highest total in any match since the Central Arkansas match on Sept. 27, 2006.
The program record for goals in a single match is 14 (14-0 vs. Concordia, 9/25/90).
Bluejays Keep Finding Back of the Net
Creighton scored a total of 10 goals during two matches last week after tying a Morrison Stadium record with six on against Drake (Oct. 10) and scoring four against Xavier on Saturday night..Â
Last week marked the first time since September of 2006 in which the Bluejays scored 10 goals during a two-match stretch (6-1 W vs. Central Arkansas and 4-0 vs. Western Kentucky).Â
BIG EAST High For Goals Scored
The Bluejays goal output on Oct. 10 against Drake was the highest by any BIG EAST school this season and most since the opening weekend of the 2015 season.
Creighton's six goals were the most by a BIG EAST school since Xavier scored eight against Eastern Illinois on Aug. 28, 2015.Â
Three Is The Magic Number
The Bluejays have scored three or more goals three times this during the 2017 season and are a perect 3-0 during those matches (3-0 W at Cal, 6-1 W vs. Drake, 4-1 W vs. Butler).Â
Creighton finished 9-0-0 when scoring three or more goals last season.
The Bluejays have won their last 45 matches when scoring three or more goals, dating back to a 3-3 tie against Drake (11/7/09). Creighton has scored three or more goals 225 times in program history while going 221-1-3 in those matches.
The one loss came during the 1990 season. The Bluejays fell to Missouri State 5-4 in overtime.Â
Two-Goal Match
Ricky Lopez-Espin recorded his second brace of the season with goals during the seventh and 59th minutes against Xavier on Saturday night.Â
Lopez-Espin also scored a pair of goals against Butler during the BIG EAST regular-season opener (Sept. 16) for the Bluejays' first multi-goal individual performance of 2017.Â
Marios Lomis' brace against Drake (Oct. 10) marked the second multi-goal performance for Creighton this season.Â
Creighton had a total of five individuals record at least two goals in a match during the 2016Â season (Joel Rydstrand, Riggs Lennon, Ricardo Perez, Ricky Lopez-Espin, Myles Englis).Â
RPI Rankings Update
The Bluejays were ranked 25th in the third official RPI rankings that were released on Monday, Oct. 16.
Creighton is one of four BIG EAST teams listed in the top 60 (of 205 Division I programs).
12.   Georgetown
21.   ButlerÂ
25.   Creighton
54.   Xavier
The top 10 includes 1) North Carolina, 2) Wake Forest, 3) Maryland, 4) Michigan State, 5) Notre Dame, 6) Duke, 7) Indiana, 8) Clemson, 9) Louisville, 10) Virginia.
Fortress Morrison
Creighton is 129-23-18 overall at Morrison Stadium, including a 6-1-1 record  (2-0-1 during BIG EAST play) at home so far this season.
The Bluejays currently hold a seven-match unbeaten streak at home (6-0-1), with their last and only loss this season coming during the season-opener against then-No. 17 Virginia Tech.
Creighton has never lost consecutive matches at Morrison Stadium during the same season (since 2003).Â
The Bluejays' loss at Morrison Stadium against No. 17 Virginia Tech to open the 2017 season followed the team's loss at home to end last season (2-1 vs. Providence), marking the first time since 1985 that Creighton had lost consecutive home matches (spanning across two seasons).Â
CU finished the 2016 season 9-2-2 at home, including 4-1-0 during BIG EAST regular-season play.
Ramlo Listed On BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Sophomore midfielder Connor Ramlo earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll ( after scoring his first career goal against St. John's (Oct. 6).Â
Ramlo's goal during the 69th minute tied the match at 2-2 before the contest was called during the 81st minute after a lengthy delay because of lightning.Â
Ramlo also scored the first goal of Creighton's 6-1 rout of Drake (Oct. 10) and now has two goals this season.
Iron Men Stauffer and FrankeÂ
Seniors Lucas Stauffer and Noah Franke rank first and second in Division I Men's Soccer for matches played among active players.
Stauffer has played in 81 matches, while Franke currently owns 80 appearances.
Stauffer also played in his 50th match at Morrison Stadium on Saturday against Xavier, which is third-most in program history. Ricardo Perez holds the record for matches played at Morrison Stadium with 52 appearances (2013-16).
The Creighton record for matches played in a career is 90, set by David Wagenfuhr (2000-2003).
The Bluejays have four matches remaining (including Saturday) during the 2017 regular-season, including one scheduled to be played at Morrison Stadium.Â
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