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Men's Soccer Takes First BIG EAST Road Trip, Matches Up Against St. John's On Friday
9/22/2021 2:05:00 PM | Men's Soccer
The Bluejays started BIG EAST play with a 2-1 loss against #1 Georgetown
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Creighton embarks on its first BIG EAST road trip for a Friday night match against St. John's.
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Friday's match will feature live video and live stats.
Live video for the contest will be available via the BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports while live stats will be featured through SIDEARM Sports.
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Links to video and live stats will be provided on the Creighton Men's Soccer schedule page.
Updates will be provided during the match on Twitter (@CreightonMSOC).
Scouting Creighton (1-3-1, 0-1-0 BE)
The Bluejays head to the east coast for the first time this season after a tight 2-1 loss against #1 Georgetown on Saturday night at home.
Creighton is 1-1-1 in the month of September with its lone victory at #1 Indiana, 3-0.
Senior goalkeeper Paul Kruse leads the BIG EAST with 4.80 saves per match (24 in 5 contests).
Kruse made eight saves — one off his career-high — during the season opener (Aug. 26) against Tulsa before needing to make seven stops on Aug. 29 at Saint Louis. He also tallied five against the top-ranked Hoyas during the Bluejays' last match.
Freshman Manu Toledano and senior Diego Gutierrez each have two goals to lead Creighton, while Charles Auguste and Dominic Briggs have one goal a piece.
Briggs and Auguste each pace the team with two assists.
Gutierrez led the Bluejays last season with 16 points from five goals and six assists on his way to the BIG EAST Player of the Year award for the 2020 season (completed in spring of 2021). He was also tabbed the preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year for this season.
Head coach Johnny Torres is in his third year at the helm of the Bluejays after spending 12 years as an assistant coach.
Scouting St. John's (5-2-0, 1-0-0 BE)
The Red Storm enter Friday's tilt with a four-match winning streak, including a pair of 1-0 shutouts last week.
Senior Brandon Knapp leads St. John's with three goals and four assists. Lucas Bartlett owns six points from two goals and two assists, while Einar Lye has five points with two goals and an assist.
Reigning BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week Luka Gavran leads the conference with four shutouts and holds a 0.71 goals against average, which ranks sixth in the league.
Head coach Dr. Dave Masur is in his 35th season at the helm of St. John's. He led the Red Storm to a 5-5 record last season, including a 3-5 mark in league play.
Series History Against Red Storm
Creighton leads the all-time series against St. John's 5-4-2.
The Bluejays are 3-1-1 against the Red Storm in New York, including a 3-1 victory in 2018.
St. John's secured a 2-0 win in Omaha during the 2019 season, the last meeting between the two schools.
Bluejays During Road BIG EAST Matches
Since joining the BIG EAST prior to the 2013 season, the Bluejays are 16-15-5 during regular-season league matches on the road.
Creighton went 2-2 during road matches last season (during spring semester) and 1-3-1 in 2019.
The Bluejays are 6-1-1 during the first road BIG EAST contest of the season, including three consecutive wins.
Scoring First Yields Success
The team who has scored first during 17 of the last 18 Creighton matches has proceeded to claim the victory (lone exception the 1-1 (2OT) tie against Ohio State on Sept. 6).
The Bluejays are 1-0 this season when scoring first and 0-3-1 when the opposition finds the back of the net first.
Creighton finished 6-0 in during the 2020 season when scoring first, but 0-6 when its opponent scored first.
Head coach Johnny Torres is 12-1-1 when scoring first during his tenure at Creighton, but just 3-15-2 when the opposition finds the back of the net first.
Additionally, the Bluejays are 1-0 when leading at the half this season, but 0-3-1 when trailing or tied at halftime.
Creighton's last come-from-behind victory came during the 2019 regular-season finale against Butler.
The Bluejays' last victory when trailing at the half was on Sept. 24, 2019 against Tulsa as Creighton fell behind 1-0 at the half before winning 4-3 in overtime.
Since Torres took over prior to the 2019 season, the Bluejays have just one win after trailing at halftime (1-8-2).
Socctoberfest Success
Saturday marked Creighton's ninth Socctoberfest event.
The Bluejays are 8-1 during Socctoberfest matches with wins over Bradley, Columbia, Western Illinois, Cal State Northridge, Penn, South Florida, Memphis and Akron. Creighton has outscored the opposition 16-3 in those eight victories.
Creighton's 2-1 loss on Saturday against #1 Georgetown was the program's first loss during a Socctoberfest match.
After hosting 1,843 fans for the inaugural Soccotberfest in 2012, Creighton has averaged a crowd of 4,537 during the last eight events, including four of the largest crowds in program history.
Previous Socctoberfest Matches
Date Opponent, Result Atten.
Oct. 20, 2012 Bradley, W, 1-0 1,843
Sept. 6, 2013 Columbia, W, 3-1 5,102+
Sept. 5, 2014 Western Illinois, W, 1-0 3,750
Sept. 4, 2015 CSUN, W, 2-1 4,907^
Sept. 9, 2016 Penn, W, 3-0 2,888
Sept. 8, 2017 South Florida, W, 2-0 3,889
Sept. 7, 2018 Memphis, W, 2-0 4,367
Sept. 6, 2019 #21 Akron, W, 2-1 4,818#
Sept. 18, 2021 #1 Georgetown, L, 1-2 6,577$
+ - 10th-best single match attendance
^ - 11th-best single match attendance
# - 13th-best single match attendance
$ - 2nd-best single match attendance
Largest Crowds In Bluejay History
Creighton hosted 6,577 fans at Morrison Stadium on Saturday, the second largest crowd in program history.
Saturday's attendance also marked the highest attended game this fall across all of Division I Men's Soccer.
Morrison Stadium has hosted more than 6,000 fans three times, more than 5,000 fans on 11 occasions and more than 4,000 fans a total of 24 times.
Top Home Crowds in Bluejay History
1. 6,848 vs. Old Dominion, Sept. 14, 2012 (L, 1-2)
2. 6,577 vs. Georgetown, Sept. 18, 2021 (L, 1-2) #
3. 6,453 vs. Tulsa, Sept. 29, 2015 (W, 1-0)
4. 5,812 vs. UCLA, Sept. 8, 2007 (T, 0-0, 2OT)
5. 5,743 vs. Stanford (exhibition), Aug. 26, 2005 (L, 0-1)
6. 5,609 vs. Missouri State, Sept. 19, 2009 (L, 0-1)
7. 5,473 vs. Clemson, Aug. 24, 2018 (W, 2-0)
8. 5,425 vs. Drexel, Sept. 4, 2011 (W, 3-0)
9. 5,386 vs. Seton Hall, Sept. 17, 2016 (W, 4-1)
10. 5,282 vs. St. John's, Sept. 21, 2013 (W, 1-0, 2OT)
11. 5,102 vs. Columbia, Sept. 6, 2013 (W, 3-1) #
12. 4,907 vs. CSUN, Sept. 4, 2015 (W, 2-1) #
13. 4,838 vs. Michigan, Aug. 28, 2015 (W, 1-0)
14. 4,818 vs. Akron, Sept. 6, 2019 (W, 2-1) #
15. 4,766 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Sept. 5, 2016 (T, 1-1, 2OT)
16. 4,711 vs. Butler, Sept. 15, 2018 (W, 3-0)
17. 4,544 vs. Saint Louis, Sept. 20, 2014 (L, 0-1 OT)
18. 4,367 vs. Memphis, Sept. 7, 2018 (W, 2-0)
19. 4,242 vs. Fordham, Sept. 9, 2011 (W, 1-0)
20. 4,223 vs. Villanova, Oct. 24, 2015 (W, 5-1)
21. 4,096 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Sept. 16, 2019 (W, 2-1)
22. 4,089 vs. Virginia Tech, Aug. 25, 2017 (L, 0-2)
23. 4,071 vs. Gonzaga, Aug. 29, 2008 (W, 4-1)
24. 4,023 vs. Tulsa, Sept. 22, 2007 (L, 1-3)
#-Denotes Socctoberfest match
Creighton In BIG EAST Openers
Since joining the BIG EAST prior to the 2013 season, Creighton is 7-2-0 during the first conference match of the season, including its 2-1 loss against Georgetown on Saturday.
Creighton's 3-2 overtime loss at Butler in 2017 marked the Bluejays' first loss in a conference opener since 2011 when Creighton fell to Missouri State during its Missouri Valley Conference opener.
The Bluejays own a 42-23-7 record during regular-season BIG EAST matchups.
Creighton is now 8-1-0 during the first home BIG EAST match of the season and enters Friday with a 6-1-1 mark during the first BIG EAST road match of the year.
The Bluejays have captured two BIG EAST regular-season titles (2014, 2018) and finished runner-up at the conference tournament twice (2015, 2016). Creighton owns a total of 14 regular-season conference titles (most recent in 2018) and 13 conference tournament titles (last in 2012) as the Bluejays were a member of the Missouri Valley Conference from 1991-2012.
Creighton BIG EAST History
Year     Opener (Result)  Final Record (Place)
2013 #7 St. John's (W) 4-4-1 (5th)
2014 at Villanova (W) 7-1-1 (1st)
2015 at Seton Hall (W) 7-2-0 (2nd)
2016 Seton Hall (W) 5-3-1 (T-3rd)
2017 at Butler (L) 3-4-2 (T-5th)
2018 Butler (W) 7-1-1 (1st)
2019 Marquette (W) 4-4-1 (T-4th)
2020 Marquette (W) 5-3-0 (MW 2nd)
2021 Georgetown (L) ???
