MSOC To Host UConn On Friday Night

MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University men's soccer team (8-4-1, 1-3-0 BE) welcomes UConn (5-6-2, 1-2-0 BE) to Valley Fields on Friday evening. It will be the Huskies first match in Milwaukee since 2022.

The Golden Eagles are just 1-9-2 all-time in the series, but the two sides have played just three times since MU's 3-2 win at Valley Fields on Oct. 6, 2012. MU is 0-1-2 since that day, with its defeats each coming by one goal in Storrs. The Huskies have not won in Milwaukee since Oct. 18, 2008.

Kickoff between Marquette and UConn is set for 6 p.m. CT at Valley Fields and will stream on ESPN+.

BY THE NUMBERS
4 - Marquette's 4-0 win over Butler was its largest BIG EAST win since defeating St. John's 5-1 on Nov. 2, 2022.
40 - As of Oct. 14, Marquette was No. 40 in the NCAA Men's Soccer RPI. MU is 1 of 6 teams from the BIG EAST in the Top 50. The other 5 are all on MU's schedule.
8 - Marquette's eight wins is its most since recording eight in 2014.

WALLING UP THE VALLEY
Protecting your home field is something program's set out to do but do not always accomplish. This season, Marquette has taken care of business at Valley Fields, holding a 7-1-1 record. The seven wins are tied for the seventh-most home wins in a season in program history, and one shy of being tied for the third-most.

The Golden Eagles have scored 26 of their 31 goals at Valley Fields. That number is tied for the fifth-most in program history with two home matches remaining.

OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER
With 31 goals through 13 games, Marquette is enjoying one of its best offensive showings in the past two decades. With four matches remaining, the 31 goals is tied for the 14th-most goals in a season in program history, and is the second-most in the past 20 years behind the 36 that MU scored in 2022.

Nationally in 2026, the Golden Eagles rank 10th in goals (31), 14th in points (89), 13th in goals per game (2.38), 20th in points per game (6.85), 13th in shot accuracy (.503) and 26th in the assists (27).

KORN'S BEST START
At 8-4-1, David Korn is off to his best start with the Golden Eagles. Korn's team's finished with six wins in 2024 and seven in 2025.

MU's eight wins matches the program's most since the 2021 spring season. The Golden Eagles have not recorded more than eight wins in a season since 2013, the last time they reached the NCAA Tournament.

HERMANN WATCH LIST
On Oct. 2, Tomiwa Adewumi was announced as one of 30 players selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List. It was the first time a Golden Eagle has earned a spot on the list since Lukas Sunesson was a semifinalist for the award in the spring of 2021.

Adewumi was the only freshman on the list, and was one of just four underclassmen.
Adewumi was one of four players from the BIG EAST on the list.

SCORING TRIO
Three Marquette players have at least four goals: Tomiwa Adewumi (9), Joey Buchanan (6), Mads Konrad Horgøien (6). The trio accounts for 21 of MU's 31 goals.