Marquette University Athletics
MSOC Returns To BIG EAST Play, Hosts Butler On Saturday
10/9/2026 1:27:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Golden Eagles to face five-straight BIG EAST opponents to close out the regular season
MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University men's soccer team (7-4-1, 0-3-0 BE) returns to BIG EAST play on Saturday night to host Butler (0-6-3, 0-0-2 BE) at Valley Fields. It will be the first of five consecutive conference matches to close out the season for MU.
The Golden Eagles are 3-2 in their last five meetings with the Bulldogs in Milwaukee, winning the most recent match at Valley Fields in 2024, 2-0. Kickoff between Marquette and Butler is set for 6 p.m. CT at Valley Fields and will stream on ESPN+.
BY THE NUMBERS
20 - On Oct. 6, Marquette totaled 20 points against Carroll, its most points in a game in more than 30 years.
34 - As of Oct. 8, Marquette was No. 34 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.
1 - Tomiwa Adewumi was the only freshman on the MAC Herman Trophy Midseason Watch List.
STRONG IN THE NONCONFERENCE
Now in its third season under Head Coach David Korn, Marquette is a combined 17-4-5 in the nonconference which includes a 6-0-2 mark in 2025 and a 7-1-1 mark in 2026.
KORN'S BEST START
At 7-4-1, David Korn is off to his best 12-match start with the Golden Eagles. Korn's team's finished with six wins in 2024 and seven in 2025.
SEVEN TIMES
During Tuesday's match against Carroll University, Marquette scored seven times in the win (7-2). It was the most goals in a game for the Golden Eagles since scoring seven against Valparaiso on Sept. 4, 1993.
FRESHMEN HAT TRICKS
On Oct. 6, Dominic Firs registered the second hat trick of the season when he found the back of the net three times against Carroll. It was the second by a Golden Eagle freshman this year after Tomiwa Adewumi record one against Southern Indiana on Sept. 12.
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.
CLINICAL FINISHERS
Marquette has scored 27 goals on just 131 shots, converting 20.6% of its attempts, the fourth-best conversion rate in the country, 1.6% back of UNC Asheville's top rate.
The Golden Eagles are 3-2 in their last five meetings with the Bulldogs in Milwaukee, winning the most recent match at Valley Fields in 2024, 2-0. Kickoff between Marquette and Butler is set for 6 p.m. CT at Valley Fields and will stream on ESPN+.
BY THE NUMBERS
20 - On Oct. 6, Marquette totaled 20 points against Carroll, its most points in a game in more than 30 years.
34 - As of Oct. 8, Marquette was No. 34 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.
1 - Tomiwa Adewumi was the only freshman on the MAC Herman Trophy Midseason Watch List.
STRONG IN THE NONCONFERENCE
Now in its third season under Head Coach David Korn, Marquette is a combined 17-4-5 in the nonconference which includes a 6-0-2 mark in 2025 and a 7-1-1 mark in 2026.
- The Golden Eagles have lost just one nonconference match in its last 15 (11-1-3).
- MU's last nonconference defeat to a non-ranked opponent came on Sept. 15, 2024, a 2-0 loss to UIC.
- Three of MU's four nonconference losses under Korn came in have come against ranked opponent (Wisconsin 2x, Northwestern).
KORN'S BEST START
At 7-4-1, David Korn is off to his best 12-match start with the Golden Eagles. Korn's team's finished with six wins in 2024 and seven in 2025.
- MU's seven wins matches the program's highest win total in the past five seasons with five games to play.
SEVEN TIMES
During Tuesday's match against Carroll University, Marquette scored seven times in the win (7-2). It was the most goals in a game for the Golden Eagles since scoring seven against Valparaiso on Sept. 4, 1993.
- The seven goals were the most scored all-time by MU at Valley Fields.
FRESHMEN HAT TRICKS
On Oct. 6, Dominic Firs registered the second hat trick of the season when he found the back of the net three times against Carroll. It was the second by a Golden Eagle freshman this year after Tomiwa Adewumi record one against Southern Indiana on Sept. 12.
- While Adewumi recorded his on four shots, Firs did his on just three shots.
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.
CLINICAL FINISHERS
Marquette has scored 27 goals on just 131 shots, converting 20.6% of its attempts, the fourth-best conversion rate in the country, 1.6% back of UNC Asheville's top rate.
- Five schools are above 20%, including Marquette's first two BIG EAST opponents (Georgetown, Creighton).
- Tomiwa Adewumi alone has scored on 47.1% of his shots (8-of-19). He is 8-of-9 in shots on goal.
- The Golden Eagles have scored on 39.1% of their shots on goal (27 goals on 69 SOG), the eighth-highest rate in the NCAA.
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