Things continue to turn towards the sour end of life for Marquette men’s soccer. In this case, it’s not that they lost 2-1 to Xavier on Saturday afternoon, dropping their Big East record to 1-3-0, it’s how it happened.
The first half was unremarkable with four combined shots — three for Marquette — and none of them turning into a save for either goalie. There were, however, 15 combined fouls in just 45 minutes, and 10 of those went against the Golden Eagles. In any case, the real problems for Marquette cropped up six minutes into the second half, when a Xavier attacker booted a ball up into the arm of MU defender Jai Hsieh-Bailey.