Marquette Golden Eagles men’s soccer punched their ticket to the 2018 Big East tournament on Sunday afternoon with a 2-1 win over Butler. It will be MU’s first appearance in the conference tournament since 2014, so that’s a big deal.
However, Marquette’s work is not quite done. They still need to close out the regular season here with a win to clinch a home game in the Big East quarterfinals. There’s a few other scenarios at play which you can read about over this way, but let’s focus on this primary issue: Win and clinch playing your first Big East tourney game at home.