Unlike Marquette men’s soccer’s two previous exhibition games, the opponent in MU’s 2-1 win Sunday afternoon was not another college.
It was against the Milwaukee Torrent, a semi-professional soccer team competing in the National Premier Soccer League.
The team was founded in 2015 and played its inaugural season in 2016.
“The reason why (Marquette) wanted to (schedule a semi-pro team) is to try to play teams that may be quicker… slightly better skilled,” Bennett said. “Other teams do it, normally they’ll do it in the spring.”
Bennett said that playing a team like Milwaukee shows that his players can grind out games against tough opponents, control themselves and come out on top in the end.