Last season, Marquette men’s soccer moved to 4-3-0 on the year with a 5-2 win over Milwaukee to regain possession of the Milwaukee Cup. This isn’t the worst record in the world, particularly since it included an opening match loss to preseason #11 Tulsa, but it’s also not the best mark in the world. Coughing up four unanswered goals in a span of 22 minutes to Wisconsin in a 4-2 loss: Bad. Getting into a Penalty Kick-Off in the second half against Yale after giving up a goal to the Bulldogs in the 7th minute: Bad.
But then Marquette opened up Big East play in their very next match after the Milwaukee Cup by going to a scoreless draw with then-#19 Xavier.