Marquette head coach Markus Roeders said he expects his defense to win games.
“With the schedule that we’re playing, we have to become a really good defensive team,” Roeders told the Wire. “It’s not going to be 5-4. It’s not going to be 6-3.”
But in the team’s Thursday opener against Cal Poly, the defense could only do so much, tying Cal Poly 0-0.
Marquette junior goalkeeper Maddy Henry finished the game with five saves on 17 Mustang shots.
The shutout came despite several close Cal Poly opportunities. The Mustangs had two chances in the first 10 minutes of the second half, but senior Allison Jacobson’s clearance and offline Cal Poly shot kept the game scoreless.