Huskies Host Creighton on Friday Night time

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Head Coach Chris Gbandi Game Preview

STORRS, Conn. – UConn males’s soccer (6-2-3) will welcome the Creighton Bluejays (5-2-2) to Joseph J. Morrone Stadium on Friday, October 3. Kickoff is about for 7:00pm and can be streamed on ESPN+. TICKETS

UConn at present has three factors in BIG EAST play with a 1-1 report, whereas Creighton is off to a 2-0 begin giving the Bluejays six factors. FULL STANDINGS

UConn has dropped their final two straight matches, snapping a nine-game unbeaten streak to start the season. The Huskies offense has been led this season by a pair of seniors in Austin Brummett and Balthazar Saunders. Brummett is UConn’s main aim scorer this season with six tallies, whereas Saunders has served as a playmaker for the Huskies midfield, recording three targets and 4 assists.

A Look at Creighton

The Creighton Bluejays are using a five-game win streak coming into Friday’s match. Creighton has earned wins over Marquette and DePaul to kick off their BIG EAST slate. The Bluejays are coached by Johnny Torres getting into his seventh season. Creighton was chosen to complete in second place within the Midwest Division within the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Junior midfielder Miguel Arilla leads the Bluejays in targets (4) and assists (3) this season. 

Series History

These two packages final met in 2023, with UConn popping out victorious in Omaha, 2-0. The all-time sequence is even throughout the board at 2-2-2. The Huskies first win over Creighton was for the 2000 National Championship, as UConn shutout the Bluejays, 2-0, incomes this system’s third nationwide title. Head Coach Chris Gbandi scored the game-winning aim off a free kick, on his solution to incomes the Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the NCAA College Cup and the MAC Hermann Trophy. 

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