When you’re facing off against a top 15 team and you yourself are not ranked in the top 25, you kind of have to not make any mistakes if you want to get the win, even at home.
That wasn’t the case with Marquette men’s soccer on Thursday night as they started off the season against #11 Tulsa. The final margin was 4-2 favoring the ranked visitors at Valley Fields, but even with Tulsa only winning the shots battle 18-16, Marquette kind of handed the Golden Hurricane the game.
How else are we supposed to talk about an own goal skittering past freshman netminder Ludwig Malberg in his first ever appearance and start in the 30th minute to give the game its first goal?