Markus Roeders and Marquette Golden Eagles women’s soccer never started Big East play with two straight losses before last season.
I move that Marquette stop opening league play against Butler and St. John’s.
I’m not entirely sure why, but for whatever reason, the 2017 and 2018 Big East schedules for Marquette are identical in terms of order of opponents. The only difference is that the 2017 locations are reversed for 2018. That means two straight years of starting with Butler and Villanova and two straight 0-2-0 starts.
THE GOOD NEWS is that Marquette beat St.