Luka Prpa made the second team and Connor Alba and Josh Coan made the third team. Four Golden Eagles made the All-BIG EAST teams, including senior defender Patrick Seagrist, who made the first team for the second year in a row. In 2019, the team went 8-9-1 (4-5-0 BIG EAST) and made the BIG EAST tournament for the second consecutive year. The Hoosiers tallied two goals in the final 19 minutes of game action to take down MU and end the historic season. Franklin goal in the 44th minute put MU up 1-0 and it kept the lead all the way into the 71st minute. MU advanced to their second Sweet 16 in school history and first since 2013 and battled the No. After a 0-0 tie in regulation and two overtimes, the Golden Eagles emerged victoriously in penalty kicks, defeating the Lions, 3-1. 4 Loyola Marymount, the West Coast Conference champions who came in with an unblemished record. Rookie forward Beto Soto was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, the second MU player to garner that award.Īfter making the BIG EAST tournament for the third season in a row, the Golden Eagles were selected to their first NCAA tournament since 2013.
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Sunesson, one of the top strikers in the BIG EAST and nationally, was named First Team All-BIG EAST, a United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American and became the school's first ever MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist, an award that goes to the best player in college soccer. Their historic season came with several postseason accolades, including All-BIG EAST honors for strikers Lukas Sunesson and Beto Soto, midfielder Zyan Andrade, defender Alex Mirsberger and goalkeeper Chandler Hallwood. The Golden Eagles were ranked in both the United Soccer Coaches and Top Drawer Soccer rankings for the final eight weeks of the season, reaching as high as 12th in the country. MU went on to win five of its seven BIG EAST contests and a program-record six overtime games. One of these wins came against Saint Louis, a win that marked MU's first over the Billikens since 2002. The Golden Eagles won their first three games by the score of 1-0, all with golden goals in overtime.
Despite having to replace four of his top six scorers and two MLS SuperDraft picks from the year prior, the Golden Eagles thrived through adversity, going 8-3-2 (5-1-1 BIG EAST) and taking home the BIG EAST Midwest Division title by two games. In a spring 2021 season that will forever be associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Coach Bennett directed his lads through a trying season to achieve miraculous results in his 16th season at the helm. The 2022 season will mark the 17th for Louis Bennett as head men’s soccer coach at Marquette University and his 27th head coaching season overall.īennett boasts a long history of success, leading Milwaukee (1996-2005) and Marquette (2006-present) to a combined seven league championships, six league tournament titles and seven NCAA tournament appearances - advancing past the first round on six occasions, including two Sweet 16 appearances with the Golden Eagles (20-21).
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