OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha men's soccer team will make the short trip down Dodge St. to visit crosstown foe Creighton on Monday, Sept. 5. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Morrison Stadium.
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Maverick Quick Kicks (2-1-0, 0-0-0 Summit League)
- Omaha returned home on Friday and defeated Drake, 3-0.
- Fazlo Alihodzic led the Mavericks with a goal and two assists.
- Seth Rinderknecht and Emmanuel Hamzat each scored their first goals in a Maverick jersey.
- Elvir Ibisevic was credited with an assist on Omaha's third goal.
- Joseph Ghitis picked up his first shutout and sixth of his career in the win.
- Omaha returns eight starters and 13 lettermen from the 2015 squad which went 9-6-3 overall.
- The Mavericks were picked to finish second in the Summit League this season.
- Senior Mark Moulton returns as the leading point-scorer on the 2016 roster. Moulton had 20 points on seven goals and six assists last season.
- Assistant Coach Tim Walters played three seasons at Creighton. He started 29 of the 53 matches he appeared in, tallying seven goals and seven assists over his final two seasons.
- Head coach Jason Mims spent 10 years as an assistant coach at Creighton, helping then-head coach Bob Warming, create the Bluejays' program from the ground up. Mims helped lead Creighton to eight straight NCAA tournament appearances and six Missouri Valley Conference Championships.
- Mims is in his sixth season as head coach of the Mavericks.
Bluejay Briefs (1-1-0, 0-0-0 BIG EAST)
- CU is 1-1-0 on the season with a 2-0 win over No. 25 Rutgers and a 1-0 loss to No. 2 Clemson.
- The Bluejays home opener against San Francisco was canceled due to rain last Friday.
- CU is currently ranked No. 8 in the latest NSCAA Coaches Poll.
- Lucas Stauffer and Riggs Lennon have scored goals this year for the Jays.
- Creighton returns five starters and 10 lettermen from last year's team.
- The Bluejays were picked as the favorite to win the BIG EAST this season.
- Ricardo Perez returns as the leading goal-scorer and with the most experience in a Bluejay uniform of any player on the 2016 roster.
- CU lost three All-Americans from last season, including MAC Hermann Finalist Fabian Herbers.
- Elmar Bolowich is in the sixth season as head coach of the Jays.
Up Next
Omaha welcomes DePaul next Friday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Penn next Sunday at 2 p.m.
