Xavier University Athletics
Men's Soccer Announces Fall Schedule
06.16.21 | Men's Soccer
The Musketeers open the 2021 fall season on Aug. 27 vs Eastern Illinois
CINCINNATI - Xavier men's soccer announced its 2021 fall schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The Musketeers will play nine home matches at Corcoran Field.
• Xavier plays four of its first six matches at home. The Musketeers open their home schedule on Aug. 27 vs Eastern Illinois at 7 p.m.
• Xavier takes on four teams that participated in the 2021 NCAA Tournament this spring in Seton Hall, Marquette, Georgetown and Indiana. Each of those teams won at least one match in the tournament with Seton Hall and Georgetown advancing to the Elite Eight and Indiana losing in the national title match to Marshall. The Musketeers also take on NCAA Tournament participant Bowling Green in exhibition play for the second straight season.
• Indiana finished the year (spring season) ranked No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, while Georgetown ranked fifth, Seton Hall ranked ninth and Marquette ranked 14th.
• The Musketeers are playing seven non-conference opponents, including three matches vs Big Ten members: Ohio State, Indiana and Northwestern. Xavier will take on one new opponent for the first time in program history in Robert Morris.
• Xavier has posted a 38-25-13 (.585) non-conference record since 2013. The Musketeers have recorded an 21-8-4 (.697) record at home in those matches.
• Xavier returns All-BIG EAST selections Felix Boe-Tangen and Karsen Henderlong.
• Boe-Tangen was named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team, earning all-conference honors for the first time in his career. The forward recorded eight points (three goals, two assists) in the spring, ranking tied for second on the team in points.
• Henderlong was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team, earning all-conference honors for the first time in his career. The forward led the Musketeers in points in the spring with 16 (seven goals, two assists). He also ranked 20th in the NCAA in total goals.
• Jerome Jolly and Jansen Miller were named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Midseason Freshmen Top-100 on April 12. Miller ranked 18th on the list, while Jolly ranked 86th.
• Miller played in 10 matches this spring, making nine starts. The defender logged 864 minutes on the back line and helped the Musketeers post three shutouts.
• Jolly ranked tied for second on the team with eight points (six assists, one goal) through nine matches. His six assists ranks tied for 19th in the NCAA.
• Xavier men's soccer has reached the NCAA Tournament in four of the last 11 seasons. The Musketeers have also won 10 or more matches in seven of the last 11 seasons.
• Xavier was the only program in the nation with five consecutive major conference awards from 2012-16, including 2016 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Cory Brown.
• XU has qualified for six of the last eight BIG EAST Championships, including trips to the title game in 2014 and 2017.
• XU has been ranked in the nation's top-10 three times in the last eight years by the United Soccer Coaches. The Musketeers have been nationally-ranked in at least one major college soccer poll (United Soccer Coaches, Top Drawer Soccer, College Soccer News, Soccer America) in every season since 2011.
• In 2015, XU knocked off the national No. 1 (Creighton) and No. 2 (Notre Dame) on the road. The Musketeers are widely believed to be the first program to ever knock off both a No. 1 and a No. 2 on the road in the same season.
• Four XU players have been selected in the MLS SuperDraft in the last nine years, including 2018 third rounder Cory Brown.
• The Musketeers are 23-12-5 (.637) at home since the start of the 2016 season.
• Xavier is 62-25-10 (.691) at Corcoran Field since Andy Fleming took over the program in 2010.
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SCHEDULE NOTES |
• Xavier plays four of its first six matches at home. The Musketeers open their home schedule on Aug. 27 vs Eastern Illinois at 7 p.m.
• Xavier takes on four teams that participated in the 2021 NCAA Tournament this spring in Seton Hall, Marquette, Georgetown and Indiana. Each of those teams won at least one match in the tournament with Seton Hall and Georgetown advancing to the Elite Eight and Indiana losing in the national title match to Marshall. The Musketeers also take on NCAA Tournament participant Bowling Green in exhibition play for the second straight season.
• Indiana finished the year (spring season) ranked No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, while Georgetown ranked fifth, Seton Hall ranked ninth and Marquette ranked 14th.
• The Musketeers are playing seven non-conference opponents, including three matches vs Big Ten members: Ohio State, Indiana and Northwestern. Xavier will take on one new opponent for the first time in program history in Robert Morris.
• Xavier has posted a 38-25-13 (.585) non-conference record since 2013. The Musketeers have recorded an 21-8-4 (.697) record at home in those matches.
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ABOUT THE MUSKETEERS |
• Xavier returns All-BIG EAST selections Felix Boe-Tangen and Karsen Henderlong.
• Boe-Tangen was named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team, earning all-conference honors for the first time in his career. The forward recorded eight points (three goals, two assists) in the spring, ranking tied for second on the team in points.
• Henderlong was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team, earning all-conference honors for the first time in his career. The forward led the Musketeers in points in the spring with 16 (seven goals, two assists). He also ranked 20th in the NCAA in total goals.
• Jerome Jolly and Jansen Miller were named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Midseason Freshmen Top-100 on April 12. Miller ranked 18th on the list, while Jolly ranked 86th.
• Miller played in 10 matches this spring, making nine starts. The defender logged 864 minutes on the back line and helped the Musketeers post three shutouts.
• Jolly ranked tied for second on the team with eight points (six assists, one goal) through nine matches. His six assists ranks tied for 19th in the NCAA.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS |
• Xavier men's soccer has reached the NCAA Tournament in four of the last 11 seasons. The Musketeers have also won 10 or more matches in seven of the last 11 seasons.
• Xavier was the only program in the nation with five consecutive major conference awards from 2012-16, including 2016 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Cory Brown.
• XU has qualified for six of the last eight BIG EAST Championships, including trips to the title game in 2014 and 2017.
• XU has been ranked in the nation's top-10 three times in the last eight years by the United Soccer Coaches. The Musketeers have been nationally-ranked in at least one major college soccer poll (United Soccer Coaches, Top Drawer Soccer, College Soccer News, Soccer America) in every season since 2011.
• In 2015, XU knocked off the national No. 1 (Creighton) and No. 2 (Notre Dame) on the road. The Musketeers are widely believed to be the first program to ever knock off both a No. 1 and a No. 2 on the road in the same season.
• Four XU players have been selected in the MLS SuperDraft in the last nine years, including 2018 third rounder Cory Brown.
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XAVIER AT HOME |
• The Musketeers are 23-12-5 (.637) at home since the start of the 2016 season.
• Xavier is 62-25-10 (.691) at Corcoran Field since Andy Fleming took over the program in 2010.
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