College notes: UW-Milwaukee men, Marquette sides set spring slates

The Marquette men's and women's teams announced their spring schedules this week, and both Golden Eagles sides have intriguing matchups during the exhibition season.

Coach Louis Bennett's men's team will take on two professional teams during its eight-game schedule: March 29 against North American Soccer League expansion club Indy Eleven in Indianapolis, and April 6 against the Chicago Fire Reserves at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill.

The Marquette women, meanwhile, open their eight-match exhibition schedule on Saturday against former Big East Conference rival Notre Dame in their lone home game. The Golden Eagles' final spring game will be against the Mexico Under-20 Women's National Team on April 23 in South Bend, Ind.

The UW-Milwaukee men's team also recently released its spring schedule, which features six matches – all in Milwaukee, four on its home field at Engelmann Stadium and the other two at Marquette's Valley Fields.

The spring schedules for the state's other five NCAA Division I programs were announced earlier this month. Schedules and results also are available on the Wisconsin Soccer Central college scoreboards: Men | Women

MARQUETTE WOMEN

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
March 22	Notre Dame	Valley Fields, Milwaukee	3 p.m.
March 30	vs. Iowa	Engelmann Stadium, Milwaukee	11 a.m.
March 30	at UW-Milwaukee	Engelmann Stadium, Milwaukee	12:45 p.m.
April 6	at Illinois	Champaign, Ill.	12:15 p.m.
April 6	vs. Northwestern	Champaign, Ill.	1 p.m.
April 6	vs. Kentucky	Champaign, Ill.	2:30 p.m.
April 16	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium, Madison	5:30 p.m.
April 23	vs. Mexico Under-20 Women's National Team	South Bend, Ind.	7 p.m.

MARQUETTE MEN

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
March 29	at Indy Eleven (NASL)	Indianapolis	TBA
April 2	Cardinal Stritch	Valley Fields, Milwaukee	5:30 p.m.
April 2	at UW-Milwaukee	Engelmann Stadium, Milwaukee	8:30 p.m.
April 6	at Chicago Fire Reserves	Bridgeview, Ill.	TBA
April 12	at Creighton	Omaha, Neb.	10 a.m.
April 12	at Creighton	Omaha, Neb.	7 p.m.
April 26	Wisconsin	Valley Fields, Milwaukee	11:30 a.m.
April 26	UW-Milwaukee or UW-Green Bay	Valley Fields, Milwaukee	1:30 or 2 p.m.

UW-MILWAUKEE MEN

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
March 29	Loyola (Ill.)	Engelmann Stadium, Milwaukee	6 p.m.
April 2	Marquette	Engelmann Stadium, Milwaukee	8:30 p.m.
April 12	Bradley	Engelmann Stadium, Milwaukee	3 p.m.
April 26	UW-Green Bay	Valley Fields, Milwaukee	9:30 a.m.
April 26	Wisconsin or Marquette	Valley Fields, Milwaukee	1:30 or 2 p.m.
Date TBA	UW-Parkside	Engelmann Stadium, Milwaukee	TBA

Scott Deopere is among five former UW-Oshkosh standouts who will be inducted in the school's Athletics Hall of Fame on May 4. Deopere, who played for the Titans from 1997 to 2000, is the program's career leading scorer with 82 goals in 76 games – he ranks ninth in NCAA Division III history in goals. The Illinois native was twice named an All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American and was the organization's Division III national Player of the Year in 2000 after leading Oshkosh to the national semifinals.

Editor's note: This article has been edited from its original version to reflect information that became available after posting.