MSOC Sees First Ranked Opponent of 2026 When Visiting No. 23 Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE - Following a season without Wisconsin on the schedule, Marquette (2-0-1) will renew its rivalry on Monday night with the No. 23 Badgers (3-0-0) hosting the Golden Eagles at McClimon Soccer Complex at 7 p.m. CT. The two sides have previously met 63 times (19-33-11), the most of any MU opponent.

UW entered the United Soccer Coaches poll after a pair of 5-0 results in Week 1. Both teams head into Monday after road wins on Thursday, MU coming off a 4-2 win at NIU and UW with a 1-0 result at Western Michigan.

BIG TOM KEEPS SCORING
Scoring in his first two collegiate games, Marquette's 6-foot-2 freshman forward Tomiwa Adewumi did not let up in his third, registering the first brace of his career in a five-point performance at NIU. The Pittsburgh, Pa., native scored twice in the first six minutes in MU's 4-2 win over the Huskies.

Adewumi is the first Marquette freshman in at least the last two decades to score in his first three collegiate matches.
The freshman is the first MU player in at least the last two decades to score four goals in the first three games of a season.
Adewumi ranks in the Top 10 nationally in total points (4th - 9), points per game (4th - 3.00), total goals (2nd - 4) and goals per game (3rd - 1.33).
Adewumi was tabbed to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Aug. 24 following two goals in the opening week.

PULLING THE STRINGS
With four assists in 2025, Mateo Stoka has nearly hit that mark through just three matches in 2026. With two against NIU, the midfielder is up to three on the year which ranks fifth nationally.

The two assists at NIU was the second career two-assist performance for the graduate student.

THE ATTACKING TRIO
Twenty of Marquette's 25 points have come from the trio of Tomiwa Adewumi (9), Mads Konrad Horgøien (6) and Mateo Stoka (5). All three have recorded points in each of the Golden Eagles' first three matches.

The trio have attempted 12 of the team's 25 shots. Seven of those shots have been on frame with each finding the back of the net.

ROSTER OVERHAUL
During the offseason, Marquette's roster went through a major overhaul following a 7-7-2 record. The coaches casted a wide net, bringing in players from as far as Scandinavia, Switzerland and the Yukon while still sticking to the program's strong recruiting ties to Wisconsin and Illinois.

51.7% of the roster has changed as the program welcomed in 15 new faces.
Of the 15 , four are transfers while 11 will enter the year as true freshmen.
Eight of the 15 are from outside of Wisconsin and Illinois with five coming from outside of the United States.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
With the addition of five internationals to this season's roster, Marquette enters 2026 with 11.

Three players hail from Norway with the addition of Viktor Engh. Felix Masson joins Joey Buchanan from western Canada. The third country MU has tapped into for multiple players was Sweden with newcomers Enkido Hackå nd Edvard Liljedahl.
Marquette has four other countries represented on its roster with one player each hailing from Australia, Brazil, England and Switzerland.

STRONG IN THE NONCONFERENCE
Now in its third season under Head Coach David Korn, Marquette is a combined 12-3-5 in the nonconference which includes a 6-0-2 mark in 2025.

The Golden Eagles have not lost a nonconference match in its last 11 (8-0-3).
MU's last nonconference defeat came on Sept. 15, 2024, a 2-0 loss to UIC.
Two of MU's three nonconference losses under Korn came in 2024 against ranked opponents Wisconsin and Northwestern. The Golden Eagles will travel to Madison to face the Badgers and host Northwestern this season.