It might have been April Fool’s Day, but there was no fooling around as the men’s soccer team forced a draw against the previous national semifinalist Creighton, 2-2, at Hermann Stadium.

“Last year, Creighton advanced to the national semifinals and allowed only five goals all season, so this result proves we are heading in the right direction,” Head Coach Mike McGinty said to Saint Louis Athletics.

Creighton jumped out on an early 1-0 lead, which they held going into halftime. However, the second half was a different story.

In the 60th minute, Jon Roeckle’s shot deflected off the Bluejays’ defender into the back of the net.

This was Roeckle’s second goal of the spring exhibition season. In the 80th minute, off a Roeckle corner kick, forward Robbie Kristo headed the ball into the net.

SLU had the brief 2-1 lead, but the Bluejays answered a few minutes later to ensure the draw and come out of Hermann Stadium unscathed.

On the women’s side, the Bills played Missouri at Hermann Stadium on April 3. The women’s soccer team under new Head Coach Kat Mertz lost 2-0 against in-state rival Missouri.

The score was tied at 0-0 until the last 15 minutes of the game, when Missouri scored two goals thanks to the Tigers’ Dominique Richardson and Alyssa Diggs.

“I thought it was a tale of two halves. The first half we were a little bit on our heels. Mizzou is a great side–always athletic, very skilled. They put us under pressure in the first half,” Mertz said to soccerstl.net.

“Second half, I think we took a breath. We started to connect the pass, and we realized that we could stretch them on the flanks. We had a lot of opportunities created on the flanks, which was nice, and our girls gained some confidence with this game.”

They will play two more games against Washington (Mo.) and Arkansas to complete their spring exhibition.