Golden Eagles Climb Back into National Rankings at No. 23

10/5/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Oct. 5, 2010

MILWAUKEE - Following a dominant performance in a 3-0 shutout at Villanova and a 2-1 win against then-No. 22 Georgetown, the Marquette women's soccer team jumped back into national rankings this week. The Golden Eagles are ranked No. 23 by both Soccer America and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in their latest polls.

The win over Georgetown made it five straight for the No. 23 Golden Eagles who are 8-3-2 overall and 5-0-0 BIG EAST. It is the first time in program history that Marquette has started BIG EAST play 5-0-0.

Notably, Marquette has won it's last nine BIG EAST Conference games and has gone unbeaten in its last 12 conference games dating back to the 2009 season.

Marquette closes out its five-game BIG EAST road trip at Connecticut Friday, Oct. 8 at 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT, and at Providence, Sunday, Oct. 10, at Noon ET/11 a.m. CT.