Golden Eagles Head to New York for BIG EAST Clash

MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University women's soccer team (6-1-6, 2-0-2 BIG EAST) travels to Queens to take on St. John's (3-6-4, 0-2-3 BIG EAST) on Saturday at Cox Family Field at Belson Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. CT and the match will stream on ESPN+.

Last Time Out
Marquette earned its second-straight BIG EAST victory with a 1-0 win at DePaul on Oct. 10 at Wish Field, improving to 6-1-6 overall and 2-0-2 in conference play. Lilly Coats scored the game's lone goal in the 16th minute, finishing a play set up by Emily Fix and Megan Murray for her second goal of the season. The Golden Eagles carried the 1-0 lead into halftime after holding a 5-4 advantage in shots.

Mia Hurd made two saves to record her sixth shutout of the season, including a stop in the 89th minute to preserve the victory. Marquette controlled the second half, out shooting the Blue Demons 10-4 after the break, and finished with a 15-8 advantage in shots, a 6-2 edge in shots on goal and a 10-2 lead in corner kicks.

MU Earns Four Weekly Honors
Marquette women's soccer earned four BIG EAST weekly honors on Oct. 12 following a 2-0-0 week with victories over Creighton and DePaul. The Golden Eagles were the only team in the conference to record two wins during the week, earning three major awards and one selection to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.

Junior Lilly Coats was named Defensive Player of the Week after helping lead Marquette to a pair of conference victories, including scoring the game-winning goal in the 1-0 win at DePaul. Freshman goalkeeper Mia Hurd earned Goalkeeper of the Week after recording eight saves across the two matches, including two in the shutout against the Blue Demons for her sixth clean sheet of the season.

Freshman Kaylie Sheehan was selected as Freshman of the Week after scoring the 82nd-minute game-winner in Marquette's 2-1 victory over Creighton. Junior Megan Murray rounded out the honors with a spot on the Weekly Honor Roll, converting a penalty kick against the Bluejays before assisting on Coats' goal at DePaul. The four honors recognized the Golden Eagles' contributions across the field during a week in which they extended their unbeaten streak to six matches.

Hurd Among Nation's Best
Freshman goalkeeper Mia Hurd has established herself as one of the nation's top first-year goalkeepers. Among freshmen, Hurd ranks first in save percentage (.880) and goals-against average (0.48) and is tied for second with six shutouts. Overall, she is tied for ninth nationally in save percentage and ranks 17th in goals-against average

Through four BIG EAST matches, Hurd ranks among the conference's top three in four major goalkeeping categories. In conference play, she leads the league in goals-against average (0.50) and ranks second in save percentage (.889), trailing only Seton Hall's Katherine Kleinsmith.

MU Extends Historic Streaks
Through 13 matches, Marquette has either recorded a shutout or allowed just one goal in every contest, the longest such streak in program history. The run surpasses the 2008 Golden Eagles, who went 11 consecutive matches without allowing multiple goals before conceding twice in a 4-2 win at DePaul on Oct. 3, 2008.

Marquette carries a six-match unbeaten streak (3-0-3) into Queens, its longest single-season unbeaten run since 2017, when the Golden Eagles went eight consecutive matches without a loss. The program record is 17 consecutive matches, set in 2012 when Marquette went 15-0-2 during the streak.

Series with St. John's Dates to '05
Marquette holds an 18-2-2 all-time record against St. John's, a series that dates to 2005. The Golden Eagles are 10-1 at home and 7-1-2 on the road against the Red Storm, and they also won their only neutral-site meeting.

The teams last met Oct. 1, 2025, when Marquette earned a 3-1 win at Valley Fields, extending its winning streak in the series to two. Over the last 10 meetings, dating back to 2016, Marquette is 8-1-1.
The series opened with a 3-0 Marquette win on Oct. 23, 2005, and the Golden Eagles matched that margin in a 3-0 win on Oct. 12, 2012. Marquette has also won all four meetings that went to overtime (2008, 2016, 2019 and 2021).