WSOC Hosts St. John's, DePaul In BIG EAST Play

The Marquette University women's soccer team (4-3-3, 0-0-2 BIG EAST) returns to Valley Fields this week to host a pair of BIG EAST Conference outings.

The Golden Eagles face St. John's (2-4-4, 0-1-2 BIG EAST) at 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Oct. 1 before welcoming DePaul (3-6-1, 0-1-1) to campus at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 4.

This week's action will conclude a run of 4-of-5 outings at home, but Marquette has played just four matches since Sept. 4.

Leigh A Consistent Scoring Threat

Sophomore forward Jocelyn Leigh accounted for Marquette's lone goal in the 1-1 draw at Creighton, finding the back of the net for the fifth time in seven outings.

The Evanston, Illinois native was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for the first time this season on Monday afternoon.

Leigh leads the roster in goals (5) and is ranked among the league leaders (t5th). Since the 2020-21 campaign, only three other players (Leigh, Katrina Wetherell - 5, and Tess O'Connell - 6) have scored five-or-more goals in a season.

MU Searching For Winning Result

The Golden Eagles are in search of their first win since Aug. 31, at 4-1 decision at St. Thomas.

MU is 0-1-3 in its last four outings, including three-straight draws in its last trio of outings. The last time Marquette concluded three-consecutive outings with a draw came in the 2007 campaign when overtime sessions were still an option. In program history, MU has never played four-straight deadlocked matches.

Offense Shows Signs Of Life

In 2024, Marquette averaged just 1.10 goals per match and collected a total of 91 shots on goal (already 64 through 10 matches in 2025), which is 50.0 percent of the team's overall attempts (128).

Through matches of Sept. 27, MU ranks fourth in the BIG EAST in goals per outing (1.70).

Defensively, Marquette has allowed just 43 opposing shots on frame, only 38.7 percent of the total attempts (111).

Balanced Scoring On Display

Marquette has netted a total of 17 goals through the first 10 matches, with 11 different players finding the back of the net for the Golden Eagles.

The Golden Eagles are one of less than 10 programs in the country to feature at least 10 players with one goal an no single player with more than five scores.

Marquette scored a total of just 22 goals in 20 matches in 2024.

Allen Not Afraid To Use Bench

While six different players have started each of the team's 10 matches (19 total have started at least one match), head coach Chris Allen hasn't been afraid to use his bench, early and often.

A total of 26 players have now seen action in 2025 and a pair of players (Erin O'Keefe and Kiley McMinn) have been sidelined with injuries all year and entered the season as expected contributors.

MU Has Had Series Success

Marquette has has impressive success in its respective all-time series with St. John's and DePaul, combining to post an overall record of 37-8-5 against the two programs.

The Red Storm is making its first visit to Valley Fields since 2021 and MU hasn't dropped any of the previous six meetings (5-0-1) versus the Blue Demons.

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Players Mentioned

Jocelyn Leigh

Kiley McMinn

Erin O'Keefe