Marshall University Athletics
Marshall University
Southern Miss
Women’s Soccer Hosts Southern Miss Wednesday to Close Regular Season
10/27/2025 3:07:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Watch | Live Stats | @HerdWSoccer
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Having already clinched a spot for next week's Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Championship, Marshall (7-4-4, 3-2-4 SBC) hosts Southern Miss (2-13-1, 1-8-0 SBC) Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at Hoops Family Field.
The Herd will be jockeying for postseason seeding among the league's Top-8 for next week's tournament in Foley, Ala.
Tickets
Marshall Women's Soccer Season Tickets
HOW TO FOLLOW
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Listen: 88.1 WMUL
X: @HerdWSoccer
COACH RAFA SIMOES
- Head Coach Rafa Simoes is in year two leading Marshall's women's soccer program. The former associate with the Herd men's team is a 2018 graduate of the University of Charleston in West Virginia, where he played for then-head coach Chris Grassie.
- Simoes coached 19 newcomers in his first season leading Marshall's women's soccer team. He earned his first win as a head coach on Sept. 1, 2024 in a 1-0 victory over Belmont.
PRE-MATCH NOTES
- Marshall tied with Coastal Carolina Friday evening which clinched the team's first postseason spot since 2022.
- From an individual perspective, sophomore Fernanda Dantas is in a race to be the league's leader in assists, coming down to the final match day of the regular season. Dantas is tied with ULM's Margret Edda Bjarnadottir with nine assists, a number which is also tied for 8th nationally.
- Defender Kajsa Ekstrom has not missed a second of game action this season, playing a full 1,350 minutes. She would be the first Herd player to achieve the mark since Ashley Seltzer did so in the 2018 season.
- An eighth win for Marshall would mark the most for the program since the 2015 season. A fourth conference win would be the most for the Herd since 2016.
ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES
- Southern Miss will not be qualifying for the Tournament next week with a 2-13-1 record overall.
- Redshirt senior Ryan Smith leads a team which has struggled to score with three goals. The team's 12 goals are the fewest in the SBC.
- Marshall leads the all-time series over Southern Miss, 9-4-3, but is searching for its first win over the Golden Eagles since 2017.
To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall women's soccer, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall women's soccer team.
For all the latest information about Marshall women's soccer, follow @herdwsoccer on Twitter and Instagram.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
---HerdZone.com---
