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Marshall University
Georgia State
10/21/2026 1:55:00 PM | Women's Soccer
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – With three matches remaining in the regular season, Marshall Women's Soccer (7-3-5, 3-1-3 SBC) remains on the road for a Thursday evening contest in Atlanta against Georgia State (9-4-2, 4-2-1 SBC) at 7 p.m.
Thursday's match is crucial with the Herd and Panthers battling for two of the top-four spots in the SBC Standings.
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COACH RAFA SIMOES
- Head Coach Rafa Simoes is in his third season leading the MU 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 and the Herd had a resurgent 2025 season. In his second year as skipper for MU, Simoes led the team to win its most games in a decade (8) with four All-Conference selections, also the program's most since 2015.
PRE-MATCH NOTES
- With Marshall in the midst of playing three of its final four regular season contests on the road, MU has a 3-3-2 road record, one win shy of matching last season's four victories away from home, its most since 2015.
- Marshall forward Wiktoria Mikrut leads the Herd with seven goals and 52 shots. Mikrut has a goal in each of the last two matches for Marshall.
- With one more victory, the Herd would secure consecutive winning seasons for the first time in program history.
ABOUT THE PANTHERS
- Georgia State enters with 13 points, one of just three teams ahead of Marshall in the table. Head Coach Ed Joyce is in his 11th season with the Panthers.
- Senior forward Aaliyah Faddoul leads the team and is third in the league with 10 goals. Her 24 points are also third in the SBC.
- Georgia State leads the all-time series, 2-1-1, with both sides meeting every season since 2022.
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