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Women’s Soccer Travels to Norfolk for Pivotal Match with Old Dominion
10/6/2026 1:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Nearing the midway point of the Sun Belt Conference season, Marshall Women's Soccer (6-2-4, 2-0-2 SBC) faces Old Dominion (4-5-2, 2-0-2 SBC) Thursday evening in Norfolk.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. in a battle between two sides tied for fourth in the league with eight points apiece.
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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
- Marshall remained unbeaten at home this season with its 2-2 draw Sunday against Georgia Southern. Larissa Ozorio's 89th minute strike kept the Herd within two points of the top of the SBC table.
- Marshall forward Wiktoria Mikrut is the league's statistical leader in overall shots with 48. Mikrut leads the Herd with five goals.
- The Herd won its only conference road game so far this year with a 2-1 victory over Troy. Marshall picked up five points on the road in SBC league contests last year with a 1-2-2 record.
- Marshall will celebrate six seniors - Katia Cardaba, Nerea Munoz, Nicole Navarro, Larissa Ozorio, Madison Townes and Luiza Travassos - in the Herd's next home match next Sunday.
ABOUT THE MONARCHS
- Old Dominion is yet to concede a goal in league play with its 2-0-2 SBC record. The Monarchs have played to a pair of 1-0 wins and two goalless draws
- Will Roberts is in his first season at ODU. Roberts - a former University of Charleston soccer player under Coach Grassie and teammate of Simoes - had a successful three-year stint with ULM, leading the Warhawks to the SBC regular season title last year.
- Marshall leads the all-time series, 5-3-3. The two sides have played to goalless draws each of the last two seasons.
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