RV Women's Soccer Travels To Marquette for Midweek Match-Up

Wednesday, October 21

Milwaukee, Wis.

7:00 PM ET

Xavier University

Marquette

10.20.26 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers and Golden Eagles get underway at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+

By: Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer heads out on the road this week, traveling to Milwaukee to face Marquette on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The Musketeers and the Golden Eagles are set for a 7:00 p.m. ET start on ESPN+.

Xavier is 9-2-3 overall entering the weekend on an 10-match unbeaten streak after taking a 5-0 win over Creighton on Saturday. At 3-0-3 in BIG EAST play, the Musketeers sit atop the BIG EAST standings six games into the 10-match conference slate, one point ahead of second-place teams, Villanova and Marquette, who are both 3-0-2 with five games played. Xavier is receiving votes in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Top 25, and came in at No. 18 in the most recent RPI ratings (through games on Oct. 18), leading the BIG EAST.

GAME DETAILS

at Marquette
Wednesday, Oct. 21 - 7:00 PM ET
Valley Fields - Milwaukee, Wisc.

BIG EAST STandings

SCHOOL	CONF.	PTS.	PCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Xavier	3-0-3	12	.750	9-2-3	.750	W1
Villanova	3-0-2	11	.800	8-0-5	.808	T2
Marquette	3-0-2	11	.800	7-1-6	.714	W3
Georgetown	2-2-2	8	.500	5-4-4	.538	W2
Seton Hall	1-1-3	6	.500	5-1-5	.682	W1
UConn	1-1-3	6	.500	3-3-7	.500	L1
Butler	1-2-3	6	.417	6-4-4	.571	L2
DePaul	1-2-2	5	.400	4-4-5	.500	W1
Creighton	1-3-2	5	.333	5-6-3	.464	L1
Providence	0-2-3	3	.300	2-3-9	.464	L1
St. John's	0-3-3	3	.250	3-7-4	.357	L2

OPPONENT INFO

The Golden Eagles enter the match at 7-1-6 overall and 3-0-2 in BIG EAST play, tied with Villanova for second place with 11 points after five matches. Marquette has won three straight, over Creighton, DePaul and St. John's, and played Butler and Georgetown to draws. In non-conference play, MU has wins over St. Thomas, North Dakota State, Truman State and Eastern Illinois, and played Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Northern Illinois and Loyola to draws, with the lone setback coming against No. 17 Baylor.
Marquette, which finished 2025 at 7-7-4 overall and finished seventh in the league after going 3-4-3 in the BIG EAST play last season, was picked to finish seventh in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll. The Golden Eagles had one, forward Jocelyn Leigh, selected to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.
Xavier moved to 7-10-1 all-time against the Golden Eagles with a 7-1 win in Cincinnati last season.
The Musketeers have won three straight and have an unbeaten streak of five matches against MU.

MUSKETEER NOTABLES

Peyton Kohls scored her team-high sixth goal of the season, tied for second most in the BIG EAST, in Xavier's 5-0 win over Creighton, marking her first game-winner of the season. She also picked up her fifth assist of the season against the Bluejays to give her 17 points, tied for most in the BIG EAST.
Frances Reuland picked up her third goal of the season in Xavier's 2-0 win over Seton Hall, marking her first collegiate PK. She also added to her team-high assist total against Georgetown, picking up her sixth of the year on Kohls' second-half goal, tied for the most in the BIG EAST. Her total assists are tied for 55th most in NCAA DI, while her assists per game, 0.46, are 51st in the country.
Regan Dancer scored a pair of goals in Xavier's 5-0 win over Creighton, the first multi-goal game of her career, to give her four for the season. Combined with three assists, she has 11 points.
Brooklyn O'Brien's first half goal against Southern Indiana was her fifth goal of the season, tied for fifth most in the BIG EAST, and her second game-winner, tied for most in the BIG EAST. She now has 10 points on the season.
Kieran Bradley knocked in her fourth goal of her freshman season in Xavier's win over Georgetown, her second game-winner. Bradley also picked up her first collegiate assist in Xavier's draw against DePaul, giving her nine points on the year.
Reese Sochacki scored her second goal of the season in Xavier's 5-0 win over Creighton. Combined with two assists, she has six points on the year.
McKinley Berry's scored her second goal of the season, and first collegiate game-winner, in the first half against Seton Hall. She now has five points on two goal and an assist.
Maria Tapia's PK against USI marked her second goal of the season. Combined with an assist, she has five points on the year.
Brooklynn Miltenberger picked up four points in Xavier's 5-0 win over Creighton, scoring her first goal of the season and dishing out a pair of assists.
Breanna Dardano picked up her fourth assist of the season in Xavier's 5-0 win over Creighton, on Miltenberger's second-half goal.
Alexis Morrison picked up her fourth assist of the season on Peyton Kohls' game-winner against Creighton
Abby Unkraut's goal just before halftime of Xavier's 2-2 draw against UConn was her first collegiate goal. Combined with an assist, she has three points on the season.
Nastassja Garrett put the Musketeers in front, 1-0, in the first half against Georgetown, marking her first collegiate goal and giving her two points on the season.
Sara Parker knocked in the game-winner in the second half of Xavier's 3-2 win over Indiana, her first of the season and her first game-winner as a Musketeer.
Fourteen Musketeers have recorded a point so far in 2026, with 12 goal scorers and 11 Musketeers recording an assist through 14 matches.
Nastassja Garrett leads the Musketeers in minutes played with 1,231, starting in every match this season and playing over 80 minutes in every outing so far, including the full time in nine matches. Elizabeth Powell has 1040 minutes of action on the Xavier backline, also making the start in Xavier's 14 matches on record. Xavier's defense has earned seven shutouts on the season.
Sami Lipcon has played in nine matches, making seven starts in-goal. She's collected 19 saves with eight goals against for the season, and has three complete shutouts as well as a two partial shutouts.
Taylor Thomas has made seven starts in-goal, collecting 23 saves, including a career-high six saves against UConn, with seven goals against in 535 minutes of action. She has two complete shutouts on the year as well a combined shutout.
Head coach Katy Etelman picked up her first career win on Sunday, August 16, topping her alma mater Miami (Ohio), 2-0, at Corcoran Field.

WEEKLY AWARDS

Brooklynn Miltenberger earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Musketeers to a 5-0 win over Creighton on Saturday. Additionally, Peyton Kohls was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll.
Miltenberger scored in the final 10 minutes against Creighton to help Xavier to a 5-0 victory, keeping the Musketeers unbeaten in BIG EAST play and extending their unbeaten streak to 10 matches. The goal was her first of the season and second as a Musketeer. She also picked up a pair of assists, on Regan Dancer's first goal and Reese Schacko's goal, to finish with four points, a single-game career high. Four points also marks Miltenberger's career high for a season. Defensively, Miltenberger played 74 minutes to help limit the Bluejays to five shots overall, matching CU's season low, and just three looks on-goal as Xavier picked up its seventh shutout of the season.
Kohls scored the eventual game-winner in the 26th minute against Creighton, sending it in on a header off a corner kick. The goal was her team-high sixth of the season and her first game-winner. Kohls also picked up an assist on Regan Dancer's second goal against Creighton, her fifth of the season, to give her a team-high 17 points, matching Butler's Chloe Brecht for most in the BIG EAST.

2026 SCHEDULE

Xavier remains on the road to face St. John's in Queens, N.Y., on Saturday, Oct. 24, set for a 1:00 p.m. start.
The Musketeers will wrap up the home portion of the regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 28, hosting Providence at 6:30 p.m.
In non-conference play, Xavier faced teams six different conferences before starting the 10-game BIG EAST schedule. The 2026 schedule features five teams that took part in the 2025 NCAA Championship, including a pair of Quarterfinalists in No. 1 Vanderbilt and No. 5 Michigan State.

HEAD COACH KATY ETELMAN

The 2026 season marks the first season at the helm for head coach Katy Etelman, who joined the Xavier staff in 2021. Etelman became the program's 10th head coach in February, following Dean Ward's departure to Iowa, after serving as associate head coach since 2023.
During her time as a Xavier assistant, Etelman helped lead the Musketeers to 75 wins, two BIG EAST Regular Season Championships, a BIG EAST Tournament title, and four bids to the NCAA Championships in the last five seasons. Xavier's 75 wins are the seventh most in Division I over that span.
In the last two seasons, as part of Ward's staff, Etelman helped lead the Musketeers to 31 wins, the most wins in a two-year period in program history. During that time, Xavier earned four All-American honors, five BIG EAST postseason awards, and 15 total All-BIG EAST selections
Etelman added Cory Herchenroeder to her staff as associate head coach. Herchenroeder came to Xavier from Missouri State where he joined the staff as an assistant coach in 2022 and was promoted to associate head coach in August of 2023.
Mikayla Krzeczowski also joined Etelman's staff as assistant coach with goalkeeper oversight. Krzeczowski, one of the top goalkeepers in NCAA DI history, came to Xavier from Appalachian State where she had served as part of the women's soccer staff since January 2022.

PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST HONORS

Forward Peyton Kohls was named the Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year, as voted on by the league coaches. Kohls was also a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, and was joined on the preseason all-conference squad by defender Brooklynn Miltenberger.
Kohls, a redshirt junior from Loveland, Ohio, started in all 22 matches for the Musketeers in 2025, collecting a career-best 20 points on six goals on and eight assists for the season. Her assist total ranked fourth in the BIG EAST and 35th in NCAA DI at the conclusion of the regular season. She started in all 10 matches in BIG EAST play last season finishing conference action with 10 points on three goals, including the game winner at DePaul, and four assists.
Kohls recorded her first collegiate goal and had a pair of assists in Xavier's 5-2 win over No. 17 Michigan State. She also posted her first career multi-goal game in Xavier's 6-0 win over Southeast Missouri State, also picking up an assist against SEMO for a career-high five points.
Kohls earned a spot on the 2025 All-BIG EAST Third Team and was named CSC Academic All-District following the season.
Miltenberger, a senior from Middletown, Ohio, played in 17 matches in 2025, making 15 starts for a Musketeer defense that only allowed 22 goals and had 12 shutouts on the season. She played in nine matches in BIG EAST play, starting in eight, with the Musketeers going 8-0-1, collecting five shutouts, and only allowing five goals in the conference matches in which she played.
For the season, Miltenberger played 964 minutes for the Xavier backline, playing the full 90 minutes in three matches before her season ended due to injury.
Miltenberger earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Third Team following the season.

The 2026 Roster

Xavier returns 18 letterwinners from the 2025 squad that finished 16-4-2, winning the BIG EAST Tournament Championship and advancing to the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
The returning Musketeers include a trio of all-conference performers from 2025, preseason all-conference selections Peyton Kohls and Brooklynn Miltenberger, as well as Regan Dancer, who recently re-joined the roster for a fifth year.
The Musketeers returning account for 75 points on 24 goals and 27 assists in last season's record-setting offense.
Xavier brings in four transfers, Sami Lipcon (UCF), Fiona Skwierawski (Kansas), Alivia Stott (Tennessee) and Abby Unkraut (Georgia) and added seven freshmen to the roster.
The Musketeers come from 14 different states as well as New Zealand: Ohio (8), Michigan (4), California (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), North Carolina (2), Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin.
Five Musketeers are originally from the Greater Cincinnati area, Peyton Kohls (Loveland, Ohio), Brooklynn Miltenberger (Middletown, Ohio), Gianna Mlynek (Anderson Township, Ohio), Presley Pennekamp (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Abby Unkraut (Burlington, Ky.).

2025 SEASON NOTES

Xavier is coming off a 2025 season where the Musketeers won the program's second BIG EAST Championship title, earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
The Musketeers earned a home match in the NCAA Tournament, hosting Dayton in the first round. Xavier's 2-0 win over the Flyers was the first home NCAA Tournament win in program history, and marked the third time Xavier advanced in the tournament.
The 2025 Musketeers also set a new program record with a 15-match unbeaten streak, going 13-0-2 during that stretch, and the Musketeer offense set a new single season program records with 71 goals, 210 points and 68 assists.
Xavier set new program records for goals (71), assists (68) and points (210) during the 2025 campaign.The previous records for goals (67) and points (165) had stood since the first year of the program in 1984. The prior assists record (47) was from 1997.
The Musketeers finished with 16 wins, tied for second most in program history.
Following the season, two players, Natalie Bain and Samantha Erbach, were named All-Americans, the second time in program history multiple Musketeers earned All-American honors.
Nine Musketeers earned All-BIG EAST honorees, the most in program history.

BIG EAST COACHES POLL

BIG EAST Preseason Women's Soccer Coaches' Poll
(first-place votes)
1. Georgetown, 98 (8)
2. UConn, 89 (2)
3. Xavier, 78 (1)
4. Creighton, 73
5. Villanova, 66
6. Providence, 60
7. Marquette, 40
8. Butler, 39
9. St. John's, 28
10. DePaul, 19
11. Seton Hall, 15

Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year
Peyton Kohls, Xavier, Sr., F

Preseason BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year
Lizzie Heller, Georgetown, Jr., M

Preseason BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year
Kaya Hanson, Georgetown, Sr., D

Preseason BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year
Hannah Dickinson, Villanova, Sr., GK

Preseason All-BIG EAST Team *
Jocelyn Leigh, Marquette, Jr., F
Courtnee Pickles, Providence, So., F
Se-Hanna Mars, UConn, R-So., F
Avrie Nelsen, Villanova, So., F
Peyton Kohls, Xavier, Sr., F ^
Chloe Brecht, Butler, Jr., M
Lizzie Heller, Georgetown, Jr., M
Thaea Mouratidis, Providence, Gr., M
Anaya Johnson, UConn, Sr., M ^
Gabby Koluch, Villanova, Sr., M
Kaya Hanson, Georgetown, Sr., D
Brooklynn Miltenberger, Xavier, Sr., D
Hannah Dickinson, Villanova, Sr., GK

^ unanimous selection
* Due to a tie in voting, there are 13 members on the preseason team

XAVIER HOME BROADCAST INFO

Xavier Athletics announced that 21 fall home sporting events will be broadcast live via Xavier+. The men's and women's soccer and volleyball broadcasts will be available through a subscription on GoXavier.com.
All 32 home fall sporting events for men's and women's soccer and volleyball will be broadcast on either ESPN+ or Xavier+.
The subscription cost of Xavier+ will be $10 per event or $145 for a fall season pass to watch all 21 home events. All purchases are subject to the customer's state sales tax.
A subscription to ESPN+ is required to view the 11 home men's and women's soccer and volleyball broadcasts. An ESPN+ subscription will also include a number of road men's and women's soccer and volleyball contests (determined by the host institution).
A detailed broadcasting list of each home and away men's and women's soccer and volleyball contest is available on the sport specific schedule pages at GoXavier.com.
Four women's soccer matches will be available on XAVIER+ with the remaining games being streamed on ESPN+.