Off-field orientation leads to onfield output for women’s soccer first-years

Photo by Forster Goodrich Marquette returned 19 players from last season and added 10 new players, including eight first-years. After just a handful of months with the program, the Marquette women’s soccer first-year players have taken the stage and haven’t looked back. A season-high six-first years started against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 19, with five of them as field players; and goalkeeper Mia Hurd, who racked up her third Big East Goalkeeper of the Week award, and her fifth overall Big East honor of the year. Beyond the soccer field, it was a series of billiard battles and ping pong…