NEW YORK – No. 10 Georgetown, Butler, Villanova and Marquette picked up wins in Game 4 of BIG EAST women’s soccer play on Thursday, while DePaul and Providence played to a scoreless draw to each take home a point. The Hoyas’ win gives them a two-game buffer against the next closest teams in the standings, which is now a four-way tie for second between the Bulldogs, Friars, Wildcats and Blue Demons. All 10 BIG EAST teams return to the pitch on Sunday with all five tilts kicking off at 1 p.m. ET, including Georgetown-Creighton on the BIG EAST Digital Network presented by SoFi.
#10 Georgetown 2, Xavier 1
Carson Nizialek buried a pair of penalty kicks to help stretch the 10
th-ranked Hoyas’ winning streak to a BIG EAST-best eight matches and give GU a five-point cushion atop the conference standings. Nizialek converted successful PKs in the 25
th and 41
st minutes while Anna Leat made two saves on the afternoon to earn the win. Samantha Dewey scored in the 86
th minute for Xavier to end Georgetown’s shutout streak at five matches. XU outshot GU 10-4 and held a 6-2 advantage in corner kicks.
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Marquette 3, St. John's 2 (2OT)
Zsani Kajan scored a pair of goals to give St. John’s a 2-0 lead by halftime, but three unanswered goals by the Golden Eagles led Marquette to its first BIG EAST win of the season. Macy Shock scored the 101
st minute golden goal for her team-leading third goal of the season and first of the game-winning variety. MU outshot the host Red Storm 11-6, with the lone strike by either team in overtime being Shock’s game winner.
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Villanova 5, Seton Hall 1
A season-high five goals propelled Villanova to its second conference victory of the season at Seton Hall Thursday night. Wildcats took 20 shots on the night to SHU’s five, but the Pirates were able to tally their first score of BIG EAST play this season with Laura Hooper’s 81
st minute score. Five different Wildcats scored on the evening, including the third of the year for Sam Rosette, who was credited with the 55
th-minute game winner off a feed from Chloe O’Neill, who also scored in the 62
nd minute.
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DePaul 0, Providence 0 (2OT)
The Blue Demons and Friars picked up their first BIG EAST draws of the season with a 110-minute shutout in Providence on Thursday night. DePaul dominated in shots 22-8 but Shelby Hogan kept the Blue Demons off the board with four saves to claim her fifth clean sheet of the season. Mollie Eriksson had three stops for DePaul for her sixth shutout of the season. The draw stretched the Blue Demons’ unbeaten streak to three matches to tie their season high.
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Butler 1, Creighton 0 (OT)
Katie Soderstrom broke a scoreless tie in the 93
rd minute with her sixth goal of the year to clinch Butler’s second BIG EAST win of the season and seventh point in the standings. Stephanie Rodriguez had five saves for the Bulldogs to earn her fifth clean sheet. Creighton outshot Butler 14-10 and Katie Sullivan had four saves in the setback.
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Upcoming Schedule
Sunday
DePaul at Villanova, 1 p.m.*
St. John’s at Butler, 1 p.m.*
Creighton at #10 Georgetown, 1 p.m.*^
Marquette at Seton Hall, 1 p.m.*
Providence at Xavier, 1 p.m.*
All times Eastern
*BIG EAST contest
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