DePaul University Athletics
DePaul University
Marquette
10/23/2026 12:52:00 PM | MEN'S SOCCER
Blue Demons unbeaten in last three entering home finale
CHICAGO – DePaul men's soccer wraps up its home schedule Saturday, Oct. 24, when longtime BIG EAST rival Marquette visits Wish Field. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m., and the match will stream on ESPN+. The Blue Demons will honor their seniors in a pregame ceremony. Admission is free.
Saturday's match is part of DePaul's Alumni & Family Weekend.
Demon Doings
DePaul (4-3-5, 1-1-2 BIG EAST) enters Saturday unbeaten in its last three matches, a stretch that includes a 2-1 win at UConn, a 0-0 draw with St. John's and a 5-1 win over Western Michigan.
Tuesday against the Broncos, five different Blue Demons found the net as DePaul outshot Western Michigan 26-6. The win evened the all-time series with WMU at 3-3-1 and closed nonconference play at 3-2-3.
DePaul's 33 assists are the program's most in a season since at least 2000 and rank 15th nationally. The Blue Demons are 13th in Division I with 2.75 assists per game and 20th with 15.75 shots per game.
Senior midfielder Noeh Hernandez was ranked No. 23 on Top Drawer Soccer's midseason Top 100 players list. He leads DePaul with six goals, seven assists and 19 points, and his 1.58 points per game rank 20th nationally and fourth in the BIG EAST. His three game-winning goals are second in the conference. With 62 career points, he ranks sixth in program history.
Junior forward Luca Iaccino is having the best season of his career, with four goals and a pair of assists. His 10 points rank second on the team.
Junior forward Daniel Hickiewicz has added five assists, and freshman Quinn Bedwell has four.
Freshman forward Mason Kutch has three goals and two assists in his first collegiate season.
Scouting Marquette
Marquette (8-5-1, 1-4-0 BIG EAST) arrives in Lincoln Park after a 1-0 loss to UConn on Oct. 16, a match in which the Golden Eagles held a 13-10 edge in shots. Marquette picked up its first conference win a week earlier, 4-0 over Butler.
Freshman forward Tomiwa Adewumi leads Marquette with nine goals, which ranks 15th in Division I. Mads Konrad Horgøien and Joey Buchanan have added six goals apiece. The Golden Eagles have been among the nation's most efficient attacking teams, converting 39.1 percent of their shots on goal through early October.
Cameron Simpson has appeared in net in 13 games this fall and owns a 1.54 goals-against average.
Head coach David Korn is in his third season leading the Marquette program.
Series History
Saturday marks the 42nd meeting between the programs, with Marquette holding a 31-7-3 edge in the all-time series. DePaul is 6-13-2 against the Golden Eagles in Chicago. The Blue Demons are 1-1-2 in the last four meetings, including a 1-0 win at Wish Field on Oct. 19, 2022, their most recent victory in the series. The teams drew 3-3 in Milwaukee in 2023 and 2-2 in Chicago in 2024 before Marquette won last season's meeting 4-1 at Valley Fields.
Senior Day
DePaul will recognize seniors Jordan Clagette, Christian Dionne, Noeh Hernandez, Liam Mullins and Keagan Pace before kickoff. The program will also honor the memory of Chase Stegall, a member of this year's senior class.
Up Next
DePaul heads east to face Seton Hall in BIG EAST play Tuesday, Oct. 27. Kickoff in South Orange, N.J., is set for 6 p.m. CT, and the match will stream on ESPN+.
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