It would be hard for Wicho Barraza to have had a much better freshman year with the way Marquette’s season went in 2015. Although his stats weren’t eye-popping, he made enough big saves to show his potential as a great college goalie. He was ranked the third-best sophomore goalkeeper coming into the season by Everybody Soccer.
So, one might be a bit surprised to know he’s in the middle of a goalie battle with redshirt senior Mac Wheeler, who started Monday’s game against Northern Illinois. Publicly, Barraza is taking the move in stride, nearly echoing head coach Louis Bennett’s comments about the situation from last week.