Sept. 13, 2013
Box Score
Final Stats 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The UIC men's soccer team recorded its first shutout of the season when sophomores Jorge Alvarez and Kyle Lindberg each scored to take the Flames to a 2-0 victory over Lipscomb at the Belmont Invitational on Friday at Rose Park.
The win moves the Flames to 2-2-0 this season, having captured their last two matches, while the Bisons have now lost their last two and are also 2-2-0.
"Going into any game, you want to get a positive result and get a win," head coach Sean Phillips said. "The best part of it, for us, is that we were able to get the win by scoring two goals. A 2-0 shutout win on the road is always tough, especially down south with the heat and an afternoon game, and I thought the boys showed a developing resilience with each other today."
Alvarez made the first shot attempt of the game and was able to execute less than eight minutes later in the 10th minute, when he put his second goal of the season past Lipscomb goalkeeper Micah Bledsoe, with the assist from junior Jesus Torres. The Flames continued to make chances and finished the first period with six shots, three of which were on goal from Alvarez and seniors Slobodan Aleksov and Bob Novak.
Into the second period, Lindberg added an insurance goal for UIC in the 57th minute for his second score of the season, with assists from Alvarez and Aleksov. The Flames had three additional shots in the half, with another on goal coming from Novak. Freshman goalkeeper Andrew Putna made just one save in the match, as UIC held Lipscomb only one shot in the second and four in the entire 90 minutes.
"Our offense continues to evolve and I thought our defending today was very good," Phillips added. "We were able to shutout the opponent and I think a lot of it is our back four, who continue to take better shape. I thought we managed the game better, we limited the number of opportunities we gave to the opponent, and when we didn't do that, we were able to put those fires out pretty efficiently."
The Flames are back on the field at Rose Park for the final day of competition on Sunday, when they take on host Belmont at 2:30 p.m. CT.
"We came down here with the goal of coming back with two wins, and we still have to get ready for a tough Belmont opponent," said Phillips. "Our next challenge is to rebound, get our bodies ready and continue to improve so we can get another result on Sunday."
