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Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Flames Battle For Gritty 1-1 Draw at Murray State

Maloy nets equalizer in 67th minute to help UIC pick up key MVC road point

MURRAY, Ky. (Sept. 25, 2024) — Junior midfielder and Preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference selection Makenna Maloy (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) picked the perfect time to score her first goal of the season, scoring midway through the second half to help UIC (2-7-1, 1-0-1 MVC) to a 1-1 tie at conference foe Murray State (4-3-3, 0-0-2) on Thursday afternoon at Cutchin Field in Murray, Ky.

Sophomore midfielder Emmy Higgins (Evansville, Ind./Castle) started the decisive sequence by picking off an errant Racer goal kick near the edge of the attacking third. She alertly fed a pass to junior midfielder Hannah Gryzik (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove) in the right channel and she one-touched a pass to an onrushing Maloy. The Flames' veteran struck the ball in stride and drilled home the tying goal from the top of the penalty area, just inside the right post.

The back-and-forth match saw UIC earn a season-high 13 corner kicks, while Murray State finished with a 24-12 edge in total shots (11-6 in shots on goal). Fifth-year senior goalkeeper Francesca Faraci (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South/Florida) went the distance between the pipes for the Flames, making 10 saves.

The full box score and play-by-play recap can be found here.

COACH'S COMMENTS
"I was pleased with our performance," said head coach David Nikolic. "Murray State is talented and well-coached. We showed grit and fight in the most important moments, especially being on the road. The response was what we expect from this group after going down and the combination that began with a ball from Emmy to a wonderful touch by Hannah for Mak's strike was quality. This game challenged us as our balance was affected and we were forced to adjust quickly."

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BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • UIC improved to 1-0-3 all-time against Murray State, with Thursday's score the same as the Flames' first-ever visit to Cutchin Field on Oct. 2, 2022.
  • Maloy also scored the decisive goal in the Flames' 1-0 regular-season win over Murray State last year.
  • UIC's 13 corner kicks were not only a season high, but also just two off the school record, also set against MSU in last year's MVC Tournament quarterfinals at Flames Field (Oct. 29, 2023).
  • Faraci's 10 saves were the most by a UIC goalkeeper since Nov. 1, 2019, when Lena Kurz also recorded 10 stops in a win over Oakland.

UP NEXT
UIC wraps up its brief two-game conference road trip at 1:30 p.m. (CT) Sunday, traveling to E.S. Rose Park in Nashville to take on Belmont. The game will be televised live on ESPN+.
 
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