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Western Ill. WIU (2-5-0, 0-0-0)
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Winner UIC UIC (5-0-1, 0-0-0)
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Surges Past Western Illinois, 5-3

Flames post their highest goal output in two years to remain unbeaten in 2025.

CHICAGO – UIC junior midfielder Edouard Nys had a hand in four of his team's five goals on Thursday, scoring twice and assisting on two others to pace the Flames to a 5-3 victory over Western Illinois at Flames Field. It was the highest scoring match for UIC since Oct. 14, 2023 (a 5-1 home win over Evansville), while the eight combined goals are the most in a UIC match since Oct. 23, 2022 (6-2 win at Bradley) and most at Flames Field since Oct. 26, 2019 (a 7-1 win at IUPUI/now IU Indy).

Thursday's win also keeps UIC unbeaten this season at 5-0-1, the first time since 2008 the Flames have been unblemished through their first six contests (that year they also opened 5-0-1). In addition, UIC has scored 19 goals through its opening six matches of the year, a program record for a season-opening six-match stretch during its NCAA Division I era (1981-present).

This marked the first brace and first two-assist night of the season for Nys, while his six points were the most for a UIC player in a single match since the aforementioned Oct. 26, 2019, match at IUPUI, when Bukola Abdulwahab likewise had six points. Nys also extended his goalscoring streak to five matches, the longest by a UIC player since Oct. 5-26, 2019, when (you guessed it) Abdulwahab scored in five straight. For the season, Nys leads the Missouri Valley Conference with seven goals and 18 points.

Senior midfielder Rui Reis scored from the penalty spot, while junior midfielder Darrell Turcios added his fourth goal of the season and junior defender Hector Gil opened his account with a goal in the sixth minute that ignited Thursday's offensive charge for the Flames. Sophomore midfielder Carlos Nevarez also picked up his conference-leading fifth assist of the year, while redshirt junior defender Darien Martin tallied his second helper of the year and sophomore midfielder Sebastian Khoury registered his first career assist.

The full box score and play-by-play recap from Thursday's victory over Western Illinois can be found here.
 


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UP NEXT
UIC heads back to the north side of Chicago on Monday for a 7 p.m. (CT) match against Loyola in Rogers Park. ESPN+ will broadcast the contest live from Loyola Soccer Park, with a link to the stream, as well as live stats, available on the main and men's soccer schedule pages at UICFlames.com.
 
HOME MATCH TICKET INFORMATION
  • UIC students/staff and youths eighth grade and under - Free
  • Adults/youths ninth grade and older - $5 each
  • Groups of 10+ adults - $3 each 
 
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