CHICAGO - DePaul women's soccer returns to Wish Field on Sunday to host the UIC Flames (0-1-1) at 4 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on FloSports. DePaul (1-1) returns to Chicago after claiming the first win of the season on the road at Oakland on Thursday night.
The meeting between the Flames and Blue Demons will be the first ever. UIC, a Horizon League member, is the first of three Chicago-area opponents the Blue Demons will take on this fall. DePaul hosts Loyola on Sept. 9 and travels north to take on Northwestern on Sept. 12.
DePaul head coach Michele O'Brien earned her first-career win on Thursday thanks to a Morgan Turner second half goal and a clean sheet posted by the Blue Demon defensive unit and goalkeeper Mollie Eriksson. DePaul outshot the Golden Grizzlies 18-6 in the non-conference match and protected a 1-0 lead after Turner's goal in the 47th minute.
DePaul enters Sunday's match with a 1-1 record after Iowa outlasted the Blue Demons in a 2-1 affair in the season opener on Thursday, Aug. 19. DePaul will hit the road to take on Milwaukee on Thursday, Sept. 2 after hosting the Flames.
FLAMES FACTS
- Head coach David Nikolic is in his first season at the helm of the Flames women's soccer program. Nikolic recently served as the associate head coach at Northwestern.
- Last time out, UIC earned a 0-0 draw versus former DePaul head coach Erin Chastain's Minnesota Gophers.
- The Flames dropped their season opener, a 1-0 decision on the road at Wake Forest.
- UIC went 5-3-1 during the 2020-21 season which was played earlier this year from Feb. to April.
- UIC defender Grace Haines was named to the 2020-21 All-Horizon League second team after playing every minute of the 2020-21 season.
- The Flames defense allowed only six goals during the shortened spring season.
For all of the latest on DePaul Women's Soccer, stay tuned to depaulbluedemons.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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