CHICAGO -- The third-ranked University of Chicago women's soccer team travels to New York for another UAA showdown as the team looks to bounce back from the 1-0 loss to #1 Emory on Friday. The Maroons battle #16 Rochester 1 PM ET on Sunday.
* The Maroons enter Sunday with an 11-1-2 record on the season after their 13-game unbeaten streak was snapped in their 1-0 loss to #1 Emory on Friday.
* The 11-0-2 start to the season was the longest unbeaten start to a year for a UChicago team since they started the 2017 season with a 17-0 record.
* The UAA was outstanding in non-conference play this year with a 70-2-13 record and a goal differential of 271-33.
* The top-3 ranking for the Maroons is the highest for the team since they were also ranked third on September 25, 2018.
* The #16 Yellowjackets will be the sixth consecutive top-25 team that the Maroons have faced. UChicago holds a 3-1-1 record in those previous five games.
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Mary Stuart Kerrigan leads the team with seven goals on the season. Kerrigan has scored the equalizer in each of the past two games against #16 Carnegie Mellon and #6 Case Western Reserve.
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Indira Naylor earned UAA Offensive Athlete of the Week honors last week, following her 77th-minute game-winner over Carnegie Mellon. Naylor has scored in back-to-back games, and her game-winner against the Tartans was the latest for UChicago since 2023.
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Ella Cho leads the team with 5 assists on the season after her two-assist performance in the 2-1 win over North Central (IL).
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Amy Reifert has recorded 443 wins in her illustrious career. She sits 6th all-time in career Division III wins and 22nd all-time among all levels of the NCAA.
* Following Sunday's match with Rochester, UChicago will return to their home field for the final time this regular season as the team battles #19 Brandeis on Senior Day on Sunday, November 2.
* UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER NOTES:
* Rochester enters Sunday with a 7-2-5 record after falling to #2 WashU 5-0 on Friday night.
* The Yellowjackets have lost only two games this season with a 3-1 loss to #4 Case Western and the 5-0 loss to #2 WashU.
* Rochester has a 5-0 record in one-goal games this season with four 1-0 victories.
* Delia McMullen and Natalie Santangelo lead the Yellowjackets with 3 goals on the year.
* Santangelo and Hannah Nagashima lead with four assists each in 2025.
* In goal, Rochester has played a keeper-by-committee strategy with Eleni McGuire starting six games and Sydney Moore starting seven games. The duo has combined to make 41 saves with 14 goals allowed.
* Following their match with the Maroons, #16 Rochester will hit the road for another top-20 matchup with #19 Carnegie Mellon on November 1.
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rochester holds an all-time 17-14-6 advantage over the Maroons.
* The last time these two teams met, the Maroons suffered a 3-1 loss to the Yellowjackets.
Kamiryn Braxton Grimes was the lone scorer in that match for UChicago last season.
* UChicago has not beaten Rochester since 2018 when the Maroons blanked the Yellowjackets 3-0. The Maroons are also looking for their first win in Rochester since 2017.
UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STANDINGS:
|
Team |
Points |
Conf. |
Overall |
| 1 |
#2 WashU |
12 |
4-0 |
14-0-1 |
| 2 |
#1 Emory |
10 |
3-0-1 |
14-0-1 |
| T3 |
#3 UChicago |
7 |
2-1-1 |
11-1-2 |
| T3 |
#6 Case Western Reserve |
7 |
2-1-1 |
12-1-2 |
| T6 |
#16 Rochester |
4 |
1-2-1 |
7-2-5 |
| T6 |
#24 New York University |
4 |
1-2-1 |
9-3-3 |
| 7 |
#18 Carnegie Mellon |
1 |
0-3-1 |
9-4-2 |
| 8 |
#19 Brandeis |
0 |
0-4 |
7-4-3 |
