CHICAGO -- The 3rd-ranked University of Chicago men's soccer team battles #12 WashU on Saturday with the 2025 UAA Championship on the line in St. Louis. With a win or draw, the Maroons will clinch their seventh UAA title in the last 11 seasons. With a loss, WashU will earn just their second title in the past 12 years. * All other results withstanding, the Maroons would move to #2 in the NPI with a win, stay at #4 with a draw, or drop to #7 with a loss. The Bears would move up to #9 with a win, move up to #13 with a draw, and drop to #22 with a loss.
* UChicago is riding a 16-game unbeaten streak, which ranks as the 4th-longest streak in program history. The Maroons have outscored opponents 33-9 in that stretch.
* The Maroons have had multiple 500-minute shutout streaks this season, ranking as two of the six best in program history.
* Max Weene earned UAA Offensive Player of the Week honors two weeks ago after contributing to both goals in the 2-0 win over Rochester with a goal and an assist.
* Edward Wu leads the team with five goals, five assists, and 15 points this season. He scored the first goal and assisted on the game-winning goal in the 3-2 win over #13 Brandeis.
* Wu became the first player in 2024 to score in three consecutive matches after his olimpico against North Park.
* Ali Alamery has been outstanding in his past four games with two clean sheets and 19 saves in those four games.
* Alamery made 10 saves in a 0-0 draw with St. Olaf earlier this season, the most by a UChicago goalkeeper since 2012.
* The Maroons will learn their NCAA Tournament destiny on Monday, November 10 at 10:30 AM CT at the 2025 NCAA DIII Selection Show on ncaa.com.

#12 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS NOTES: 

* Brandeis enters the weekend with a 9-2-4 record overall and a 1-2-2 record in UAA competition.
* The Judges are coming off a winless weekend last weekend in which they drew Case Western 0-0 and fell to Carnegie Mellon 1-0
* UChicago will be the fifth top-12 team that Brandeis has played this season. The Judges are 1-1-2 on the year in those games, including a win over #12 Babson.
* Nico Beninda leads the offensive attack for the Judges with 5 goals and 11 points on the year. 
* Rainer Osselmann-Chai has added a team-high 3 assists.
* Tyler Correnti has been a star in goal with 39 saves and a GAA of 1.08 on the year.
* Following their match with the Maroons, Brandeis will hit the road for their regular season finale at NYU on November 8.

SERIES HISTORY:

* WashU leads the all-time series 27-15-3 over the Maroons.
* The Bears picked up the 2-1 win over UChicago in the season finale last year.
* UChicago is 5-2-1 in the past eight meetings, but six of those games were decided by one goal.

UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STANDINGS:

	Team	Points	Conf.	Overall
1	#3 UChicago	14	4-0-2	11-1-5
2	#12 WashU	12	4-2	12-3
3	Rochester	10	3-2-1	9-4-4
4	#6 Emory	9	2-1-3	12-1-3
5	New York University	6	2-4	4-9-1
T6	#18 Brandeis	5	1-3-2	8-3-4
T6	Carnegie Mellon	5	1-3-2	8-4-5
T6	Case Western Reserve	5	1-3-2	7-4-5