CHICAGO, Ill. -- The University of Chicago men's soccer team returns to their home pitch on Saturday night to host the Aurora Spartans in a late-night Saturday showdown. * The Maroons come into the game with an 1-1-2 record on the season after picking up their second 0-0 draw of the season on Wednesday at Wheaton (IL).
* UChicago picked up their lone win of the season last Saturday with a 1-0 victory over MSOE.
* The Maroons have recorded three consecutive clean sheets, and they have held their opponents without a goal for 333 consecutive minutes.
* Alex Gomas scored the first goal of the season for the Maroons of an assist from Chase Perry in the loss to the Gusties.
* Evan Kanellos buried a penalty kick in the 77th minute to give the Maroosn the first win of the year with a 1-0 victory.
* Ali Alamery made 10 saves en route to his first career clean sheet in the 0-0 draw with St. Olaf. His 10 saves are the most by a UChicago goalkeeper since 2012.
* Alamery is the first UChicago goalkeeper since Will Boyes in 2022 to record three consecutive clean sheets.
* Alamery joins Ethan Peet as the lone two Maroons to play every minute during the 2025 season.
* Jadyn Hsieh-Bailey has taken the most shots for UChicago with 9 during the first four games, including six shots in the 0-0 draw with Wheaton (IL) on Wednesday.
* After Saturday's game against the Spartans, the Maroons will return to their home field for the second game of a threegame homestand against Hope College.

AURORA NOTES: 

* Aurora enters the weekend with a 1-1-2 record overall on the season.
* The Spartans are coming off a pair of draws with Loras (3-3) and Greenville (1-1) in their past two games.
* Walter Delapaz scored the late equalizer in the 88th minute on Wednesday to conserve the draw with the Panthers.
* Josue Roman leads the offensive attack for the Spartans with four goals and an assist through four games.
* Branden Dolezal and Delapaz have also scored two goals for the eight Aurora goals on the year.
* In goal, Alex Ageladelis has recorded 18 saves and a 1.75 GAA on the season.
*  Following their match with the Maroons, Aurora will return to action with another match in Chicago against Illinois Tech on Wednesday night.

SERIES HISTORY:

* Aurora leads the all-time series between the two teams 15-13-2, but UChicago comes into this weekend's match with a seven-game win streak.
* The Maroons took home a 4-2 victory last season with Max Weene and Edward Wu both finding the back of the net.
* The last Aurora win in the series came back in 2008 when the Spartans won 1-0 with a goal in the 83rd minute.
* UChicago has not lost a game at Stagg Field to the Spartans since 1997 with UChicago holding a 4-0-2 record in the last six home meetings.