CHICAGO, Ill. -- The University of Chicago women's soccer team will hit the road to travel to the Northside for the first game of their five-game road trip against the North Park Vikings. * The Maroons enter the weekend with a 4-0 record on the season after picking up a 2-1 win over (RV) Calvin on Saturday in their toughest matchup of the season.
* The UAA has been nearly perfect as a conference this season with a 38-2-7 record and a goal differential of 155-20 as a league. #2 Emory (7-0) and #6 UChicago (4-0) are the only unblemished squads in the UAA so far this season.
* UChicago will look to reach their 11th NCAA Tournament in the past 12 seasons with their lone miss since 2013 coming in 2022.
* Kate Bruntlett earned UAA Offensive Player of the Week honors on the opening weekend. The freshman has scored five goals in her first four career games. She is the first UChicago player to score in four consecutive games since Hanna Watkins in 2019.
* Fellow freshman Annabel Edwards leads the Maroons with three assists on the year.
* Karena Shah, Kamiryn Braxton Grimes, Cate Brown, and Lucy Harrison-Caldwell have also found the back of the net multiple times this season.
* After Wednesday's game, the Maroons will continue their five-game roadtrip with a pair of matches in Michigan. UChicago will take on Hope on Saturday before battling Kalamazoo on Sunday.

NORTH PARK NOTES: 

* North Park enters the week with a 3-3-0 overall record, going 3-0 at home but 0-3 on the road.
* The Vikings have scored nine goals through six matches, led by Julia Onnerheim, who has netted three goals, including a hat trick against Benedictine (IL).
* Caroline Sjostedt has been a key playmaker with a team-high 23 shots, 11 on goal, while adding one goal and two assists.
* Stine Lie, Maja Applequist, Sofia Svensson, Olivia Cox, and Tilda Karlsson have each added a goal apiece, giving North Park a balanced offensive attack.
* In net, senior goalkeeper Paige MacRitchie has played every minute this season, recording 37 saves with a .787 save percentage and one shutout.
* The Vikings have been outshot 85-71 by opponents but hold a 9-8 advantage in goals scored at home.
* Following their midweek contest with UChicago, North Park will continue non-conference play on Saturday as they host Lake Forest for Senior Day on Saturday.

SERIES HISTORY:

* UChicago is 16-0 all-time against North Park with a 70-6 goal differential in those 16 meetings.
* The 16 wins without a loss or a draw against the Vikings is the most against a single opponent for the Maroons. UW-Oshkosh (8-0) and Dominican-IL (5-0) are the next highest on the list.
* The Maroons took down North Park 6-3 last season in Hyde Park in their first meeting since 2014.
* UChicago has only allowed goals to North Park in two of the past 10 meetings.
* Only one of the meetings between UChicago and North Park all-time was decided by 1 goal with the Maroons taking down the Vikings 2-1 in 2014.