CHICAGO, Ill. -- The University of Chicago women's soccer team will end their five-game road trip on Saturday as they head to Ohio to take on John Carroll Saturday afternoon. This will be the Maroons last game before conference play begins next week.  * The Maroons enter the weekend with a 7-0-1 record on the season after a tough, 2-1, win against North Central on Wednesday night. 
* The 5-0 start to the season was the best start to a season and the longest winning streak for a UChicago team since they started the 2021 season with a perfect 8-0 record.
* The UAA has been nearly perfect as a conference this season with a 55-2-10 record and a goal differential of 213-28 as a league. #2 Emory (9-0), #4 Case Western (8-0-1), #5 WashU (7-0-1), #8 UChicago (7-0-1), #11 Brandeis (6-0-2), and #15 Rochester (4-0-3) are all unbeaten 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 leads the team with five goals on the year, and after scoring in the first five games of the season, she became the first UChicago player to score in four consecutive games since Hanna Watkins in 2019.
* Mary Stuart Kerrigan, Kamiryn Braxton Grimes, and Karena Shah have each scored three goals on the season, and Shah leads the team with two game-winning goals.
* Annabel Edwards, Ella Cho, and Katelyn Gomez lead the Maroons with three assists on the year.
* After a standout freshman season, Indira Naylor seems to be getting her groove back after finding the net for her second goal of the season in Chicago's win on Tuesday. 
* Sophia Sasaki has been excellent in goal with a GAA of just 0.46 and 13 saves to go along with 3 clean sheets on the year.
* After Saturday's game, the Maroons will finally return home to open up UAA play against NYU on Saturday, Oct.4. 

JOHN CARROLL NOTES: 

* John Carroll enters the weekend with a 6-2-1 overall record.
* The Maroons will be only the second ranked team the Blue Streaks will face this year. They took on #4 CWRU earlier this season and lost 0-6. 
* JCU is coming into the match on six-game win streak, most recently getting the 3-1 win over Pitt- Greensburg Wednesday night. 
* Emily Patrzyk and Brooke Berkowitz led the team with three goals each. Patrzyk also leds the team with three assists on the year as well. 
* The Blue Streaks have had eight different players score a goal in each of their games. 
* In goal, Madeline Martin has made 41 saves in her 675 minutes played. She's faced 76 shots and is currently sitting at a .854 save percentage. 
* Following their match with the Maroons. John Carool will begin their conference play against DePauw on Satuday. 

SERIES HISTORY:

* This will be the first matchup between the Maroons and the Blue Streaks. 
* The Maroons have only faced four teams in the NCAC, but John Carroll will be the first since 2014.