* The Maroons enter the weekend with a 4-1-3 record on the season after taking down Albion on Wednesday night.
* The 5-0 win against Albion was the most goals the Maroons have scored since Sept. 18 of 2024.
*UChicago pulled off their first two-goal comeback win since 2019 last Saturday when they turned a 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 victory with four goals in the final 50 minutes.
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Kai Walsh scored the opening goal in the 42nd minute to help jump start the comeback on Saturday, and he provided the assist on
Jadyn Hsieh-Bailey's game-winner in the 70th minute to complete the two-goal comeback.
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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 also became the first UChicago goalkeeper since Will Boyes in 2022 to record four consecutive clean sheets.
* Alamery leads the UAA with 28 saves. He also ranks 5th in NCAA Division III and 2nd in the UAA with five clean sheets on the season.
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Evan Kanellos leads the Maroons in goals this season with three penalty kick goals and two game-winning goals against MSOE, Hope, and Albion
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Giovanni Caselli and
Chase Perry have also found the back of the net multiple times this season for the Maroons.
* After Saturday's game, the Maroons will return to Stagg Field to host the Carthage Firebirds in their final UAA tune-up match at 7 PM on Tuesday.
KALAMAZOO NOTES:
* Kalamazoo comes into the into the weekend 2-4-1 after tying with Oberlin last Saturday.
* The Hornets have averaging around 9.6 shots per game on a .075 shot percentage.
* Lucas Ruiz leads the team in goals and points. In his four goals on the year, two have been game winners.
* Ruiz currently ranks 2nd in GW Goals (2), 5th in Goals (4), 5th in Goals/G (0.57) in the MIAA.
* Jackson Janderwski has been big in goal for Kalamazoo. In the MIAA he ranks 2nd in clean sheets with two and 2nd in saves with 24.
* Following their match with UChicago, the Hornets will head to Wheaton (IL) for a midweek matchup on Wednesday.
SERIES HISTORY:
* This is the seventh matchup on the men's soccer pitch for these two teams.
* Kalamazoo holds the 5-2 advantage over the Maroons after Chicago overcame a four-game losing streak last season.
* The latest matchup, in September of 2024, the Maroons shutout the Hornets 6-0 on the road.
