UNI Soccer Finishes Third in the MVC, Hosts Evansville on Sunday

Thursday, October 25

Normal, Illinois

4 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

9-7-2

Illinois State

9-8-2

UNI

Illinois State

UNI Soccer Finishes Third in the MVC, Hosts Evansville on Sunday

10/25/2018 9:23:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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NORMAL, Illinois—The University of Northern Iowa women's soccer team finished in third place in the Missouri Valley Conference Standings after defeating Illinois State, 3-1.

Jamie Althiser would put the Panthers up first in the 32^nd of action after Hannah McDevitt's shot was deflected by Illinois State goalkeeper Haley Smith.

Illinois State would tie the match in the 55^th minute of play, as Abby Basler connected with Kiley Czerwinski for the goal.

Sydney Hayden would net her sixth goal of the season in the 60^th minute, answering the Redbirds goal to put UNI back up by one. Julianne Trizzino assisted on the goal.

The Panthers final goal of the match would come off an own goal in the 73^rd minute of play, giving the Panthers a two-goal cushion.

Jami Reichenberger would face 22 shots from the Redbirds offense, with 10 saves on the match. The Panthers offense would post 7 shots against Smith of the Redbird, who recorded 2 saves.

"I'm thrilled with the effort and performance of our players tonight," said head coach Bruce Erickson. "Make no mistake, Illinois State is a quality team and we had to earn the victory. We are excited to play at home again on Sunday."

The Panthers advance to the Missouri Valley Conference tournament for the fourth year straight, making it to the championship match a year ago.

Up Next

The Panthers will host Evansville for a first-round match on Oct. 28^th at noon. The Panthers defeated the Purple Aces in Evansville, 3-0.

Be sure to follow the Panthers this post-season action heats up on unipanthers.com or @UNI_Soccer on Twitter.