CHICAGO, Ill. – On a windy night in Chicago, the UIC women's soccer team scored a corner kick goal in the 81st minute on Thursday night to slip past the visiting University of Evansville Purple Aces at Flames Field in Chicago, Illinois.

UIC freshman midfielder Sophia Jaime was able to curl a corner kick into the goal that bounced off a Purple Ace as UE goalkeeper Georgia Katsonouri was unable to clear it away to give the Flames a 1-0 lead with just under ten minutes to play.  Jaime was credited with the goal, her second in as many matches for UIC.

Evansville would earn a corner kick over a minute later to try and respond, but the Purple Aces could not build a shot towards goal, and UIC was able to hold on down the stretch to earn their second Missouri Valley Conference victory of the season at home. 

For the match, UIC out-shot Evansville, 17-4, including an 8-0 edge in shots on goal.  Katsonouri recorded a season-high six saves for UE in goal, and the Purple Aces had a team save.

With the victory, UIC improves to 2-5-4 overall and 2-1-2 in conference play.  Evansville, meanwhile, falls to 1-7-4 overall and 0-4-2 in league play.  The Purple Aces will continue on the road this weekend, as UE will travel to preseason MVC favorite Valparaiso (4-6-3, 3-1-1 MVC) on Sunday for a 1 p.m. contest.  Sunday's match can be seen live on ESPN3.