🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
We are thrilled to announce that David Nikolic has been named our head coach!
David brings Horizon League and Big Ten experience, and 13 NCAA Tournament appearances. Welcome to UIC!
More:
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We are excited and proud to welcome Dustin Downey (
@Downeysoft0887
) to the program! Our new assistant coach is a "high character grinder" who will make us better every day! Full release:
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We want there to be a soccer season this fall, so we're doing our part to prevent the spread of Covid. Join us by wearing a mask whenever you're in public!
#MaskUpMonday
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After setting records on the field last fall, we set a record in the classroom this spring.
Our incredible team earned an overall GPA of 3.96 - the highest in program history - this semester. Way to go!
Presenting the 7v7 state champions!
UIC 4 Illinois 0
UIC 4 SIU2
UIC 3 Illinois St 3
Semis UIC 5 Eastern Illinois 3
Final UIC 3 Illinois 2
Now time to get that 🍦!
Sorry,
@UICVolleyball
, but this Setter is ours!
Grace Setter was the Player of the Year and made All-State after leading her team to the sectional finals. If you’re up against her in a pickup game of hoops, don’t try to take it inside – she led her conference in blocks.
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✅ Best season in UIC history their senior year
✅ Remote final semester
✅ Virtual commencement ceremony
✅✅✅✅ Celebrating with your class!!!
These four grads achieved so much on and off the field. They finally got to share their success in person and we couldn't be happier!
Today is a big day for the future of our program! We are thrilled to welcome our recruiting class of 2023!
Our first signee is Amina Marin, one of the best local players in her class who will be staying home at UIC!
For leading us to the nation's 5th-best turnaround, in a season in which we broke virtually every UIC record, Tom Anagnost is the co-Coach of the Year!
Full story on our 7 award winners:
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His message seems simple - Get better every day - but it has already led to a rewritten record book and never before reached heights for our program. Congrats Coach Tom!
Now it’s that time of
#Ignite20
to announce our Women’s Team Coach of the Year which goes to
@TomAnagnost
!
Tom won
@HorizonLeague
Coach of the Year and his players set 6 individual single-season records and 13 team records!
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The regular season is over, but we're not done yet!
✅ 3rd place in the Valley
✅ First round tournament bye
✅ Home tournament game at Flames Field
All because of our gritty win today!
Recap:
#FireUpFlames
We are happy to introduce the newest members of our team, starting with freshman Jazzy Ellis. She was invited to the USWNT 18U training camp last year. Jazzy enrolled at UIC in January, a semester early, to get a head start on her Flames career!
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Tamae has been the heart and soul of our back line all year. For leading us to ✌️ shutouts last week, she was named
#HLWSOC
Defensive Player of the Week!
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Release:
We are thrilled to welcome Matt Gill to our staff! Coach Gill's work ethic and recruiting experience are bound to make our program better! Release:
#ItsUIC
23': GOOOOAAAAALLLL!
Bo heads in a service from Jelena, and we lead 1-0!
With this goal, Megan Bowman became our program's all-time leading goal scorer!
We want to recognize and thank our senior class and their families for everything they've done for our program. They've helped make this historic season a lot of fun, and they're not done yet!
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It took most of last week to install the premiere playing surface in Chicago. It will take you just 90 seconds to watch Flames Field go from a dirt patch to a beautiful natural grass pitch!
#FireUpFlames
It was quite the night for the Flames as they won their first
#HLWSOC
opener in program history, and saw
@emilykavanaugh1
ignite for 3 points (1G, 1A) and 8 shots (6 SOG)!
FULL RECAP:
#FireUpFlames
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🔥️⚽️
𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓢𝓾𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓡𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 (GSR) are in...
and the women's soccer program recorded a perfect graduation rate of 100% for the fifth year in a row! 🔥🎓
#FireUpFlames
#ChicagosCollegeTeam
With the
@NCAASoccer
season officially ending over the weekend, the final rankings are in. We finished second in the nation in RPI improvement from last year!
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After yet another shutout last night, we are 25th in the nation with a mere .545 goals against average!
Come see this elite defense at Flames Field tomorrow night!
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Coaches
@Downeysoft0887
and
@gill_coach
have seen the team make great strides this season - and we're not done yet! See the next chapter tomorrow at Flames Field.
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Vivian Kaspar is our first international newcomer, hailing from Switzerland. She was part of a national club championship team and participated in Switzerland's national team activities in 2019 and 2020! 🇨🇭
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Classes are back in session today, but before the semester even started - i.e. 6:00 this morning - we were testing and training to get ourselves ready for the 2020 session!
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The Flames are hosting another clinic on Dec. 10th.
Get up close and personal with our coaching staff and players! 🔥
🔗 in bio to register
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Hard to believe that tomorrow, these four seniors will make their final appearance on Flames Field. Join us to honor them at the Senior Night ceremony, which will take place right before the 7 pm kickoff.
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