Recruits! Don’t get discouraged if a coach tells you no. It could be down to a number of things- limited scholarship budgets, roster size, positional needs, geographical factors, etc. There IS a program out there for you. Don’t give up. Be resilient. You WILL find your right fit!
What a historic season! This is an incredibly special group. So appreciative of the dedication, effort and belief from the players. Privileged and blessed to get to coach this team. Can’t say enough about our senior leadership. A season I’ll never forget. We’ll be back!
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Couldn’t have asked for more from this team! They gave everything. So many records broken & so much history made.
Thank you to our 4 outstanding seniors! The influence/impact you’ve had is immense.
We appreciate all the support this season!
#ShineBright
#BetterTogether
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My 1st recruiting class! I so appreciate these 3 for buying in to what we were building. Their work on the field & in the classroom has been top class & they have helped our team achieve many great things. Congrats ladies!💖 I am blessed to have had the opportunity to coach you!
UIS Women’s Coaching Staff 2021-2022
Thrilled to have these three by my side! Coaching is a journey full of highs and lows and everything in between, and I’m grateful to have these fantastic people along for the ride. Looking forward to a great year!🌟⚽️💖
Springfield is a fantastic place to call home, and UIS has been such a blessing 💖✨ Appreciative of the opportunities this university has provided to me, first as a student-athlete and now as a coach🙏
Sangamon County is celebrating its 200th birthday!
@UISWSoccer
Head Coach Erin Egolf talks about attending UIS and her life experience in Springfield.
@UISAthletics
#200together
➡️ Watch Her Video:
Today’s game summed up this team completely- heart, competitiveness, never-quit attitude. Fought til the very end but came just shy.
This program is special & I’m proud of the season we put together! Sad to see our seniors go but excited to build on their progress going forward!
Heartbreak in Springfield as we fall to Drury in Pens.
This squad battled today and the whole season and we are so proud of the performance this season. We will learn from this and come back better and strong next season 🫶🏻
#WeAreStars
#ProtectThePrairie
#ShineBright
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Happy National Girls & Women in Sports Day to all of the fabulous females (players, coaches, athletic trainers, admins, etc.) who make athletics what it is! I couldn’t be more blessed to be able to continue on this sports journey, & what an incredible crew to do it with! 💖
Senior Day- Have had the absolute pleasure of coaching these 4 girls during their time at UIS!
This class has been hugely impactful in so many ways. I will be forever grateful for their contributions & know they will shine brightly in all that they pursue. Thank you, seniors!🤩
Show your team your appreciation! It doesn’t just have to be for the big things (goals, assists, saves- although these should always be celebrated), but also the recovery run, the hard-nosed tackle, the 50/50 win, the pressure-relieving pass, etc.
Appreciation goes a long way👏🤝
⚠️ICYMI⚠️
UIS Women's Soccer scored twice in the last 15 minutes of the GLVC Tournament semifinal to win over Missouri-St. Louis and advance to the final round of the tournament
#ProtectThePrairie
Nothing makes me prouder as a coach! Success in the classroom is paramount. In most cases, academics will take you so much farther than athletics ever could. Happy to see the student-athletes in this program take that to heart! Well done, ladies!🤩👏
The team coming through with another solid semester in the classroom!👏
Special shoutout to our 4.0’s:
✨Angela Dagnino
✨Katelyn Cavanaugh
✨Sierra Cenek
✨Emma Little
It’s important to have high academic standards & this group continues to get it done!🔥👊
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Gorgeous night for a pre-Gameday team dinner and bonfire!!😄 Looking forward to our first game of the year when we take on Eastern Illinois in an exhibition match tomorrow 🌟⚽️❤️
LET’S GO!! A conference quarter final play off win!!!🤩 This team keeps making history! The team gave an unreal performance today and we got the result to show it!✅
Goals Scored By:
Sierra Cenek ⚽️
Next Up: UMSL | 11/4/22 | TBD
#BetterTogether
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If you don’t follow
@uiswsoccer
yet, go do it! RIGHT NOW!!! 7 wonderful student-athletes have been introduced today😄 Excited to share the rest in the near future! Signing period is a great time!!!⭐️⚽️❤️
Had a very competitive non-conference schedule to start the season and quite encouraged by what we’ve seen from the team! Conference matches the rest of way- looking forward to seeing how we handle these upcoming tests, starting with a massive one on Friday against Maryville!🤩
What an incredible week it’s been! Capped it all off with a night scrimmage tonight that was intense, competitive and so much fun to watch 🤩 lots to be proud of so far but have to keep pushing!
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Another chance to get better coming at us next week!🌟⚽️❤️
#PTP
#ShineBright
Enjoying the phase our team is currently in. Good mix of S&C, small-sided play & technical work. This is when individual players choose to get better. We have a lot of girls that are WORKING! Love to see it 😤 1 month until our 1st spring game. Excited to see this work in action!
Finished our fall semester today with a lift & a scrimmage w
@UISMSoccer
!!😊 So incredibly proud of the adversity this team overcame this fall, the determination & work they brought & the FUN they had each day 🙌🤩 Looking forward to an amazing spring😍
#BetterTogether
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Every member of this team working hard and staying committed to the process helps us prepare for games like these! Wasn’t always pretty, but got the job done ✅
Back on the road Tuesday for our final non-conference regular-season game of the fall 😄
Fantastic effort today! Competitiveness, energy and grit was off the charts.
Lots of firsts today as well:
💫TEAM win of the season
💫career win for
@AMirimanian
💫career goal for
@angeladagnino_
💫career goal for
@madisongrandys
Well done, ladies!🌟⚽️💖
#WeB4Me
#202WON
So happy for
@sierracenek
!! She’s more than earned this recognition. 5 years of the grind- one of the most consistent and reliable players you’ll see, effort off the charts and talent to back it all up! And most importantly, an amazing human being and teammate. Congrats, Si!🫶
Super recognition for a very well-deserving player!🤩 Hard work, dedication and consistency does pay off!
Congrats Sierra and congrats team!! Individual awards don’t happen without team support/success!
More history made!✅
#WeAreStars
#ShineBright
#ProtectThePrairie
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Happy for the players- they’ve been incredibly patient and worked extremely hard the past 15 months- they finally get their reward!⚽️ GAME DAY is drawing near😍
Nice to get that first conference win 👐 The team put in a very good performance today! So Happy to be playing again and love seeing everyone contributing in so many different capacities! On to the next one!💪
#BetterTogether
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So proud of this team and what they have done so far!! It’s been a solid, and well-deserved, start to the season, but we have to keep pushing. One day at a time, one game at a time. Do the little things, control what we can, and relentlessly fight for one another 🦾🦾
GAMEDAY!!!! We are back on Kiwanis at 5:00pm against Quincy 👊
Get out and join us or tune in to ! Important conference matchup tonight- looking to get back in the W column 🤩
Here we go!💪
#WeB4Me
#ShineBright
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This team never stops being exceptional! It wasn’t an ordinary semester by any means, but the girls persevered and accomplished an impressive 3.676 cumulative team GPA!🤩🤩 So proud of the commitment to academics!💯
#BetterTogether
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Constantly blown away by this team! Trust me, that team GPA is well-earned! Super proud of the effort every semester, but this one crazy. Excellence is a choice (not an easy one) and our girls are choosing it daily. So good 🌟
2nd highest team GPA in program history 🤯
10 players with a perfect 4.0 😎
Several individual GPA PR’s 🥳
These student-athletes are extraordinary!🤩
#WeAreStars
#ShineBright
#BetterTogether
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Break was nice, but having my girls back is even nicer!! Excited to get after it this semester! And not hard to be excited when you have a group like this 🤩
One of the best feelings is knowing your team will be back on campus soon AND you’re going into a fall season full of incredible possibilities with great people!! So ready to get rolling💙💛🤍
There’s no other group that I would want to go to battle with! Results didn’t always go our way, but this team never stopped fighting. Proud of my girls, my staff, and this program. Success takes time & we are all working create it. Excited for fall season- only 3 months away 😍
The spring semester has officially ended, so we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to all of our families, friends and supporters who saw us through this COVID season!🤗🥰It wasn’t an easy road, but we found our way together 🌠
Looking forward to the fall 🌟⚽️❤️
Excellent stuff from
@sierracenek
and
@abbydellamorte
👏 Consistently impactful all season! Glad you received some recognition for your efforts and proud of the team for creating opportunities for personal awards to be won!👊
Tough result. Played well but didn’t quite do enough.
Want to shoutout our seniors- couldn’t ask for a better group of people!
To the three that have been here for four years, you’ve helped elevate this program to a place we could only dream about 4 years ago! THANK YOU!🫶🤩
Recruits!! 75% of our roster was offered after attending one of our Elite ID camps. We take these VERY seriously in the recruiting process. Looking forward to meeting our campers in 6 short weeks ☺️
🟡🔵You don’t want to miss our final ID camp of 2021!!🔵🟡Registration is open & we are accepting a max of 45 campers💫 Get signed up⏳⏰ & join us on 11/20 for a great day of soccer & learning‼️We want to see 👀 you 🤏there🔜🤗
#SayYesToUIS
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Had some adversity with weather & schedule changes- couldn’t be prouder of the response from our campers!! Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches… this group did that, then came out and rocked the afternoon session 👏😃 what a fantastic day with some fantastic people!
Thank you to everyone who came out today for our first Elite ID camp of the summer!! We had some AMAZING campers!!!🤩 It was great to have so many girls from so many different teams and so many different areas of the Midwest! Really enjoyed the day & all of the great girls!🌟⚽️❤️
We 💙💛💙💛💙September 1!!! First practice of the fall in the books ✅ So good to see the girls back on the field competing at a high level! It might not look the exact same (😷& 🏃♀️⬅️6️⃣➡️🏃♀️), but we are so happy to be back!🙌🙌
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Big night tonight!! A chance to get an important win and an opportunity to honor 6 seniors who have given so much to this program 💯 looking forward to it!
GAMEDAY + SENIOR NIGHT! 🤝
We take on Southwest Baptist at 5:00pm at home! Battling to stay in the conference tournament contention‼️👊
We will honor our seniors following the game!!🤗Come out and show your support for this group 💛💙
#WeB4Me
#ShineBright
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First one to stop by “Coffee with the Coaches” is Chancellor Whitney!!!🌟
@DrKarenWhitney
Stop by and see us outside of the student union until 9:30am 🤩
#RiseUP
#SayYesToUIS
Congrats to all of the
@UISedu
employees who achieved employee of the month and to Yokasty Owens for employee of the year! Special shout-out to
@AllisonThornley
for the well-deserved recognition!🤩 Thanks for ALL that you do!❤️ You are a super🌟 and we are so lucky to have you!
Not ready for them to leave, but excited to follow all of their future successes! The impact they’ve had on this program will never be forgotten. Blessed to have had the opportunity to coach this group of excellent young women! Congrats, ladies!💙💛🤍💛💙
Happy Graduation Day Sierra, Emma, Amanda & Ally (abroad)! 👩🎓👩🎓👩🎓👩🎓
Congratulations on your academic & athletic careers! You’ve made us so proud!🥹 We know that you will be super successful in everything that comes next!😍
Once a prairie star, always a prairie star!
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We’ve waited a long time for this! Very happy that the girls have an opportunity to play an actual game against someone other than themselves 🤪 The start of spring season is here! GO STARS!🤩
It’s been awhile since we’ve had the opportunity to say this (over 14 months in fact) but it’s finally GAME DAY!!!🤩
We take on ISU in an exhibition game tonight at 8:30pm 💪
Looking forward to getting back into it! LET’S GO!!😈
#BetterTogether
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It’s National Girls & Women in Sports Day!! Here’s to all of the amazing females involved in athletics, esp this group of talented, caring, hard-working, kind, competitive, hilarious group!😍🤩
Keep chasing your dreams & shooting for the stars!!⚽️🏀🥎🎾🏐🏌️♀️🏒🤼♀️🏋️♀️🏄♀️🚣♀️🏊♀️
#NGWSD
We lean on camps heavily in our recruiting process! If you have an interest in our program, join us on one of these dates so we can see if you’re a good fit for us and you can see if we’re a good fit for you!🤩🤜🤛
Opportunities to meet our current players, tour our gorgeous campus and showcase your abilities in front of our coaching staff!
Both camps capped at 44 (40 outfielders and 4 goalkeepers).
February camp is filling up quickly so don’t delay!
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Proud of my girls
@CoachThousand
and
@coachkotas
!!🤩🤩 The regular season they have put together is one for the history books! Now on to the postseason 🌟🤝🙌 Keep it rolling coaches and let’s go TEAM!!!😈
The date is set for our Winter Prospect ID Camp! Join us on February 24 to showcase your abilities in front of our coaching staff, meet current players & coaches as well as tour our beautiful campus!
Spots are limited so make sure to register 🔜
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So happy for Allison!! She so much deserves this and will be an amazing addition at ISU!
@AllisonThornley
thanks for being my rock for 10 years! I’ll miss you immensely but know you’ll be positively impacting so many others the way you did me!🩷
I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of amazing young soccer players in my coaching journey! This class if full of them 🤩 Can’t wait to see the dynamic when this class joins our awesome group of returners 💯🔥😍
First regular-season game of the fall is here!!! We travel away to Purdue Northwest for a 5:30pm kickoff. The game will be streamed on JedTV so tune in if you can’t be there with us!
Looking for a positive start to the fall season!!💪👊
#WeAreStars
#ShineBright
#WeB4Me
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Last call for our final camp opportunity of 2023! Showcase your ability in front of our staff, meet our players & coaches & tour our beautiful campus 🤩
Register here:
Come see if we are a good fit for each other 🤝🤜🤛
#SayYesToUIS
#ShineBright
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Always a great experience at the Chicago Inter Showcase! Wish I could be at multiple fields at the same time to see all of the great talent 🤩
Super Excited to connect with coaches and campers at GVSU!🤝
Spent time at the
@chiINTER
showcase today! Caught a lot of good soccer despite the 🌧🌧🌧 watched a lot of talented players- sorry if I wasn’t able to see you!! Now heading up to Michigan for
@GVSUsoccer
elite camp! Looking forward to a great week 😃
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Always looking for ways to provide our campers with positive experiences when they come onto campus! Delighted to be able to offer those players the opportunity to see our team in action prior to camp!👊
The month of August is going to be FANTASTIC!🤩
#ShineBright
#SayYesToUIS
🚨JUST ADDED!
Join us on Friday, Aug 12 for an opportunity to learn about our program & showcase your talents for our staff!🤗You’ll also have chance to see us play our first exhibition game of the season the night before- Thursday, Aug 11 @ 6PM!
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Continuously blown away by the generous, amazing people who support our program! To many people to thank, but just want to share my appreciation for all of you! You help our program get to do what we love. Thank you for everything!❤️
We would like to express our utmost gratitude to EVERYONE that attended our trivia night fundraiser this past Saturday!!🥰You helped us raise over $5,000, making this the most successful event we’ve had in our program’s history!☺️
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT!🌟⚽️💖
It’s been a pleasure to coach the three of you over these past 4 years. Can’t thank you girls enough for all that you’ve done for our program and this university. You’ll forever be my first recruiting class and I can’t wait to see all that you accomplish down the road ❤️❤️❤️
🗣Big shout out to Kayla, Izabel and Amanda on a fantastic four years here at UIS! Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to the program. We will miss you 3 greatly🥲 Best of luck in your future endeavors!🤩
@kaylameyer33
@AmandaJeanne_
@pina______
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Although it has been a very challenging year, we still have much to be grateful for!🙏🙌 Our WSOC family would like to extend our sincerest appreciation to all of our supporters, & wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!🦃🍁🌽🥧Be safe, stay healthy & always choose thankfulness🧡💛🤎
I am so appreciative to everyone who gave to this campaign! Completely blown away by the support and generosity! Thanks for supporting this amazing group of girls🤩🤩 We couldn’t do what we do without you❤️
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who contributed to our crowdfunding campaign!🤩😍
🌟59 donors🌟$6,275 raised🌟
Your generosity is wonderful & the impact you have on our student-athlete experience is incredible. Thank you for helping us continue to do what we love🥰
WE APPRECIATE YOU🌟⚽️❤️
THEY SAID YES TO UIS!👏
💥3 commitments in a 24 hour period💥
WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME!!! Continuing to add quality players, solid students and great humans to our family!🤩
Love the energy surrounding this program! Excited for the present, excited for the future!💯
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Christmas in August is having your team back on campus🎁 Nothing better than them walking around campus, stopping by my office, going to their classes, & playing the game they love. This semester might be different, but them being here & safely thriving is all that matters ❤️
Had our last player move in today!😍 Feels good to have everyone on campus!! The team is here, fully moved in, started classes and we get to play soccer in ONE WEEK! Let’s GOOOOO!!!🌟⚽️❤️
ANOTHER AMAZING DAY!! This whole weekend was freaking phenomenal. Loved having all of our campers and getting to see a ton of quality soccer! Thanks to everyone who came out this weekend❤️
2nd day of ID camp was so successful thanks to all of the amazing campers who came out!!!😍🤩We appreciate you spending the day with us🤗The effort by all was fantastic and the soccer was extremely competitive!!🤯😁What a wonderful weekend it was 👏🙌💪
#SayYesToUIS
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🚨Record Alert🚨
Congratulations to Lauren Griffin on becoming the all-time career assists leader in our program!🤩 She achieved the distinction with her 2 assists in this past Friday’s game at William Jewell!
Keep those services coming 🔥
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Constantly hunting for quality players, students and teammates/people😈 Looking for recruits who fulfill all 3 categories✅✅✅ Witnessed quite a few prospects today 👀😏
It was a very productive day at the SLSG College Showcase!! Saw a ton of talented players and teams!👊 Always searching for future stars 🤩
#Recruiting
#SayYesToUIS
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What an incredible weekend! Saturday we hosted ID camp and we had a tremendous group of campers 👏 That was followed by official visit weekend where 9 of our incoming freshmen joined us on campus!😍
A lot of STARS on the prairie this weekend and they all shined bright!🤩
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Huge shout out to our incredible and reliable bus driver, Jim! He’s been an absolute rockstar this entire fall season for both our women’s and men’s programs! Vandalia is lucky to have you and so are we! THANK YOU, Jim!!!💝
@UISMSoccer
@UISAthletics
Always a great day!!! Excited to announce our next class as well as see all of those signing today! Congrats to the seniors in all sports. You’ve worked hard to make your dream a reality!💪
Enjoy this moment!🤍
One of the best days of every year is back- SIGNING DAY!🤩
Check back throughout the day to meet our 2022 recruiting class!😍
Excited for all them to make it official!🖊📃🙌
#WeAreStars
#ShineBright
#WeB4Me
#SayYesToUIS
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It was great to see the girls playing again!🤩 And play they did- intense, competitive game for 90 minutes & we never stopped. Every player contributed at a high level 💯 Really proud of the effort👌
Thanks
@Redbird_Soccer
for a fantastic game and good luck this season!
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Our parents/families/fans are incredible!!!🤩🤩 We always feel the love whether at home or away! They provided us with an amazing postgame meal following a very competitive, tough 2-1 loss at McKendree! Thanks for all of the support ❤️❤️❤️
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Winning in this conference is TOUGH, especially on the road against a very talented and athletic opponent! Delighted for our players to come away with the dub after a 90 minute war 😌Need a repeat performance tomorrow to end the weekend 🦾
Another great result for the team! The girls played some beautiful soccer and battled hard!🤩Allison Mirimanian put in a huge performance making 10 saves!🧤We recover today and look to Sunday’s game!😁
Next Fixture:
🆚 McKendree University
🗓 9/26/21
#WeB4Me
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6 weeks until our only Prospect Camp of the summer is here🤩
We are taking 44 max (40 outfielders and 4 GK’s) and there are still spots left. Sign up soon to secure your place⤵️
#SayYesToUIS
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GAMEDAY + Halloween = GAMEoween?!?!👻🎃💀🤡
It’s a conference match day here in Springfield, MO as we are away to Drury for a noon kickoff in our final regular season contest of the season!💥
All about heart & desire! Going all out today!!!🔋💯
#WeB4Me
#ShineBright
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Our June 30 camp is FULL! We are excited to welcome our campers in less than a week 🤩
💥We’ve also added a 2nd summer Prospect ID Camp on Saturday, August 12! Would love to have you there 👏
#SayYesToUIS
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Academic success is one constant in this program that I never tire of sharing! It’s not easy to compete at a high level athletically AND achieve exceptional grades at the same time. But this team continues to get it done, semester after semester. Superb, ladies!👏