UE women’s soccer hosts Illinois State

UE women’s soccer had its best offensive performance in two seasons at Valparaiso on Sunday afternoon. The Aces scored three goals for the first time since October 20th, 2022 to pick up another crucial point in conference play against the Beacons. Evansville’s offense was spurred by sophomore forward Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS) as she scored UE’s first brace in a game since 2021 at Valpo. Johnson had the first two goals of the match for the Aces, tying up the game twice to help Evansville come back for a draw after 90 minutes.

Illinois State comes to Arad McCutchan Stadium on a three-game unbeaten streak with two wins against Indiana State and Valparaiso. Overall the Redbirds have a 4-7-3 record with an even 2-2-2 Missouri Valley Conference record. Illinois State also has the current MVC Freshman of the Week in midfielder Eiley Henderson who tallied a goal and an assist in the Redbirds win over Indiana State.

Fifth-year defender Rachel Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario) is climbing UE’s rankings for minutes played in a career. With 12 90 minute games this season and 68 minutes played at UIC, Rosborough has played 1,148 minutes in 2024. For her career, Rosborough is at 6,326 minutes, and only 109 minutes behind current career minutes leader former goalkeeper Michaela Till.

With two saves on Thursday fifth year goalkeeper Myia Danek (Laingsburg, Mich. / Laingsburg HS) will move up in the record books to seventh for saves in a career. She will pass Whitney Raeon who played for UE from 2003-06.