Thursday, September 8, 2016

Juhlin's goal gives UIS women OT soccer win

Maggie Juhlin’s game-winning goal in overtime gave the University of Illinois Springfield a 1-0 victory against Judson Wednesday and earned the Prairie Stars’ a 3-0 record for the first time in program history.

Juhlin scored on a cross from teammate Karisa Rogers at Kiwanis Stadium. She is the first UIS women’s player to score an overtime goal.

The Stars outshot Judson 30-2. They hit the post or crossbar three times in the second half. Judson fell to 3-1.

UIS is two wins from tying the program record for wins in a single season.

It opens Great Lakes Valley Conference play at 5 p.m. Friday against Quincy (0-1-1) at Kiwanis Stadium.

This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on September 7, 2016.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

UIS soccer defeats Findlay 3-1

Macy Martin scored a goal in each half and helped the University of Illinois Springfield beat Findlay 3-1 Sunday in a non-conference meeting.

Karisa Rogers put UIS on the board with a ninth-minute header off a free kick from Madisyn Coudriet. 

Findlay tied the game in the 21st minute before Martin put the Prairie Stars (2-0-0) back out in front when Valentina Rodridguez’s pass led to a Martin one-on-one breakaway goal.

This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on September 4, 2016.

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Party with the stars on Fridays in September, October at UIS

Friday night will mark the return of the University of Illinois Springfield’s stars other than the Prairie Stars — the ones people may observe at the university’s longstanding Friday Night Star Parties.

The parties, hosted by John Martin, UIS associate professor of astronomy/physics, run from 8 to 10 p.m. and include the dates Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30 and Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28, weather permitting.

Telescopes at the UIS Observatory on the roof of Brookens Library will be trained on a number of celestial objects, including the planets Saturn and Mars; the moon, when visible; the Ring Nebula; globular star clusters M13 and M15; and other double stars and star clusters.

The parties are free and open to the public and reservations are not required. Groups are encouraged to attend.

This article appeared in The State Journal-Register on September 5, 2016.

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