The Fighting Illini soccer team grabbed the first win of the Illini Athletics year with a fairly comfortable victory over a pesky Loyola squad. Illinois had the general run of play in the first half, outshooting the Ramblers 7-2. Hope Breslin broke the deadlock in the 20th minute after Maggie Hillman took the ball away from a Loyola defender and found Breslin at the top of the box, who shook her marker and slotted it home.
Later, in the 35th minute, Makenna Silber got to a stray back pass from the Ramblers and found herself with only the keeper to beat.