Lake Forest College Sports Information
October 11, 2005
Contact: Mike Wajerski , SID

Lake Forest Falls to Nation’s 15th-Ranked Team
University of Chicago takes 4-0 decision

 Kristyne Operzedek tied a season-high with 10 saves in the game.
LAKE FOREST, IL - The Forester women’s soccer team fell 4-0 at home on Tuesday (October 11) to the University of Chicago, the 15th-ranked team in the country (National Soccer Coaches Association of America). Lake Forest’s record on the year dropped to 7-3-2 while the Maroons’ mark rose to 8-2-1.

The game was scoreless until early in the second half. The visitors scored the contest’s first goal at 48:29 and added another at 61:05. Forester goalkeeper Krystine Operzedek (Deerfield, IL/Deerfield), a junior, came out of the game after the second goal. She had 10 saves in the contest, including a few stops of shots from point-blank range in the first period. Operzedek is now 3-3-2 on the season with a 1.50 goals against average.

Chicago scored its third goal at 79:25 and its fourth and final tally with just 22 second remaining in the contest.

Lake Forest will play a pair of Midwest Conference road games this weekend (October 15-16). The team will travel to Illinois College on Saturday afternoon for a 1:00 game and to Monmouth College for an 11:00 a.m. match on Sunday.

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