
CHICAGO - Carmela Barro accounted for three of Oakland's 10 shots on goal as the Golden Grizzlies closed out regular season play with a 2-0 setback at UIC on Friday night. For the second consecutive season, Oakland has qualified for the 2019 Horizon League Tournament as the No. 6 seed and will play No. 3 IUPUI on Monday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.
Fotini Demetriou,
Jessica Shears,
Sydney Grodsinsky,
Sami Lopez,
Alexa Sabbagh,
Alaina Nasello and
Elyssa Holfeld each recorded a shot on goal and despite outshooting UIC 13-10 and holding a 5-0 corner kick advantage, Oakland could not get a shot past Flames keeper Lena Kurz.
Defensively, the Golden Grizzlies held UIC to just eight total shots with three on goal. However, the Flames were able to capitalize getting a goal in the 20th minute and adding another late in the 70th minute to close out the game.
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