CHICAGO, Ill. - Sophomore Peter Kelly scored his first goal of the season Thursday as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville collected a road victory over UIC 1-0.

The Cougar men's soccer team won its third straight game and improved to 5-4. UIC lost its third straight game and is now 2-6.

"It was a good defensive performance, but they found a way to win on the road," said SIUE Head Coach Kevin Kalish. SIUE and UIC finished with five shots each in a game that neither team was able to gain a multitude of scoring chances.

"We had a lot of possession in the game, but we did not generate a lot of opportunities from them," said Kalish. "We needed to be better in the final third."

SIUE was able to gain a string three straight corner kicks in the 30th minute but were unable to find the back of the net until 30:53.

Kelly scored from three yards out on a pass from Nash Maduekwe. It was Maduekwe's second assist of the season.

"Nash made a made a great overlapping play and then was able to get the ball into Peter for the goal," said Kalish.

SIUE goalkeeper Nick Collico collected the shutout. He finished with three saves, including a last second charge by UIC's Ivan Stanisavljevic with 29 seconds left in regulation time.

The Cougars now return home to Korte Stadium for their final non-conference game of the season. SIUE meets Oral Roberts in a 2:30 p.m. game Sunday.

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