NAPERVILLE, Ill. – For the first time in school history, the No. 7-ranked Illinois Wesleyan women's soccer team finished a perfect 7-0 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin with a 4-1 road victory over North Central College at Bendetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville on Saturday, Oct. 31.

IWU finishes the regular season with a 17-1-0 record and unblemished 7-0-0 in the CCIW while the host Cardinals are eliminated from postseason tournament contention with the loss fell to 7-9-1 overall and 2-4-1 in conference play.

The Titans struck early with junior Skyler Tomko's ninth goal of the year just 1:26 into the game with the assist coming from Sarah Trach. Trach would make the score 2-0 in the 22nd minute (21:26) with a goal coming from Sydney Fox and Tess Bottorff to give Illinois Wesleyan a 2-0 lead at intermission.

North Central would cut the lead in half off a penalty kick at the 60:22 mark before IWU responded just 1:27 later with Bottorff finding the back of the net and the assist being credited to Trach. Leading 3-1 in the final minutes, Alison Seger would add the exclamation point with her fifth goal of the year at the 86:16 mark to give the Titans a 4-1 victory. The four goals is the fifth time this season that Illinois Wesleyan has scored four or more goals in a game.

Freshman Katie Denney went the full 90 minutes in net for the Titans, making three saves while only giving up one goal on a penalty kick.

What's Next?
Illinois Wesleyan will host a CCIW postseason tournament match on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. with an opponent to be determined following the conclusion of the Elmhurst-Carthage game on Saturday.

Notes: IWU moved up to the top spot in the latest NCAA Central Region Rankings, overtaking Washington U.-St. Louis. The other team ranked in the region are Chicago, Calvin, Wheaton and Augustana…Illinois Wesleyan has wins over regionally-ranked opponents Chicago, Calvin, Wheaton and Augustana as well as DePauw (No. 8 Great Lakes Region), Wis. Whitewater (No. 2 North Region) and Sewanee (No. 7 South Atlantic Region) this season...Titan senior Sydney Fox is ninth in school history in points with 75. She is also tied for No. 9 all-time with 29 goals and tied for 10th with 17 career assists ...IWU has given up only five goals this season on 90 shot attempts, which is on pace to set a school record for fewest goals in a season (10) ...With 17 wins this season, IWU is just two wins shy of breaking the school record for most wins in a season which was set by last year's squad that advanced all the way to the NCAA Division III National Semifinals...