CHICAGO - Loyola Chicago's home stand continues against Milwaukee on Thursday night at Loyola Soccer Park. The teams will kick off at 7 p.m. CT. Both the Ramblers and Panthers have yet to suffer a loss this season. Loyola looks to build their win streak to three straight games, while Milwaukee sits at 1-0-1 heading into the match.

QUICK KICKS
• The Ramblers are off to a hot start after going 2-0-0 in the opening week of play. The season opened with a 2-0 shutout win at Green Bay followed by a 3-1 win over NIU on Sunday in the home opener.
• At Green Bay, Chimnosoh Okeke sent a cross in the box that made contact with Mateusz Drazek before Daniel Firs got his head on it for the game winner in the 52nd minute.
• The second goal of the match came in the 80th minute from Seth Stewart who netted a deflection off the Green Bay goalkeeper to secure the 2-0 win.
• At home vs. NIU, the Ramblers netted three goals in the win. Braeden Wright put the Ramblers on the board early in the sixth minute of play. He got his head on a free kick into the box by Luka Ivancic
• Drazek scored the game winner in the 31st minute with a left footed goal off an Okeke assist. The final goal came at the 57-minute mark credited to Jack McFleey on an assist by Seth Stewart.
• Drazek earned A10 Rookie of the Week accolades for his performance last week. He tallied three points over the two wins with his first career assist and goal recorded.
• The Ramblers return 13 letterwinners, including five starters, while adding 13 newcomers, including eight freshmen.
• Vegesack has 12 career assists through two seasons with the Ramblers. He needs 18 to tie for eighth in the record book. To crack into the top-five, he needs 22 career assists.
• Head coach Kevin Robson is in his first year at the helm. He was named the fifth head coach in program history in December 2025.

SCOUTING MILWAUKEE
• Milwaukee enters Thursday's match at 1-0-1 after playing to a draw against Southern Indiana in the opener and picking up a 3-1 win at Chicago State earlier this week.
• The Panthers were selected sixth in the Horizon League preseason poll after posting a 3-1-5 conference record last year. Milwaukee was 4-7-8 overall and fell in the opening round of the conference tournament.
• Milwaukee returns only five starters from last season and less than half the total points from 2025.
• Dominic Zuniga recorded 11 points last year on three goals and five assists. He already recorded three assist in the win at Chicago State on Monday.
• Also returning for Milwaukee is Jack Bretzmann who had five goals in 2025 for the Panthers.

SERIES HISTORY
The Panthers lead the all-time series, 19-5-2. The teams haven't played since Loyola left the Horizon league, and they played to a 1-1 draw in September 2012.