Vandersloot made her Chicago homecoming this season after signing with the Sky as a free agent. Her return was a welcome move on both sides. The Sky needed Vandersloot as much as she craved comfort. Vandersloot was coming off a challenging season with the Liberty that came to a bittersweet end.

Chicago Sky Star Announces Exciting Personal News Before Liberty Game first appeared on Athlon Sports on May 22, 2025

The Liberty made a WNBA-record 19 three-pointers and scored 27 points off 23 Sky turnovers. The Sky have lost their first two games by a combined 60 points.

Liberty forward Kennedy Burke didn’t know she was breaking a WNBA record Thursday when she fired up a 3 in the fourth quarter.

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The 25-point defeat combined with a 35-point demolition by Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever in its opening game gives Chicago the worst point differential (-60) through the first two games of a season in WNBA history.

The Chicago Sky (0-1) host the reigning WNBA champions, the New York Liberty (1-0), tonight at Wintrust Arena. The Liberty are coming off a dominant 92-78 victory over the Las Vega

The Liberty have looked the part of defending champions through the first week of action. New York beat the Aces by 14 points in its season opener Saturday before throttling the Sky by 25 points Thursday in Chicago.