Northern Kentucky University Athletics

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky University women's soccer team opens Great Lakes Valley Conference play on Thursday with a road contest against Southern Indiana in Evansville, Ind. The game begins at 5 p.m. Eastern time.

NKU opened the season last Sunday with an 8-2 victory against Concord (W.Va.) at the Town & Country Sports Complex in Wilder, Ky. The Norse are ranked 14th nationally in the latest NCAA Division II poll.

WARNDORF DOES IT AGAIN: For the second time in her career, Ashley Warndorf tied a Norse single-game record with four goals against Concord (W.Va.) last Sunday. Warndorf, a senior striker and a graduate of Oak Hills High School in Cincinnati, netted two goals in the first half as NKU rallied from an early 2-1 deficit.

For Warndorf, it marked the second time she has netted four goals against Concord. On Sept. 2, 2005, she tied the NKU single-game record with four goals against Concord during a 7-1 victory. Warndorf then suffered a season-ending injury the next game in 2005 and was granted a medical redshirt year.

Warndorf (twice), Betsy Moore (vs. Mercyhurst in 2000) and Tricia Ruark (vs. Wheeling Jesuit in 2001) share the single-game NKU record of four goals.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: On Aug. 31, 1997, NKU played its first varsity contest in women's soccer against Southern Indiana at Strassweg Field in Evansville, Ind. Southern Indiana scored a goal in each half en route to a 2-0 win against NKU.

Kristy Weber scored Southern Indiana's first goal in that game at the 14:59 mark. Laura Preske added an insurance goal early in the second half as Southern Indiana defeated NKU in its first-ever varsity game.

THE LAST TIME AGAINST USI: On Oct. 12, 2008, NKU scored two goals in the final five minutes of regulation to hold off Southern Indiana, 3-2, at Wilder, Ky.

After Meagan Kempf's goal at the 77:02 mark allowed Southern Indiana to tie the score at 1-all, NKU's Kara Costello countered by finding the back of the net with her fourth marker of the season in the 85th minute. Both Kendall Day and Brandi Doss assisted Costello's goal, a close-in shot that went past Southern Indiana keeper Stephanie Bodamer.

Lauren Franzen gave NKU a 3-1 lead in the 88th minute by netting her second goal of the game. Kempf tallied another goal at the 88:29 mark to bring Southern Indiana within 3-2, but the NKU defense held on during the final minute to post the victory.

NKU finished with a 15-10 advantage in shots and a 6-2 edge in corner kicks. Norse goalie Angela Healy collected three saves and recorded the victory.

STREAK AT 10: NKU has defeated Southern Indiana 10 consecutive times and owns an 11-3 lead in the all-time series. Southern Indiana's last win over NKU came on Oct. 8, 1999, when the unranked Lady Eagles upset the third-ranked Norse, 2-0, in Evansville, Ind.