YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Northern Kentucky women's soccer team earned its first Horizon League road victory of the season with a 7-1 win over Youngstown State. NKU is now 5-4-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the Horizon League. The Penguins move to 4-6-1 on the year and 0-2-0 in League play. Kailey Ivins and Megan Patrick each scored their first collegiate goals, and Payton Naylor added three assists within a span of one minute and 32 seconds in the second half.

"We are happy to score seven goals on the road in a challenging Horizon League contest," said NKU head coach Bob Sheehan. "Today's victory was a complete team effort.  We are especially pleased with the second half performance from all of our players. I asked Payton Naylor to be a super sub when she entered the match in the second half. Her mentality, combined with her effort and skill level, propelled her to an outstanding second half performance."

NKU SCORING SUMMARY

• Macy Hamblin gave the Norse a 1-0 lead in the 20^th minute. The YSU goalkeeper came out of her box to clear the ball, and it ended up at the feet of Hamblin. She took a shot on an open net to give NKU the advantage.
• With the score tied 1-1, Megan Patrick gave the Norse the lead again in the 37^th minute. Shawna Zaken tracked down a ball in the box on the right side, and she passed the ball on the ground to the left side. Zaken's pass found Patrick, who tapped in from close range to make the score 2-1.
• Emily Soltes scored NKU's third goal of the contest in the 69^th minute. Samantha Duwel played a corner kick into the box to the near side. Soltes tracked the ball down, and fired a shot past the YSU goalkeeper to give the Norse a 3-1 advantage.
• Hamblin scored her second goal of the match in the 78^th minute. Payton Naylor made a pass into the box from the left side, and Hamblin fired a shot from near the penalty area to extend the lead to 4-1.
• Jessica Frey scored her seventh goal of the season in the 79^th minute. A ball played into the box was mishandled by the YSU goalkeeper, and Frey took a shot from close range to give NKU a 5-1 lead.
• Kailey Ivins scored her first collegiate goal in the 79^th minute. She got behind the YSU defense, and put her shot to the right of the goalkeeper.
• In the 86^th minute, Brianna Frondorf headed a ball past the YSU defense. Shawna Zaken ran on to the ball, and put it into the back of the net for her first goal of the season to give NKU the 7-1 advantage.

 
BETWEEN THE POSTS

• Emily Lohmann made a save in 79 minutes of action. Her record improves to 5-3-0.
• Jennifer Farwell played the last 11 minutes in goal for NKU.

 
FIRST HALF SUMMARY

• Jessica Frey took the first shot of the match in the third minute, but her attempt went wide left.
• Youngstown State's Sammy Salantino tried to put the Penguins on the board in the eighth minute. However, her attempt from just outside of the box was high of the mark.
• In the 14^th minute, an NKU cross played into the box found Samantha Duwel, but her volley went high of the frame.
• Moments later, Alison Green took a shot for YSU, but the NKU defense blocked the attempt and cleared the ball from danger.
• Frey had an opportunity to score in the 19^th minute, but the YSU goalkeeper made a diving save to prevent her from getting a goal.
• Hamblin put the Norse ahead 1-0 in the 20^th minute.
• The Penguins' Kyler Lum fired a shot in the 22^nd minute, which was blocked and resulted in a corner kick.
• YSU got a shot off on the corner kick, but the attempt was well high of the net.
• In the 23^rd minute, YSU's Betty Anane took a shot from distance, but her attempt was wide left.
• Hamblin nearly scored her second goal of the match in the 26^th minute. She found space behind the defense and fired her shot to the left of the goalkeeper, but it hit the post.
• Salantino took another shot for the Penguins in the 33^rd minute, but her attempt went wide.
• Minutes later, Salantino got another open look. She fired a shot from the top of the box, and it went wide right.
• Youngstown State evened the score in the 36^th minute. Lum hit a shot from just outside the box that went into the right corner of the net.
• Megan Patrick responded with a goal in the 37^th minute to help NKU regain the lead.
• NKU led 2-1 at the half.  

 
SECOND HALF SUMMARY

• YSU's Rashed Abdul-Rahman took the first shot of the second period, but her attempt was blocked by the NKU defense.
• Rachel Conaway fired a shot in the 52^nd minute, but the attempt was saved by the YSU goalkeeper.
• A few moments later, Hamblin had her shot blocked in the box by the YSU defense.
• Emily Lohmann made an easy save in the 56^th minute on a low shot on the ground.
• Ally Perkins took a shot in the 58^th minute from outside the box. However, her attempt was blocked.
• Frey found space behind the YSU defense in the 58^th minute but couldn't get her attempt on frame.
• In the 63^rd minute, Payton Naylor's shot from the left side went high of the goal.
• Naylor had another shot from the left side in the 64^th minute, but the YSU goalkeeper made a save to prevent her from scoring.
• Emily Soltes extended the Norse lead to 3-1 in the 69^th minute.
• Kailey Ivins looked to score in the 71^st minute, but she was whistled for offside.
• In the 73^rd minute, Naylor took another shot, but her attempt went wide left.
• Hamblin added her second goal of the match in the 78^th minute.
• Frey followed with a goal of her own in the 79^th minute.
• Ivins scored her first collegiate goal also in the 79^th minute.
• Zaken had the final goal of the match in the 86^th minute to give the Norse the 7-1 advantage.

 
MATCH NOTES

• Megan Patrick and Kailey Ivins scored their first goals of their collegiate careers. Patrick's goal turned out to be the game-winner.
• It was the first time the Norse won a match by six goals since a 6-0 win against Eastern Illinois on Aug. 23, 2015.
• Payton Naylor had three assists in the match, all of which came within a span of one minute and 32 seconds in the second half.
• The Norse had a 21-11 advantage in total shots and 10-2 in shots on goal.
• NKU was whistled for 10 offside calls.

 
UP NEXT
The Norse will host Wright State on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at NKU Soccer Stadium, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN3.