CHICAGO – The Northern Kentucky University women's soccer team went on the road and picked up a 1-0 win against UIC on Friday evening. The Norse close out the regular season with a 10-5-1 overall record and a 6-2-1 mark in Horizon League play. UIC falls to 4-14-1 on the year and 3-6 in the league.
 
"Our team competed at a high level tonight," said NKU head coach Bob Sheehan. "Congratulations to B's (Brianna Frondorf) and Kailey Ivins for providing a spark off of the bench and setting up the game-winning goal to Shawna Zaken. It was important to refocus as we begin Horizon League tournament play on Monday." 
 
NKU SCORING SUMMARY

• Shawna Zaken gave the Norse a 1-0 lead in the 34^th minute. Zaken put her shot over the UIC goalkeeper from inside the box, and Kailey Ivins and Brianna Frondorf earned an assist on the play.

 
BETWEEN THE POSTS

• Emily Lohmann faced 25 shots on the night and made 11 saves in the contest.

FIRST HALF SUMMARY

• Samantha Duwel took a shot in the third minute, but it was right at the UIC goalkeeper.
• Lohmann made an easy save in the fifth minute on a shot by UIC's Tamae Douglas.
• Emily Soltes fired a shot on goal in the sixth minute. However, her shot went right at the UIC goalkeeper.
• In the 10^th minute, UIC's Rebeca Pallo found some space on a breakaway, but Lohmann came out of the box and prevented Pallo from scoring.
• Erin Sutton nearly scored for the Norse in the 19^th minute. Payton Naylor played a cross into the box. Sutton was able to get a foot on the ball, but it went just wide of the goal.
• The Norse earned a corner kick in the 25^th minute and had two shots on goal, but both were saved by the UIC goalkeeper.
• Zaken gave the Norse a 1-0 lead in the 34^th minute.
• In the 35^th minute, Duwel put a shot on goal, but it was saved by the UIC goalkeeper.
• Duwel had another attempt in the 37^th minute. She found a little bit of space close to the goal line and fired a shot, but the UIC defense closed in to block the shot.
• Ivins took a low, hard shot in the 38^th minute. However, her attempt was saved.
• The Norse had a 14-7 shot advantage in the half, including a 7-2 mark in shots on goal.

 
SECOND HALF SUMMARY

• Lohmann made a nice save on a shot attempt by UIC's Emily Kavanaugh in the 48^th minute. A cross was played into the box, Kavanaugh got a foot on it, but Lohmann was in the right position to stop the shot.
• In the 51^st minute, Chloe Mills had a header attempt off of a corner kick, and the shot hit off of the post and bounced back into play.
• Lohmann stopped a shot by UIC's Pallo in the 54^th minute.
• The Norse earned a free kick in the 59^th minute. Duwel stepped up to take the kick, but it was right at the Flames' goalkeeper.
• In the 60^th minute, Lohmann made a save on a shot by UIC's Pallo.
• Duwel took a hard shot in the 64^th minute, but it went right at the UIC goalkeeper.
• Lohmann made a nice save on a hard shot by UIC's Jennifer Savinski in the 66^th minute.
• UIC's Pallo found some space in the box in the 68^th minute, but her attempt was high of the frame.
• Lohmann had another good save in the 75^th minute. UIC's Douglas took a shot, and Lohmann punched the ball over the goal for a corner kick.
• In the 78^th minute, Lohmann made an easy save on an attempt by UIC's Pallo.
• UIC's Naomi Rushe fired a shot in the 83^rd minute, but Lohmann punched the ball out for a corner kick.
• Lohmann recorded another save in the 84^th minute on a long shot by UIC's Emily Valentine.
• In the 89^th minute, Lohmann made her final save of the night on a shot by the Flames' Pallo.

 
MATCH NOTES

• Zaken's goal was her sixth of the season.
• Lohmann and the defense recorded their seventh shutout of 2018.
• Lohmann's 11 saves tied a career high. She also had 11 saves in last year's match against Milwaukee on Oct. 7, 2017.
• UIC had a 25-20 shot advantage in the match, but each team had 11 shots on goal.

 
UP NEXT

• The Norse have earned the No. 3 seed in the Horizon League Championship. NKU will host No. 6 seed Oakland on Monday, Oct. 29. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.