HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky University women's soccer team defeated IUPUI on Saturday evening by a final score of 1-0. The Norse improve to 8-3-1 overall and 4-0-1 in the Horizon League. IUPUI falls to 5-7-3 and 2-2-1 in league play.
 
"Our team continues to demonstrate qualities that ultimately will lead to success," said NKU head coach Bob Sheehan. "Our goalkeeping and back line play was outstanding again tonight. Rachel Conaway and Chloe Mills held down the midfield. Congratulations to Sam Duwel on her second game-winning goal this week. Sam pushes forward in key situations and demonstrates the ability to find seams and finish. Shawna Zaken and Emily Soltes set the goal up nicely, and we had some terrific play off of our bench tonight which benefitted the team tremendously. Overall, we are pleased to earn three points at home."
 
 
NKU SCORING SUMMARY

• Duwel gave the Norse a 1-0 lead in the 61^st minute. Zaken played the ball up the field to Soltes, and she crossed the ball from the right side to Duwel. Duwel ran past a defender to get to the ball and tapped it in from close range to score.

 
BETWEEN THE POSTS

• Emily Lohmann played the entire contest in goal. She faced 10 shots and made three saves.

 
FIRST HALF SUMMARY

• Zaken took the first shot of the match in the second minute, but her attempt was blocked.
• Lohmann made a save on a shot by IUPUI's Elizabeth Bueckers in the seventh minute.
• Soltes fired a shot in the 11^th minute, but it went left of the frame.
• IUPUI's Valentine Pursey had a header attempt off of a corner kick in the 13^th minute, but it was to the right of goal.
• Zaken had shots in the 19^th and 24^th minutes, but both attempts were high of the net.
• Pursey had another shot for IUPUI in the 29^th minute, but it went wide left.
• Zaken tried to score in the 37^th minute, but her shot was saved by the IUPUI goalkeeper.
• In the 41^st minute, Kailey Ivins secured a pass on the right side of the box, but she pushed her shot to the right of the goalpost.
• Soltes found some space in the box in the 44^th minute, but her shot went right of the goal.

 
SECOND HALF SUMMARY

• Lohmann stopped a shot by IUPUI's Jessica Flores in the 46^th minute.
• Duwel gave the Norse a 1-0 lead in the 61^st minute.
• In the 79^th minute, Zaken had a header attempt, but it was saved by the IUPUI goalkeeper.
• Lohmann made another save in the 87^th minute on a shot from Pursey.
• IUPUI tried to get the equalizer late in the match, but a header attempt bounced off of the crossbar. The ball came back into play, but Pursey's shot off of the rebound went out of bounds in the final seconds.

 
MATCH NOTES

• NKU had a 12-10 shot advantage in the match.
• IUPUI recorded four corner kicks, compared to three for the Norse.
• This was the sixth shutout of the season for Lohmann and the NKU defense.
• The Norse improve to 6-0 at NKU Soccer Stadium.

 
UP NEXT

• The Norse travel to Cleveland State on Saturday, Oct. 13. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.