WSOC Morehead4
4
Winner Northern Ky. NKU (0-0-0, 0-0-0)
0
Lipscomb LIP (0-0-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Northern Ky. NKU
(0-0-0, 0-0-0)
4
Final
0
Lipscomb LIP
(0-0-0, 0-0-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Northern Ky. NKU 2 2 4
Lipscomb LIP 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Robby Johnson, NKU Athletic Communications

@NKUNorseWSOC opens season with 4-0 rout over Lipscomb

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Northern Kentucky women's soccer team began the 2019 season with a scoring frenzy, besting Lipscomb, 4-0, on Thursday night at Lipscomb Soccer Complex. Four different Norse players sent shots into the net.
 
"Kevin has built a powerful program at Lipscomb and we enjoy the relationship that we have with all of them," said NKU head coach Bob Sheehan. "They are defending A-Sun champions and we knew that this match was going to present significant challenges for us. They have an excellent team and will compete for another championship this year.
 
"Mimi was outstanding in goal tonight in just her first intercollegiate match. Our back line and our midfield dug in and competed for everything. We were very pleased with the manner in which we scored four goals on the road. Megan's corner kick was well placed and a great first goal of the season for us; Ally's goal was exceptionally well-executed; Shawna jumped on a restart and demonstrated her skill in finishing for the third goal; The Kayla to Ally to Kailey goal was absolutely spectacular and scripted directly from the training ground. Tonight's win should provide us with some confidence moving forward."
 
 
NKU SCORING SUMMARY
  • NKU's first of many goals came in the 7th minute when Megan Patrick sent a corner kick deep to the right end of the net.
  • Putting the Norse up by two goals was Ally Perkins with assists from Madelyn Koewler and Shawna Zaken in the 8th minute.
  • Zaken, who lead NKU in scoring a year ago, earned her first goal of the year in the 59th minute after she took a Hannah Fischer free kick and slipped the ball past the goalkeeper.
  • In the 88th minute, Kayla Wypasek dished to Perkins, who sent a perfect pass backwards toward the penalty arc with Kailey Ivins on the receiving end. Ivins then sent a shot straight into the middle of the net to give the Norse a 4-0 advantage in the closing minutes.
 
BETWEEN THE POSTS
  • Mimi Stines faced 11 shots in the match and made nine saves in her college debut.
 
MATCH SUMMARY
 
  • Out of her nine-total saves on the evening, Stines had to make six of them in the first half.
  • In between the two goals in the early minutes, Zaken had another shot on goal to the bottom-center of the net before Lipscomb's goal keeper saved it.
  • Going into the halftime break, NKU led the corner kick margin, 3-0.
  • To open the second half, NKU struggled to get any shots until the floodgates opened in the 53rd minute. After two shots on goal, Zaken would score the third Norse goal.
  • Lipscomb had several shots go off in the remaining minutes with most being off target.
 
MATCH NOTES
  • After a 15-5-2 season, Lipscomb was projected to win the Atlantic Sun conference in this year's preseason poll.
  • This is the first time the Norse have scored 4 goals since a September 23, 2017 matchup at Youngstown State.
  • With the Morehead State exhibition included, Kailey Ivins has scored in back-to-back games.
  • NKU has won their first regular-season game for the third-straight year.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Norse host Ohio on Sunday, August 25. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at NKU Soccer Stadium, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.   
 
 
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