HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky women's soccer team failed to find the net on Sunday night, falling to Ohio, 1-0, at NKU Soccer Stadium.

"I think we gave the ball away way too often," said head coach Bob Sheehan. I think that we knew that Ohio was going to try to run in behind us, we were prepared for that, but did not execute.

"We had to do a better job of connecting passes, a better job of showcasing our skillset and we did not do that today. It's a long season; this is game number two and hopefully we can look back on this take some teachable moments from the game and improve."

"We wanted to come out with the same intensity that we had in the Lipscomb game," said Norse goalkeeper Mimi Stines. "We just had trouble connecting passes out of the back and mentally we weren't there tonight. I think it was the little things and they all kind of built up and came back to bite us…I think the last six or seven minute to play where we wanted that comeback goal to tie the game; I think we could've played like that the whole 90 minutes."

BETWEEN THE POSTS

• Mimi Stines faced 15 shots, made six saves and allowed the only goal.  

MATCH SUMMARY

• After a very quiet start to the night, freshman Megan Sullivan fielded the first corner kick for either side in the 16th minute.
• Ohio almost found themselves on the scoreboard after a shot from Sydney Leckie in the 23rd minute. Stines made the far-reaching save at the top-left of the net.
• NKU's only shot on goal of the evening came 26 minutes in from Ally Perkins.  
• Although off-target, Shawna Zaken had a near-goal situation at the 37th-minute mark, attempting a shot to the left from outside the penalty area that just missed the net.
• Ohio's Alivia Milesky scored the only goal of the evening in the 62nd minute with the assist coming from Abby Townsend.
• NKU brought more intensity on the attack following the Bobcats goal, but Lindsey Meyer was the only Norse player to bring in a shot in the final minutes.

NORSE NOTES

• Stines is now up to 15 saves on the year. She has played every minute of the season thus far.
• Along with Stines, four other Norse played the entire match: Hannah Fischer, Madelyn Koewler, Chloe Mills and Megan Sullivan.
• Zaken was the only Norse that recorded multiple shots (3).

UP NEXT

• The Norse host Butler on Thursday, August 29. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at NKU Soccer Stadium, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.