HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky women's soccer team fell to UIC on Saturday, 1-0, at NKU Soccer Stadium.

"Congrats to UIC, they scored a goal late in the game and earned the victory." said head coach Bob Sheehan. "We earned a legitimate PK when Ashleigh was taken down in the box and it was a great goal scoring opportunity that we weren't able to execute on. Early in the second half we challenged our team to really work and they embraced that. I thought we had some great balls into space and we really attacked like we want to and it just didn't go our way."

BETWEEN THE POSTS

• Mimi Stines made three saves, faced 12 shots and allowed the UIC goal.

MATCH SUMMARY

• Both teams spent the first 10 or so minutes getting settled in, although UIC dominated the possession battle.
• Ally Perkins took five shots between the 23 and 32-minute marks.
• With the score locked at zero at the end of the first half, UIC had possession 63 percent of the time.
• A Norse corner kick almost turned into a goal in the 65th minute thanks to Chloe Mills. Unfortunately for NKU, the goal was disallowed because of a foul committed by Mills.
• Ashleigh Cronin drew a foul in the penalty area in the 72nd minute, giving the Norse a penalty kick. Kailey Ivins took the kick, which was saved by UIC's goalkeeper.
• The Flames' Emma Main found the net in the 80th minute to win the game, 1-0.

NORSE NOTES

• The six shots by Ally Perkins is the first time a Norse player made more than five since Samantha Duwel had eight in NKU's last matchup against UIC on October 26, 2018.
• This is back-to-back solid games by Cronin, who started against IUPUI and gave the Norse possession several times in the midfield.

UP NEXT

• The Norse stay home to take on Wright State on Wednesday. The match will begin at 7:00 p.m. and be streamed on ESPN+.