HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky women's soccer team had everything working offensively tonight, as the Norse defeated the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons, 6-2. NKU improves to 8-3-2 overall and is currently 6-0-0 in Horizon League play. PFW drops to 3-6-4 on the year, along with a 2-4-0 conference record.   
 
Sheehan's Statement
"We challenged ourselves with our nonconference schedule. We challenge ourselves every day in practice and they've done a great job of responding. Each week and even every day we have a different topic, and the results show. They come out and execute what we work on in training and obviously we're very, very proud of this group. To score six goals tonight, three goals against Robert Morris the other day, nine goals in the last two games, we weren't scoring a lot of goals earlier, it's one of the things we have been working on, how can we manufacture goals."
 
Scoring Summary
·     Madelyn Koewler got the Norse on the board early in this contest in the 3^rd minute, scoring off her own corner kick.  
·     NKU doubled its lead within minutes as Kayla Wypasek found the back of the net in the 6' with the assist by Sofia Wilmes.   
·     PFW found an answer from Kelsey Gallagher in the 14' as she did it herself to beat the Norse defenders for the goal.
·     The Norse scored goal number three of the half with a low strike from Wilmes with the assist from Kaya Vogt in the 19'.
·     NKU capped its opening half scoring with another goal in the 42' as Annie Greene added to the home lead with assists from Emma McSwigan and Shelby Wall. 
·     The Mastodons cut the NKU lead in half in the 47' as Morgan Reitano pushed the ball low and to the right past the goalkeeper with the assist from by Rylee Vruggink.
·     Lindsey Meyer was in the scoring column once again this year with a goal in the 65' with a fantastic assist by Wilmes in the 65' to increase the Norse lead.   
·     Katie Brock saw her first goal of the season as she hit a solid strike low and to the left past the goalkeeper for NKU's final goal of the night in the 80' with the assist by Jamie Lehker.
 
Between the Posts
·      Mimi Stines (7-3-2) got the start in goal for NKU, playing 75:00 total minutes making one overall save and faced seven shots.
·      Mickayla Kowalski finished the match off in goal for the Norse, playing the final 15:00 minutes and made one total save after facing one shot. 
·      Samantha Castaneda (3-5-4) started in goal for Purdue Fort Wayne as she totaled two saves, faced 10 shots and allowed four total goals.   
·      Belle Plautz came on to replace Castaneda at the start of the second half and finished the night with two total saves, eight shots faced, and two goals allowed.    
 

Match Summary
·      The opening shot of the match in the 3' came from Northern Kentucky as Koewler's corner kick bounced off the far post and found its' way into the net.  
·      NKU kept the pressure on the Mastodons as the Norse scored yet again in the 6' with Wypasek striking the ball high and left with the assist from Wilmes.  
·      PFW saw its first shot in the 13' as Reitano missed wide right.  
·      Purdue Fort Wayne continued an aggressive attack that paid off with a goal in the 14' as Gallagher pushed the ball just past Stines.   
·    The Norse answered right back with a goal in the 19' as Wilmes buried the ball in the back of the net with an incredible set up by Vogt. 
·    There was no slowing down for Northern Kentucky as Lydia Self fired a shot in the 21' that missed to the left.  
·    Meyer just missed high and to the right in the 35' as she forced Castaneda to make the diving save. 
·    Green joined the scoring party for NKU in the 42' with a low strike that got past the keeper. McSwigan and Wall each were credited with an assist on this goal. 
·    The Mastodons came out swinging in the second half, finding success off a Reitano shot to the right in the 47' with the assist from Vruggink.    
·    The match was stopped at 54:34 due to lightning.
·    Purdue Fort Wayne looked to test Stines out of the break with a low shot on goal but the NKU goalkeeper handled it with ease.
·    The offense of NKU did not slow down despite having a break in the action, as a goal from Meyer pushed the lead out to 5-2. Wilmes was on the assist in this goal as well.  
·    Koewler kept her intense play up into the second half as well with another shot on goal to the left that was ultimately saved by Plautz in the 66'.  
·    Northern Kentucky capped off its big scoring night with a final goal from Brock in the 80' with the assist by Lehker.  
·    Purdue Fort Wayne made a final attempt on goal in the 86' but Kowalski shut down the Mastodons' offensive threat with a save.  

Norse Notes
·     NKU saw six different players record a goal on the night.
·     Wilmes has now scored in three consecutive matches. Her two assists tonight were her first of the season as well.     
·     NKU last scored five or more goals back on Oct. 27, 2019 against Green Bay.     
·      Northern Kentucky has currently won six matches in a row dating back to Sept. 9 of this season. The Norse also have not been defeated since Sept. 2. 
·     NKU finished with 18 total shots, along with 10 shots on goal along with recording six corner kicks. 
 
Up Next
The Norse will next travel to Youngstown State to face the Penguins in a Horizon League match on Sunday, Oct. 10. This contest will begin at 1 p.m. and also broadcasted on ESPN+.