HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – A three-game road trip for Northern Kentucky begins with contests at Dayton on Thursday, Aug. 26, and Louisville on Sunday, Aug. 29. The Norse are Flyers are set to kick off at 7 p.m., while the meeting against the Cards is set for 7:30 p.m.
 
Match Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (1-1 Overall, 0-0 Horizon League)
University of Dayton Flyers (0-0 Overall, 1-0 ASUN)
Thursday, Aug. 26 – 7:00 p.m. (ET)
Dayton, Ohio | Baujan Field (2,000)
Stats: Live Stats
 
Northern Kentucky University Norse (1-1 Overall, 0-0 Horizon League)
University of Louisville Cardinals (1-0 Overall, 1-0 ACC)
Sunday, Aug. 29 – 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Louisville, Ky. | DR. MARK & CINDY LYNN STADIUM (5,300)
TV: ACC Network Extra
Stats: Live Stats
 
Scoring Points
• NKU is 1-1 on the season, dropping its season opener 2-1 to Cincinnati before rallying for a 2-1 win against EKU.
• NKU takes to the road for a three-game trip, opening at Dayton before heading to Louisville.
• NKU was picked to finish second in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.
• The Norse won the 2020 Horizon League regular-season at 7-0-1 and went 8-1-2 overall.
• NKU reached the #HLWSOC Tournament championship match, tying Milwaukee 0-0 through 110 minutes of action before succumbing in penalty kicks.
• NKU featured one of the best defenses in the nation, finishing third in save percentage (.913), fourth in goals against average (.345) and fourth in shutout percentage (.727).
• The Norse closed the season with seven-straight shutouts and, after giving up two tallies against UC, were one shutout shy of tying the 1999 team for longest shutout streak (8) in program history.
• Due to such stingy defense, NKU outscored its opponents 16-4 in its 11-game 2020 season.
• GK Mimi Stines is the reigning #HLWSOC Defensive Player and Goalkeeper of the Year.
• Stines ranked third in the country in both goals against (.264) and save percent (.929) and 14th in shutouts (7).
• Stines entered the 2021 campaign riding a six match shutout streak, which extended to seven matches if the combined shutout against UIC is included. Stines' 820:47-minute shutout streak to end 2020 ran to 830:29 before giving up the first goal to UC.
• Stines earned recognition as a United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree and, the standout on both the field and in the classroom, also collected United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America and Horizon League All-Academic accolades.
• NKU also returns its entire back line that was one of the nation's best defenses, D Chloe Mills, D Morgan Jewell, D Lily Menssen and D Taylor Abbott.
• Mills delivered the overtime match winner against EKU, heading home a corner kick played by Jewell.
• Offensively, F/M Lindsey Meyer ranked 10th in the country in assists per game (0.73). She also scored once and finished second on the team in points with 10.
• Menssen, Mills and Meyer were each named to the 2020 All-Horizon League Second-Team.
• F Sofia Wilmes was second on the team with four goals scored and third on the team in points with eight in 2020. She was a Horizon League All-Freshman Team honoree that has blossomed into an aggressive attacker this year, compiling nine shots, including four on frame, and one goal so far this year.
• F Annie Greene converted a penalty kick in the 73rd-minute for NKU's lone goal versus UC.
• M/F Kaya Vogt joined Wilmes on the #HLWSOC all-freshman team and ranked third on the team with a pair of goals scored.