CHICAGO – The Northern Kentucky women's soccer team improved to 4-3-2 and 2-0-0 in Horizon League action with a 2-1 victory at UIC on Sunday afternoon. UIC slides to 0-7-1 overall with an 0-2-0 Horizon League mark.
 
Sheehan's Statement
"UIC has had a great deal of success in recent years in the Horizon League and to earn three points on the road is always a difficult task. We scrapped out the three points with a commitment to defending all over the field and succeeded in picking up our energy level in the second half. We were very good on restarts today and that made a huge difference in the match."
 
Scoring Summary

• Madelyn Koewler sent a corner kick into the box which Kayla Wypasek cleaned up and delivered a point-blank goal in the 55^th minute.
• Just seven minutes later, UIC's Megan Bowman delivered the equalizer. She scored after chipping a shot over NKU's defense.
• After Lindsey Meyer earned a corner kick for the Norse, Self scored on a header from the ball played in by Koewler.

 
Between the Posts

• Northern Kentucky's Mickayla Kowalski got the starting nod for the Norse and won the first match of her career (1-0-0). She picked up three saves and allowed one goal.
• Lena Kurz (0-7-1) played the full 90 for UIC as well, giving up both goals and collecting four saves on the day.

 
Match Summary

• UIC took the first three shots of the match in the first four-plus minutes, one of which was sent wide right and one was blocked. Kowalski made a save on the other attempt.
• Koewler took NKU's first shot, but it was blocked.
• Sofia Wilmes' 10^th-minute attempt missed wide left.
• Megan Bowman threatened for the Flames in the 20'. She directed a well-struck header over the crossbar.
• Wypasek attempted a long-range bouncing shot that was easily scooped by Kurz.
• Allison King took the final shot of the opening half. UIC's defense blocked her attempt from just inside the 18-yard box.
• Koewler forced Kurz into a save with her 53^rd-minute shot
• Wypasek delivered the first goal of the game two minutes later
• Lindsey Meyer nearly added an insurance goal two minutes after Wypasek's goal. Meyer brought the ball down the left side of the box and fired near post, but the ball ricocheted off the post.
• Bowman then equalized in the 62^nd.
• Kurz was forced to save a ball fired on frame by Wilmes, with the keeper deflecting the shot high.
• Self gave the Norse their second lead of the match in the 65^th minute off of Koewler's assist.
• Meyer continued to abuse the frame with a shot off the crossbar in the 69^th minute.
• Wilmes missed a shot high with just over eight minutes remaining.
• Kowalski was aggressive on a free kick lobbed into the box in the 88^th minute, rising above the crowd to pull down the ball through contact.

 
Norse Notes

• Self, the reigning Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week, has now scored in each of the last two matches. Both tallies proved to be game-winners for the Norse.
• Self and Wypasek both join Wilmes with two goals on the year.
• With her two assists today, Koewler now has a team-leading three on the season.
• Northern Kentucky finished with a 15-12 advantage in shots, including a 6-4 lead in shots on goal, which doesn't include either of Meyer's dangerous attempts that found the frame.

 
Up Next
NKU plays at IUPUI on Thursday, Sept. 23, for a second-straight road match. The Norse and Jaguars are slated to kickoff at 7 p.m., in Indianapolis.