HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The 2021 nonconference portion of the schedule comes to a close for the Northern Kentucky women's soccer team with a 4 p.m. tilt at Ohio on Thursday, Sept. 9.
 
Match Information
Northern Kentucky University Norse (1-3-2 Overall, 0-0-0 Horizon League)
Ohio University Bobcats (3-1-0 Overall, 0-0-0 MAC)
Thursday, Sept. 9 – 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Athens, Ohio | Chessa Field (750)
Broadcast: YouTube
Stats: Live Stats
 
Scoring Points
• NKU is 1-3-2 on the season, picking up a pair of draws against two unbeaten opponents (Bellarmine 0-0-4, Evansville 4-0-2).
• NKU's nonconference schedule has been brutally tough to start the season. It's seven nonconference opponents are a combined 21-6-9 (.708) through matches played Sept. 7.
• NKU closes the nonconference slate against Ohio, a foe that it holds a 1-1 all-time mark against. The Norse won the first meeting in 2018, 3-2, but fell 1-0 in 2019.
• NKU has gone on the offensive in its last two matches, attempting 34 shots and putting 18 on goal while also earning 17 total corner kicks.
• 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 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 after finishing third nationally in goals against (.264) and save percent (.929), plus 14th in shutouts (7).
• 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, plus regains the services of D Megan Sullivan.
• The Norse have scored five goals so far this year, each coming from a different player. Mills delivered the overtime match winner against EKU, heading home a corner kick played by Jewell.
• F/M Lindsey Meyer provided a goal against Evansville. She ranked 10th in the country last year in assists per game (0.73). She also scored once and finished second on the team in points with 10.
• M Kayla Wypasek scored versus EKU and leads the team with three points after assisting on Meyer's goal against Evansville.
• F Sofia Wilmes also scored against EKU. She 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 so far as a sophomore, compiling 11 shots, including four on frame, and the one goal.
• F Annie Greene converted a penalty kick in the 73rd-minute for NKU's lone goal versus UC.
• M Kaya Vogt also delivered an assist on Meyer's goal versus the Purple Aces.