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By Mike Anderson, NKU Sports Information WILDER, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky University women’s soccer team honored its two seniors Sunday afternoon not only with a halftime ceremony, but also with a 3-1 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. After a scoreless first half, Kristen Chinn struck first for the Panthers, wrestling the ball away from the Norse defense in the 52nd minute and pushing a shot just right of goalkeeper Jenna Kramer for her sixth goal of the season. NKU answered with three straight goals. The first came off a Hope Zinser free kick in the 60th minute. The ball took one bounce in the 18-yard box and came straight to Kendall Day, who just headed the ball above KWC goalie Natalie McCaslin to tie the game. Zinser started another scoring play just three minutes later, pushing the ball ahead to Kara Costello, who found Cara Alldred inside the penalty area. Alldred took one dribble to the right to elude McCaslin and shot on a wide-open net for the NKU lead. Lauren Franzen put the icing on the cake in the 87th minute when Kendall Day caught McCaslin out of position and passed to Franzen for the shot on the wide-open net for the 3-1 final score. Jenna Kramer made two saves in the victory for the Norse, who improved to 11-4 overall and 7-4 in the GLVC. The Norse also honored senior Jayme Light, who played in her final regular-season game. Light's 31 career goals put her fifth all-time among NKU scorers. NKU hits the road with a chance to win home-field advantage in the GLVC quarterfinals as the Norse face Rockhurst on Friday before closing the regular season against Drury on Sunday. |
