BIG RAPIDS, Mich. - The Ferris State University women’s soccer team scored twice in the final eight minutes of the second half Saturday and held on for a 2-0 win over 12th-ranked Northern Kentucky University.
Anslee Stuber-Powell scored on a header off a pass from Britta Dahlberg at the 82:25 mark to give Ferris State a 1-0 lead. Stuber-Powell’s shot came from six yards out in front of the net.
Three minutes later, Lindsey Pawloski sealed the upset victory for the Bulldogs when she found the net off a pass from Andrea Moma. It was the fifth goal of the season for Pawloski.
Carla Gilbertson posted the shutout and recorded eight saves for Ferris State, which improved to 3-3-1 with the victory. It marked the first meeting in history between NKU and Ferris State in women’s soccer.
Norse goalie Lauren Piening made six saves for NKU, which dropped to 3-2. The Norse held a 17-13 advantage in shot attempts and a 6-4 edge in corner kicks.
NKU will return to action next Friday at 7:30 p.m., when the University of Wisconsin-Parkside visits the Town & Country Sports Complex in Wilder, Ky., for the Great Lakes Valley Conference opener.
The Rangers ended NKU’s five-year reign as GLVC Tournament champion last season by edging the Norse in a penalty-kick shootout during the finals.
That match with Wisconsin-Parkside is officially recorded as a 1-1 tie, however, and NKU will enter Friday with an unbeaten streak of 57 consecutive matches against GLVC opponents. NKU is 51-0-6 against GLVC teams during the past four years.
The Norse have not lost to a GLVC opponent since Oct. 9, 1999, when Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville posted a 3-1 win over NKU.
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