Oct. 12, 2000

NKU TO MEET UWP ON FRIDAY

Norse also play at Lewis on Sunday

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University women’s soccer team, now 11-1-1 overall after playing Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville to a 1-1 tie on Sunday, will play a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference road matches this weekend. NKU will face the University of Wisconsin-Parkside (7-3-1, 3-3 GLVC) at 4 p.m. on Friday, and the Norse will travel to Romeoville, Ill., on Sunday to face Lewis University (5-6-2, 1-5-1 GLVC) at 4 p.m. NKU is now 6-0-1 in the GLVC and ranked No. 4 nationally in the Division II poll. The Norse had won 10 consecutive matches prior to Sunday’s tie against SIUE. NKU is also ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Division II Central Region ratings. The top seed in the regional ratings will host the first round of the NCAA Division II Central Region in November. Minnesota State - a team which NKU has already beaten by a 7-1 score earlier this season on a neutral field - is ranked No. 2 in the Central Region. NKU’s Amanda Trout was named GLVC Player of the Week this past Monday. Trout scored the winning goal during a 2-0 victory against the University of Southern Indiana last Friday night. Trout also assisted on NKU’s only goal during the 1-1 tie against SIUE. Trout’s defense helped NKU hold two of the GLVC’s top scorers - USI’s Stephanie Minor and SIUE’s Colleen Creamer - to no goals or assists in the two matches. For the season, Trout has four goals and five assists. Tricia Ruark continues to lead NKU in scoring with six goals and 11 assists. Betsy Moore has seven goals and three assists for the Norse. Goalie Lauren Piening has a 0.72 goals against average. A YEAR AGO AGAINST UWP: Tricia Ruark scored a pair of goals as NKU defeated Wisconsin-Parkside, 5-0, at the Town & Country Sports Complex in Wilder, Ky. Lauren Piening picked up the shutout for NKU, which built a 2-0 halftime lead. NKU leads the all-time series with Wisconsin-Parkside, 2-1. A YEAR AGO AGAINST LEWIS: Tricia Ruark scored two goals and added an assist as NKU posted a 4-0 victory against Lewis at the Town & Country Sports Complex. Lindsay Smith and Kristen Noakes also added goals in the win, and Lauren Piening recorded the shutout. NKU leads the all-time series with Lewis, 2-1.