Sept. 25, 2001

NKU REMAINS NO. 1 IN NATION

Norse still unbeaten (8-0) after 2-1 win over Indianapolis

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University women’s soccer team is ranked No. 1 nationally in the NCAA Division II poll for the second straight week. NKU, now 8-0 after posting a 2-1 win over previously unbeaten University of Indianapolis last Sunday, is 22-0-2 during its last 24 matches in the regular season. The last team to defeat the Norse in a regular-season match was the University of Missouri-Rolla, which posted a 5-3 win against NKU on Aug. 27, 2000. NKU has fielded a varsity women’s soccer program since the 1997 season, and the Norse own three straight Great Lakes Valley Conference championships. Another GLVC member, unbeaten University of Wisconsin-Parkside (10-0), is ranked No. 18 in this week’s poll. NKU will play host to Hillsdale (Mich.) College at 7 p.m. this Friday (Sept. 28) at the Town & Country Sports Complex in Wilder, Ky. The Norse will also play at Saint Joseph’s College at 1 p.m. Sunday. NSCAA/NCAA Division II poll 1. Northern Kentucky (8-0) 2. Franklin Pierce (6-0) 3. Regis (10-0) 4. San Francisco State (7-0-1) 5. Christian Brothers (4-0) 6. UC San Diego (8-1) 7. Lock Haven (7-1) 8. West Florida (8-0) 9. Truman State (7-1) 10. Belmont Abbey (8-1) 11. Incarnate Word (9-0) 12. Ashland (8-0) 13. Merrimack (7-0) 14. Bloomsburg (4-0-1) 15. Longwood (6-0-1) 16. Cal Poly Pomona (5-1-2) 17. Barry (7-2) 18. Wisconsin-Parkside (10-0) 19. Winona State (7-3) 19. Central Oklahoma (7-2) 21. S. Connecticut State (7-2) 22. Barton (5-0-1) 23. Eckerd (4-1) 24. Indiana (Pa.) (6-1) 25. Cal State Dominguez Hills (7-2-1)