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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Northern Kentucky University men’s soccer team made a loud statement during Thursday's opening round of the NCAA Division II Tournament. NKU, in its first-ever NCAA Tournament game, scored two goals early in the first half and rolled past Wisconsin-Parkside, 4-0, at Korte Stadium. The 14th-ranked Norse improved to 15-2-3 and will play top-seeded Southern Illinois at Edwardsville for the Great Lakes Region championship at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tony Capurro began the scoring onslaught for NKU at the 4:40 by finding the back of the net off assists from Tony Ray and Chris Thompson. At the 22:35 mark, Braden Bishop extended NKU's advantage to 2-0 with an unassisted goal. Thompson made it 3-0 in the 55th minute with a goal that was assisted by Alex Allison. Jason Larkin capped the scoring in the 88th minute with a goal off an assist from Dan Impellizzeri. A week ago, NKU met Wisconsin-Parkside and played to a scoreless tie in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament, but the Rangers advanced on penalty kicks, 6-5. Wisconsin-Parkside - which is now 0-3-1 against NKU in the past four meetings - finished with a 13-4-4 record. NKU's 15 victories are the most since the 1995 season, when the Norse won a school-record 16 games. |
