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By Mike Anderson, NKU Sports Information WILDER, Ky. – For the second year in a row, the Northern Kentucky University men’s soccer team has equaled its highest win total ever as the Norse improved to 16-0 Sunday afternoon with a 4-0 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan. It took just one shot for the Norse to get on the board, as Tony Ray found a seam and fed Tony Capurro. Capurro and Braden Bishop created a two-on-one situation from 20 yards out, and Capurro passed across to the sophomore for his 10th goal of the season just three minutes into the contest. It was almost an hour of game time before the Norse tickled the twine again, with Chad Cook sending a long diagonal pass to Steven Beattie on the left side just inside the touch line. Beattie, with a defender on his hip, floated a lofting ball towards the goal from about 40 yards out. The ball snuck just underneath the crossbar and out of the reach of Panther goalkeeper Andrew Minton for his seventh goal of the year. Chris Thompson added his second goal of the season, scoring off a pass from Bishop in the 82nd minute, while Bishop got his second goal of the game off a corner kick play from Jason Larkin to cap the scoring. Andy Ortman made one save in the victory for the Norse. Jeremy Curington played 17 minutes of relief in net for NKU, which outshot the Panthers by a 24-2 margin. NKU moved to 11-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and secured a home game in the quarterfinal round of the conference tournament. The game will be hosted at the Town & Country Sports Complex on Oct. 28. Before that, however, the Norse must go on the road for their final two games of the season, as they travel to Rockhurst on Friday before ending the season in Springfield, Mo., against Drury on Sunday.
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