Amy Law

WILDER, Ky. - Amy Law’s goal late in the second half snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted the Northern Kentucky University women’s soccer team to a 2-1 win over Rockhurst on Friday in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament semifinals at the Town & Country Sports Complex.

Krista Rogers assisted the winning goal, which came at the 77:45 mark. It was the 12th goal of the season for Law, a junior and a graduate of Glen Este High School.

The top-seeded Norse (17-2-0) held on after Law’s goal to defeat fourth-seeded Rockhurst (12-6-1) for the second time this season. In their first game on Sept. 18, NKU knocked off Rockhurst, 1-0, in double overtime at Kansas City, Mo.

After Rockhurst took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Sophia Sharkey, NKU freshman Alex Armstrong countered by finding the back of the net with her ninth goal of the season off an assist from Catie Walton. The contest remained tied until Law’s score in the 77th minute.

In the other semifinal game Friday, No. 2 seed Southern Illinois at Edwardsville knocked off No. 3 seed Wisconsin-Parkside, 3-0. NKU will meet SIUE (17-4-0) in the GLVC championship game at noon Sunday.

NKU is ranked sixth nationally in the NCAA Division II poll, and SIUE is 21st. NKU won five consecutive GLVC Tournament championships from 1998-2002, but the Norse finished as runner-up in that event the past two years to Wisconsin-Parkside.

NKU is now 47-1-4 against GLVC opponents at the Town & Country Sports Complex since moving its home games to the Wilder facility in 1998.

The Norse are No. 1 in the latest NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region rankings. If NKU remains No. 1 in the Great Lakes Region, the Norse will play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament Nov. 11-13.

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