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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University has been selected as the favorite in the Great Lakes Valley Conference preseason women's soccer poll. NKU received 12 first-place votes from the league coaches and totaled 168 points. Southern Illinois at Edwardsville finished second in the poll with 155 points, while Wisconsin-Parkside received 145 points and placed third. Rockhurst received a first-place vote and is fourth in the poll with 134 points. Missouri-St. Louis totaled 114 points and placed fifth. NKU posted a 19-3 record last season (12-1 in the GLVC) and captured the GLVC Tournament championship for the sixth time in eight years. The Norse also earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region Tournament and hosted that event at the Town & Country Sports Complex in Wilder, Ky. NKU must replace GLVC Player of the Year Kristen Votapek, but the Norse return plenty of firepower from last season. Senior forward/midfielder Amy Law scored 12 goals and added seven assists a year ago to earn first team All-GLVC honors. Alex Armstrong earned GLVC Freshman of the Year honors in 2005 after scoring 11 goals. Sophomore Lauren Franzen scored nine goals and added eight assists last season, while junior Jayme Light finished with seven goals and three assists. NKU opens its season Aug. 25 with a road game at Concord (W. Va.). The Norse finished No. 10 nationally in last season's NCAA Division II poll. 2006 GLVC women's soccer preseason poll Team,
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