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WILDER, Ky. - Jayme Light scored a pair of goals to lead the Northern Kentucky University women's soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Saint Joseph's on Sunday at the Town & Country Sports Complex. Amy Law added a goal and two assists as the 11th-ranked Norse bounced back from an upset loss to Indianapolis on Friday with a victory. NKU improved to 3-1 overall, 1-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. NKU took a 1-0 lead seven minutes into the game when Amy Law received a pass from Jeanna Goettelman on a breakaway and beat Saint Joseph's goalie Katie Awerkamp with a shot from about 20 yards. At the 28:18 mark, Light made it 2-0 by drilling a shot into the back of the net off an assist from Ashley Warndorf. Light, a junior and a graduate of Colerain High School, gave NKU a 3-0 advantage 15 minutes into the second half by blasting a shot from the left side of the field past Awerkamp and into the net in the right post. Law and Brandi Doss each assisted that goal. Shirley Ernst capped the scoring at the 81:31 mark by finishing with a goal that was set up by Law and Jessica Gadd. NKU finished with a 26-12 advantage in shots and an 8-2 edge in corner kicks. Freshman goalie Jenna Kramer recorded her third shutout of the season and had five saves. Saint Joseph's - which lost twice to NKU last season by a combined 13 goals - dropped to 0-4 overall, 0-2 in the GLVC. NKU is now 49-2-4 against GLVC opponents at the Town & Country Sports Complex since moving its home games to the Wilder facility in 1998. The Norse have won nine consecutive games against the Pumas and lead the all-time series with Saint Joseph's by a 9-1-1 margin. Saint Joseph's only victory over NKU came in 1997, and the two teams played to a 1-1 tie the following year. NKU hits the road for a pair of GLVC games next weekend, beginning with a Friday night contest at Quincy.
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