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By Mike Anderson, NKU Sports Information INDIANAPOLIS – Three Northern Kentucky University women’s soccer players were honored for their accomplishments this season by the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Junior Lauren Franzen was named to the All-GLVC second team, while seniors Jayme Light and Cara Alldred made the All-GLVC third team. Franzen, a native of Alexandria, Ky., leads the Norse with seven goals and five assists on the season for 19 points. Perhaps her brightest moment in GLVC play this year was against Bellarmine, when she scored the game-winning goal against the Knights with just 14 seconds remaining in double-overtime for a thrilling 2-1 victory. Against conference foes, Franzen totaled four goals and four assists in 2007. Franzen was named GLVC Player of the Week on Aug. 27 after recording her second career hat trick against Concord. Alldred, a co-captain of the 2007 squad, makes her second straight appearance on the All-GLVC squad, as she was selected to the second team in 2006. The Batavia, Ohio, native scored game-winning goals against Southern Indiana and Kentucky Wesleyan on senior weekend to capture GLVC Player of the Week honors. Alldred enjoyed a four-game GLVC-point scoring streak earlier in the season, totaling two goals and three assists against Wisconsin-Parkside, Bellarmine, Missouri-Rolla and Missouri-St. Louis. Alldred amassed four goals and seven assists in 2007. Light, making her second straight All-GLVC appearance after a first-team selection last year, will go down as one of the most talented scorers in NKU history, ranking fifth all-time in goals with 31 on her career. This season, Light scored six goals and added an assist in an injury-shortened campaign. She has led the Norse both on and off the field, and her presence was missed in the second half of the regular season. NKU (12-5 overall, 8-5 GLVC) enters Sunday’s GLVC Tournament quarterfinal as the No. 4 seed and will host No. 5 Missouri-St. Louis at Town & Country Sports Complex in Wilder. Kick-off is scheduled for noon.
2007 Women's Soccer All-GLVC Team
Sarah Anderson, Jr., Rockhurst Kelley Humphrey, So., SIU Edwardsville Ali Opfer, Sr., Indianapolis Megan Reel, So., Quincy Goalkeepers Toni Eye, So., Quincy ALL-GLVC THIRD TEAM Forwards Rachel Lee, Jr., Missouri-St. Louis Jayme Light, Sr., Northern Kentucky Midfielders Cara Alldred, Sr., Northern Kentucky Amy Fox, So., Missouri-St. Louis Courtney Kettel, Jr., Lewis Kaitlin Kurilla, So., Bellarmine Meredith Novak, So., UW-Parkside Backs Casey Alexander, Sr., Southern Indiana Kaitlyn Costello, Fr., Quincy Maggie Gabris, So., Missouri-St. Louis Megan Sarason, Sr., Bellarmine Chelsey Schumacher, Fr., Rockhurst Goalkeepers Sarah Croskery, Fr., Saint Joseph’s |
