Sept. 8, 2000

WHEELING JESUIT DEFEATS NKU, 3-2

10th-ranked Wheeling Jesuit holds off late NKU rally

WILDER, Ky. - Joel Bailey scored a pair of goals Friday night as the Wheeling Jesuit University men’s soccer team defeated Northern Kentucky University, 3-2, at the Town & Country Sports Complex. Wheeling Jesuit entered Friday’s match ranked No. 10 nationally in the Division II poll and held a 3-0 lead late in the second half. NKU used goals by Jeff Anderson and Eric Borg to cut the deficit to 3-2 with less than four minutes remaining, but Wheeling Jesuit held on to improve to 5-0. NKU dropped to 0-5 with the loss, and the Norse will next play at Missouri-St. Louis on Sept. 15. WJU 3, NKU 2 GOALS: WJU-Bailey 2, McGill. NKU-Anderson, Borg. RECORDS: WJU 5-0, NKU 0-5.