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August 12, 2010
WOMEN'S SOCCER

NKU women's soccer picked to win 2010 GLVC Championship

INDIANAPOLIS – The Northern Kentucky University women’s soccer team has been picked to win its second straight Great Lakes Valley Conference championship by the league’s coaches, the GLVC office announced on Thursday.

NKU received 12 of a possible 15 first-place votes and 190 total points to head up the balloting. Quincy, the 2009 GLVC runner-up, was second with two first-place votes and 177 total points.

Bellarmine was selected third with 163 total points, while Wisconsin-Parkside took the final first-place vote and finished fourth with 155 points.

NKU claimed an unprecedented seventh GLVC tournament championship in 2009 after leading the regular season with a 12-2 conference record.  Overall, NKU finished 19-2-1, playing eventual national champion Grand Valley State to a scoreless draw in the NCAA Midwest Region championship game.

Head coach Bob Sheehan, the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2009, returns 10 of his 11 starters from last season, including each of his top four goal scorers from 2009.  All-GLVC first-team honorees Amanda Mason and Kristi Hofmeyer lead the veteran squad.

Mason, a junior from Northwest High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, led the team with 10 goals and 30 points on the season.  Mason also added 10 assists on the season.  Six of her 10 goals won games for the Norse in 2009, earning her first-team All-Region accolades as well.

Hofmeyer, a junior graduate of Seton High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the lynchpin of a Norse defensive corps that allowed just 13 goals in 22 games last year, including 11 shutouts, and held opponents under five shots in seven different contests.

NKU opens preseason play on Aug. 20 with an exhibition contest at Ohio.  Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.  The regular season kicks off on Sept. 3 when the Norse play host to regional foe Findlay for a 5 p.m. start.

2010 Great Lakes Valley Conference Preseason Coaches Poll  
 Team (first-place votes) Total points 2009 Record 2009 GLVC Record 
 1. Northern Kentucky (12) 190 19-2-1 12-2 
 2. Quincy (2) 177 15-6-1 10-2-1 
 3. Bellarmine 163 14-4-1 10-2-1 
 4. Wisconsin-Parkside (1) 155 11-4-3 9-3-2 
 5. Indianapolis 148 15-6 11-3 
 6. Drury 146 13-6 10-4 
 7. Southern Indiana 113 9-8-3 7-5-2 
 8. Rockhurst 103 7-10-1 6-7-1 
 9. Lewis 82 5-9-2 4-8-1 
 10. Missouri-St. Louis 81 4-11-1 4-9-1 
 11. Missouri S&T 70 5-9-1 5-8 
 12. Maryville 65 5-11-1 4-9-1 
 13. Kentucky Wesleyan 37 7-11-1 4-10 
 14. Saint Joseph's 27 3-14 2-12 
 15. Illinois-Springfield 18 2-14 0-14

August 11, 2010
MEN'S SOCCER

NKU men's soccer chosen second in GLVC Preseason coaches poll

INDIANAPOLIS ­ The Northern Kentucky University men¹s soccer team is picked to finish second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference by the league¹s coaches, the GLVC office announced on Wednesday.

Drury emerged as the league favorite with 188 total points and eight first-place votes in a very tight poll. NKU received three first-place votes and 183 total points.

Lewis also claimed three first-place votes and 168 total points in the voting. The final first-place vote went to Bellarmine, which placed fourth in the poll with 159 points.

The Norse were picked to win the conference in each of the past two seasons
in the preseason poll.

The Norse finished the 2009 season with a 15-6-2 record and qualified for their fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament. NKU has advanced to the GLVC Tournament championship game in each of the last three seasons.

The Norse return Steven Beattie, the team¹s all-time and single-season leading scorer. Beattie netted 19 goals last season and has 51 to his credit during his three-year career. He also notched 21 goals during the 2008
campaign.

NKU¹s all-time shutout leader, Michael Lavric, also returns for his senior season. Lavric had four shutouts last year to bring his career total to 20.

NKU will open its exhibition season by hosting Cincinnati on Aug. 20. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Norse and the Bearcats last faced off in a regular-season contest on Oct. 21, 1987, a game that NKU won, 3-2.

The 2010 regular season kicks off on Sept. 3 with a home contest against Findlay. The Norse are 7-2-1 in the all-time series against the Oilers and have won the last six contests between the two teams.

The GLVC season kicks off two days later against Southern Indiana. NKU needed overtime before Beattie notched the game-winner in last year¹s 2-1
decision.

All of NKU¹s home contests will be played at the brand new NKU Soccer Stadium, located adjacent to The Bank of Kentucky Center on the NKU campus.

2010 Great Lakes Valley Conference Preseason Poll

Team (first-place votes) Total Votes 2009 Record 2009 GLVC Record
1. Drury (8) 188 21-2 13-1
2. Northern Kentucky (3) 183 15-6-2 11-3
3. Lewis (3) 168 16-3-3 10-3
4. Bellarmine (1) 159 11-6-1 8-5
5. Wisconsin-Parkside 142 13-5-2 8-4-2
6. Rockhurst 115 8-10 6-8
7. Quincy 112 9-8-2 7-5-1
8. Missouri S&T 108 7-7-1 7-5-1
9. Missouri-St. Louis 95 9-7-2 7-5-2
10. Indianapolis 81 8-7-2 6-7-1
11. Saint Joseph's 76 9-7-2 6-6-2
12. Southern Indiana 62 6-10-1 5-9
13. Kentucky Wesleyan 37 5-13-1 2-11-1
14. Maryville 28 1-15-1 1-12-1
15. Illinois-Springfield 21 2-14-1 0-13-1