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CHARLESTON, Ill. – After playing to a 0-0 draw during its season opener on the road Friday night, Eastern Illinois women's soccer returned home on Sunday afternoon dropping a 6-0 decision to Northern Kentucky at Lakeside Field.
EIU fell to 0-1-1 on the year and will travel to Western Illinois and Northern Iowa next weekend. NKU improved to 2-0 on the year.
Freshman goalkeeper
Maddie Lyon was tested throughout the match as Northern Kentucky fired off 26 shots with 19 shots on goal. After making several saves in the early minutes of the game, NKU was able to get on the board in the 12th minute as Jessica Frey took control of a long pass from Kelsey Laumann and raced to beat Lyon one-on-one.
Macy Hamblin added the Norse second goal in the 28th minute off an assist from Kelsey Zwergel. NKU tacked on its third goal of the first half in the final 30 seconds of the first period as Samantha Duwel connected on an assist from Hanna Pateryn and Brianna Frondorf.
Frondorf scored in the 61st minute as she laced a ball off the hands of Lyon that hit the cross bar and bounced just inside the goal line.
EIU was able to attack late in the match finishing with three shots including shots on goal by
Chloe Gottschalk and
Hannah Miller. NKU played two goalkeepers, Brooke Schocker and Kelly Neumann, with each making one save.
Northern Kentucky's final goals came in the final 11 minutes of the match. Erin Sutton redirected a blocked shot in the goal box that was assisted by Casey McMillan and Rachel Conaway. McMillan then had a one touch goal assisted by Conaway and Martha Staab to close out the scoring.
Lyon finished the match with 13 saves after posting nine saves in the shutout at IUPUI on Friday night.
