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| Nick Landon |
The Miners' difficulty with defending corner kicks early in the game proved to be their downfall Friday night, as Northern Kentucky converted two of them into goals and went on to record a 3-0 win over the Miners at the UMR Soccer Field.
The second-ranked Norse, who kept their perfect record intact at 9-0 with the victory, scored twice off corner kicks in the first 16 minutes of play. The first goal came at the 10:52 mark, when Eric Ashworth got a head on Chris Thompson's serve and put it past Tom Lawton to put the Norse on top.
Then at the 16:30 mark, NKU converted its second corner kick of the night into a goal as well, this time when Chad Cook headed in Seth Eckerlin's serve to put the Norse up 2-0.
The Miners played pretty solid defense for much of the game otherwise, as only five other shots by the Norse made it on net. NKU did add to its lead midway through the second half on a give-and-go play that Braden Bishop scored on to complete the scoring.
Northern Kentucky outshot the Miners 14-10 for the game as UMR had three shots on goal. Norse goalkeeper Michael Lavric stopped all three that made it on goal, including good saves on scoring chances by Daniel Stokes and Andy Held.
UMR, which lost for the fifth straight time, will play host to Bellarmine at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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