FORT MYERS, Fla. – Ally Kasun scored her first two goals of the season, one in each half, to guide the FGCU women's soccer team (11-3, 4-0 Atlantic Sun) to a 2-0 victory over Northern Kentucky (4-6-3, 0-3-1 A-Sun) at the FGCU Soccer Complex on Friday night in the first of five home games for the Eagles to conclude the regular season. With the win the Eagles officially become the first to clinch a spot in the 2014 A-Sun Tournament.

Kasun, who is a two-time A-Sun First Team selection, came into the match with eight goals in her career, seven of which came during her freshman season and had not scored since Aug. 23, 2013 opposite Florida (33 games). The junior scored her first of the night on a brilliantly struck ball in the 33rd minute from the middle of the field, about 25 yards from the goal, into the top right-side corner. Her second came in the 50th minute when she took a service from a corner kick and redirected a header into the back of the net. Friday night is the first multi-goal performance in the career of the Lancaster, Pa. native.

"Ally is the engine that makes us go;" head coach Jim Blankenship said. "She's been the guy that we go through and she doesn't have the numbers like she did her freshman year because we put her in a different role and a different tactical situation. But as you can see she is very capable of stepping up and she put her stamp on this game. She scored two phenomenal goals."

Outside of Kasun's goals Brittany Brown made the play of the game stopping an NKU penalty kick in the fourth minute following an FGCU take-down in the box. The junior guessed correctly and dove to her right to make the stop while simultaneously deflecting the ball away from the danger area to prevent a rebound attempt.

"We kind of dodged a bullet early," Blankenship continued. "We didn't come out ready and they caught us by surprise and manufactured a penalty kick. Brownie came up big for us and made the save. She wasn't tested very often but that was huge because it's so early in the game and it's not the start we wanted and it's not the start we've had all year. But overall it's a good result against a good team, it keeps us at the top of the league. Credit to them, their defense held up, their goalkeeping was good and we had opportunities to score that they withstood it."

Brown needed to make just two saves to preserve her seventh shutout of the season and 25th of her career. The Eagles peppered NKU with 27 shots, the second most in a single game this season with 15 coming in the first half and attempted a season-high 16 corner kicks.

Tabby Tindell assisted Kasun on her goal in the 33rd minute when she drove from the right side of the field and across the top of the box before sliding the ball to an open Kasun for the one-touch shot that put the Eagles ahead 1-0 after the early scare from NKU.

Paulina Speckmaier attempted a team-high seven shots in this one while Tindell fired six. Kasun and Kaitlin Parker each contributed three shots while seven others attempted at least one, including three players off the bench.

It was Melissa Arnold who provided the corner kick service that led to Kasun's second score of the evening in the 50th minute. It was Arnold's fourth assist of the season, her third in three games and 17th of her career which rank fourth all-time in FGCU program history.

The Eagles are now 4-0 through the first four games of A-Sun play for just the second time in program history (2012) and are unbeaten against conference opponents in 21-straight matches, including conference tournaments, dating back to the 2012 season. FGCU still has not surrendered a goal to Northern Kentucky in three matches all-time, outscoring the Norse 10-0.

LIPSCOMB
The Bisons were one of FGCU's two ties in A-Sun play last season, both of which came on the road. The Eagles have never lost to Lipscomb. The Bisons have collected nine wins to date and are 3-0-1 with wins over Kennesaw State, Jacksonville and Stetson with a tie opposite UNF to begin A-Sun play. 2013 All-Conference selection Ellen Lundy paces the offense with five goals and one assist for a team best 11 points while 11 others have contributed goals to the cause.

NATIONAL RANKS (As of Oct. 7)
1 - Game-Winning Goals – Tabby Tindell (7)
2 - Goals – Tabby Tindell (14)
2 – Goals Per Game – Tabby Tindell (1.077)
3 – Points – Tabby Tindell (32)
3 – Points Per Game – Tabby Tindell (2.46)
7 – Assists – Shannen Wacker (9)

Longest Home Winning Streaks vs. Conference Opponents
Dayton (A-10) – 30
*Boston University (Patriot League/America East) – 27
Marquette (Big East) – 26
*North Texas (C-USA/Sun Belt) – 26
*West Virginia (Big 12/Big East) – 23
FGCU (A-Sun) – 23
South Dakota State (Summit League) – 22
*Streak spans multiple conference affiliations

FGCU OPPONENTS RPI
5 – Texas A&M
13 – South Carolina
28 – La Salle
36 – Arizona
60 – FGCU
61 – USF
113 – Jacksonville
144 – Miami
180 – FIU
185 – Lipscomb
194 – Kennesaw State
204 – Wofford
254 – Murray State
260 – North Florida
278 – Stetson
286 – CSU Bakersfield
324 – USC Upstate

LATELY
Since dropping a 2-0 result to No. 16 South Carolina on Sept. 14 on a neutral field, the Eagles have outscored their opponents 19-3 with five shutouts in seven games, including an 10-1 advantage against A-Sun competition. FGCU is 6-2 on the road this season and 5-0 at home. The record for most wins in a single-season is 14 set in back-to-back seasons by the NCAA Tournament bound 2011 and '12 Eagles.

NEXT UP
In a rematch of the 2013 A-Sun Championship game, Jacksonville returns to the FGCU Soccer Complex as the defending A-Sun Tournament Champions on Oct. 18. The Eagles peppered JU with 31 shots in the A-Sun title game but came away with a scoreless tie before falling in penalty kicks. The Dolphins are the only A-Sun program that FGCU does not have a winning record against (2-2-5). This season the Dolphins are 8-6-1 and 1-2 in A-Sun play with their losses coming in the form of a 1-0 result at Lipscomb and a 1-0 defeat at home against Kennesaw State.

Palm Beach Atlantic (2-5-1) stops in on Oct. 22 before FGCU concludes the regular season by welcoming Stetson on Oct. 25. Holding a 6-1 advantage in the all-time series, FGCU has not lost to the Hatters since 2007 and defeated SU last season on the road 4-0. The Hatters are 3-10-1 in 2014 with a 1-3 record in A-Sun play.

JIM BLANKENSHIP
A veteran of over two decades in collegiate coaching, head coach Jim Blankenship, who was named the 2012 and 2013 A-Sun Coach of the Year, has built FGCU women's soccer into a yearly contender in the Atlantic Sun Conference and a rising program in the South Region in just eight seasons. Blankenship started the program in 2007 and has since guided the Eagles to eight double-digit win seasons, culminating with Atlantic Sun Regular Season Championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2011 and 2012 he also led the Eagles to back-to-back A-Sun tournament championships and became the first team in the history of the university to make it to the NCAA Tournament. Blankenship has guided FGCU to a 95-35-17 overall record over the first eight seasons of the program's existence, including a 51-9-9 mark in the A-Sun.

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TICKETS
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