Spartan Women's Soccer Hosts NAC Tournament Championship

AURORA, Ill. November 2, 2007 - The Aurora University Spartan Women's Soccer team (18-2-1) will host the Stars of Dominican University (13-7) in the Northern Athletics Conference Women's Soccer Tournament Championship Game on Saturday, November 3, 2007 on AU Field. Game time is set for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff.

The Spartans, the top seed in the NAC tournament, are currently on an 18 game win streak and are ranked No. 25 in the latest D3Kicks.com poll.

Earlier this season, AU defeated Dominican 1-0 in River Forest, IL. The lone Spartan goal was scored by sophomore forward Jessica Novickas, one of her 18 on the season, and sophomore goalkeeper Jenny Jarvis collected one of her record tying 11 shutouts of the year.

Leading the way for the Spartan women this season are sophomore forward Jessica Novickas (Highland Park, IL/Highland Park HS) with 18 goals, five assists and five game winning goals; junior forward Allison Bailey (Dixon, IL/Dixon HS) has 12 goals, nine assists and four game winning goals; sophomore midfielder Nikki Counsell (Oconomowoc, WI/Oconomowoc HS) has four goals and 10 assists; and sophomore goalkeeper Jenny Jarvis (Naperville, IL/Naperville Central HS) has a 17-2-1 record with 57 saves, 11 shutouts (ties a school single season record) and a 0.70 goals against average.

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