---Brandi Doss has 13 assists on the year, including 10 against GLVC competition, to earn All-GLVC first-team honors.

By Mike Anderson, NKU Sports Information

All-GLVC Team

INDIANAPOLIS – Three Northern Kentucky University women’s soccer players were selected to the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference teams, the league office announced on Thursday.

Midfielder Brandi Doss landed on the All-GLVC first team, while forward Amanda Mason was named to the second team and forward Lauren Franzen was selected to the third team.

Doss, a junior from Harrison, Ohio, has notched 10 assists against GLVC opponents to lead the league in that category. Overall, Doss has 13 assists on the season, the first time an NKU player has notched 10 or more since Kristen Votapek had 18 assists in the 2005 season. Doss, working from the right side as a midfielder and occasional forward, served as a free-kick and corner-kick specialist for the team.

Doss has tallied assists in six of her last seven games. Entering the season, Doss had just eight assists in her career.

Mason, a freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, stormed the field for the Norse early and often, scoring three goals and three assists in her first three collegiate games. Mason’s numbers cooled a bit in conference play, as she totaled two goals and four assists against league opponents, but her ball-control skills and command of the field never faltered, placing her on the All-GLVC second team.

Franzen, a senior from Alexandria, Ky., leads the Norse with a modest six goals on the season, a shocking fact considering the Norse have the nation’s ninth-ranked offense at 3.2 goals per game. Franzen missed the first week of the season due to injury, but came on strong once conference play rolled in, as she tallied five of her goals and all four assists against league teams. The honor marked the second consecutive year Franzen has been honored by the league, as she was a part of the All-GLVC second team in 2007.

NKU (13-2, 9-2 GLVC) enters the GLVC Tournament as the No. 2 seed, and will host No. 7 Bellarmine in a quarterfinal match on Sunday at Town & Country Sports Complex in Wilder, Ky. Kickoff is scheduled for noon. The winner will advance to the semifinal round, to be played on Nov. 7 at the site of the highest remaining seed.