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Barton's Norshie earns second NJCAA honor, Baker named KJCCC Goalkeeper of Week #GoBarton

Nina Norshie and Nia Baker Week 7 NJCAA and KJCCC Players of the Week
Posted: Oct 07, 2022

Nina Norshie and Nia Baker of the 12th ranked Barton Community College women's soccer team were plated on the league weekly honors with a national award tacked on as well.

The duo helped the Cougars to a pair of road victories last week, a 5-1 win at Garden City followed by a 4-0 shutout at 20th ranked Coffeyville.

For Norshie is was not only third KJCCC Division I Player of the Week honor but also picked up her second NJCAA Player of the Week distinction. Baker's first conference Goalkeeper of the Week honor comes with sharing the league award with Butler's Kyrah Klumpp.

Norshie continued her historical season jumping into third place in the program's all-time single season goals records adding five more net shakers and dishing out a pair of assists during her 12-point week in contributing to all but two of the Cougars' nine goals scored.

Beginning her week netting her eighth hat trick of the season in scoring four goals and an assist in the win at Garden City. Gaining all attention in Saturday's trip to Coffeyville, Norshie managed to still find the net helping double up the Cougars' lead to 2-0 before ten minutes later adding an assist leading to a three goal first half advantage in Barton's eventual four goal victory.

Having a 14-day layoff protecting the pipes, Baker shook off a rough start in the Cougars' victory at Garden City allowing the first shot faced to slip by for the lone goal given up. The sophomore was nails the rest of the way rejecting the next eighth shots faced over the week improving to 7-1 in net capped by her third shutout of the season.

Most recently the pair and the rest of the Cougars took their first conference loss of the season in getting blanked at 19th ranked Hutchinson. Despite Barton owning a 28-3 edge in shot launched, the Blue Dragons made the most of their shots scoring on two of them for the 2-0 victory in the teams' first of two matchups of the season. The squads will meet again on October 22 to close out the season in a 1:00 p.m. kick on the Cougars' home turf.

The loss halts the Cougars' eight game winning streak falling to 7-1 in Jayhawk West play and 11-2 on the season. Barton will look to get back on track Saturday as they host Dodge City Community College in a 3:00 p.m. kickoff from the Cougar Soccer Complex.