Wildcats will now focus on the season finale against Western Michigan.

DEKALB, Ill. (Oct. 29, 1999) — The University of Kentuckysuffered a disappointing road loss to NorthernIllinois on Friday, falling 4-2 to the Huskies inDeKalb.

NIU’s Dan Parisi opened the scoring at 3:42 to givethe Huskies the early lead. UK immediatelyresponded, as Jason Bell rocketed in a 20-yardshot to even the score.

The Cats then pulled ahead on a Brent Rainey goalin the 36th minute, but the Huskies came right backand tallied a goal less than two minutes later, at36:55, when Robby Berkely netted an eight-yarder.Berkley struck again at 78:00 before Igor Dubakclosed out the scoring at 87:14.

With the loss, UK falls into second place in theMid-American Conference with a 4-1-1conference mark and drops to 9-6-1 overall. NIUimproves to 10-8, 3-4 in the MAC.

UK looks to return to its winning ways on Sunday,when the Cats travel to face Western Michigan intheir regular-season finale at 1 p.m.

     1   2   FUK   2   0   2NIU  2   2   4Goals: NIU - Dan Parisi (Eric Clark, Andrew Conti) 3:42, Robby Berkely(Parisi) 36:55, Berkely (unassisted) 78:00, Igor Dubak (Robert Smith)87:14; UK - Jason Bell (unassisted) 3:57, Brent Rainey (Marc Theriault)35:16