Bowling Green State University
Florida Atlantic
Owls Top Falcons in OT, 2-1
October 19, 2008 | Men's Soccer
Oct. 19, 2008
Final Stats
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BOCA RATON, Fla. - Shire Standnes scored in overtime to give host Florida Atlantic University a 2-1 win over the Bowling Green State University men's soccer team Sunday morning/afternoon (Oct. 19). The Mid-American Conference match was held at FAU Field.
With the victory, the Owls improve to 4-9-1 overall and 1-4-1 in MAC play, while the Falcons drop to 3-9-1 and 0-4-0, respectively.
Junior Cameron Hepple scored the Falcons' lone goal, tying the score with just over 12 minutes left in regulation. But, Standnes knocked home a cross by Evan Kluge with 2:07 gone in the overtime period.
The home team had gotten on the board first, with a Ribeiro Guilherme goal at the 68:27 mark. Trevor Pluskota assisted on the play.
Hepple knotted the score with his unassisted marker, and sophomore Dusko Topolic hit the post with a shot with about five minutes left in regulation, but the game went to OT tied at 1-1.
Standnes' goal was his second OT winner in as many games. He scored the deciding goal in the Owls' victory at Duke earlier in the week.
The home team was credited with a 13-7 advantage in total shot attempts, and FAU held a 10-4 edge in shots on goal. Senior Brent Petkus, seeing his first game action of the season, had a total of eight saves. The save total tied his career high.
The Owls had 14 fouls to just five for the Falcons. FAU had three of the four yellow cards issued in the game.
The Falcons return home for Wednesday's non-league match vs. Wright State University. Kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. at Cochrane Field.
The Wright State contest begins a stretch in which the Falcons play three of four games at home.
FALCON NOTES
* Junior Cameron Hepple's goal was his second of the season and the seventh of his career ... he leads active Falcons in career goals, assists (seven) and points (21).
* Hepple now has seven points this season, ranking second on the team behind classmate Jacob Lawrence's total of eight.
* Senior Brent Petkus, as mentioned, saw his first game action of the regular season and tied his career high for saves ... Petkus had eight saves in another road overtime game, a 1-1 tie vs. Saint Mary's (Calif.) on Sept. 8, 2006.
* Sophomore Dusko Topolic hit the crossbar for the second consecutive game ... he also rang a shot off the bar in Wednesday's game at Western Michigan.
* Hepple's goal broke a scoreless drought of 476:45 for the Brown and Orange ... BGSU's last goal had come off the foot of goalkeeper Paul Shoemaker late in the second half of the game at Marshall on Sept. 27.
* As mentioned, the Wright State game will begin a stretch in which the Falcons will play three of four games at home ... BG has played only three home matches in the first 13 contests of the year.
* Following the WSU game, the Falcons will head to Northern Illinois for a Saturday (Oct. 25) game vs. the Huskies ... then, BGSU returns home to face Michigan State (Oct. 29) and Buffalo (Nov. 1), before closing the regular season at Detroit (Nov. 4).
