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Friday, September 2
Cleveland, Ohio
7:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
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Cleveland State
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Becca Ison made 6 saves en route to the first complete-game shutout of her career
VonderBrink, Ison Help Falcons to Road Shutout Win, 1-0
September 02, 2011 | Women's Soccer
BGSU downs Cleveland State for first victory of season
Junior Sarah VonderBrink scored midway through the first half to lift the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team to a 1-0 win at Cleveland State University Friday night (Sept. 2). The non-conference match was held at Krenzler Field.
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With the victory, the Falcons of head coach Andy Richards are now 1-3-0 on the young season. The Vikings drop to 2-2-0 on the year.
"We are delighted to get our first win of the year," said Richards. "It's been a long time coming. This is not an easy place to play, and we are very glad to get a result tonight."
Redshirt junior Becca Ison made six saves in goal to earn the first complete-match shutout of her career. Ison had three stops in each period.
"The shutout is another huge bonus for us," said Richards. "It was a great defensive performance by all involved. Obviously, Becca, the back four and the defensive mids deserve a lot of credit. They were very organized and limited Cleveland State to very few shots. I felt their only real chances came from their set pieces."
With just under 20 minutes gone in the match, VonderBrink received a cross from senior Megan Amann and beat CSU 'keeper Becky Williams with a one-timer. That goal would prove to be all that Ison and the BGSU defense would need.
The Falcons were credited with only three shots -- all on goal, and all in the first half -- for the match. The Vikings had nine total shot attempts, including a 5-0 margin in the second period, and CSU had six shots on goal. The Brown and Orange had six corner kicks, and did not concede a single corner to the Vikes.
"We worked very hard in practice this week, and I'm delighted to see the players get their first reward for that week of hard work," said Richards. "We asked them for extra effort and extra commitment, and I think those things were embodied by the goal we scored.
"It looked like the ball was going to go out of play, but Megan did a terrific job of chasing it down, keeping it in play and giving a very good service to 'Vondy'. And, 'Vondy' put the ball away -- low, hard and in the corner, as we love so much.
"We hung on a bit in the second half. I thought we had some chances to make the score two-nil and make things a bit more comfortable. That is something we must continue to work on. We need to execute and put our chances away.
"But, overall, this was a very good result. As I said, this is not an easy place to play, especially playing on turf. We are dellighted to get this result, but we will keep our feet on the ground. We hope this win is a turning point for us, and we look to move onward and upward."
BGSU returns home for a Sunday (Sept. 4) match vs. Niagara University. Starting time for that match is 1:00 p.m. at Cochrane Field.
FALCON NOTES
* Junior Sarah VonderBrink's goal was the fourth of her career ... three of those have been game-winning goals ... VonderBrink, who leads the 2011 Falcons with three points, now has 12 career points on the four goals and four assists.
* VonderBrink has scored the game-winning goal in each of the Falcons' last two meetings with Cleveland State ... last season, 'Vondy' scored with just 6:26 left in the second half as BGSU posted a 2-1 win over the Vikings at Cochrane Field (Sept. 12, 2011).
* Senior Megan Amann had the primary assist on VonderBrink's goals in each of the last two CSU games ... Amann now has a career total of 19 assists, moving her into sole possession of fourth place on the BGSU career list.
* Amann now has 29 career points in her BGSU career ... she is tied for 12th place on that school list.
* Not only has VonderBrink scored the winning goal in each of the last two matches vs. Cleveland State, she also has recorded the winner in each of the Falcons' last two road victories ... VonderBrink scored the decisive goal in a 3-2 win at Indiana State last Sept. 19.
* Redshirt junior goalkeeper Becca Ison recorded her first collegiate win, and also had the first complete-match shutout of her career ... Ison had started only one match at BGSU prior to the 2001 season.
* The Falcons' victory on Friday night ended a number of streaks ... the win over the Vikings snapped a six-match losing streak, a 12-match winless streak, a four-game road losing streak and a seven-game road winless stretch.
* Ison has played all 360 minutes in goal this season, and now has a total of 28 saves ... she entered the 2011 campaign with career totals of 18 saves and just over 306 minutes played.
* BGSU now leads the series with Cleveland State by a 4-0-0 margin ... the Falcons have scored 14 goals and allowed just two in the four meetings.
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With the victory, the Falcons of head coach Andy Richards are now 1-3-0 on the young season. The Vikings drop to 2-2-0 on the year.
"We are delighted to get our first win of the year," said Richards. "It's been a long time coming. This is not an easy place to play, and we are very glad to get a result tonight."
Redshirt junior Becca Ison made six saves in goal to earn the first complete-match shutout of her career. Ison had three stops in each period.
"The shutout is another huge bonus for us," said Richards. "It was a great defensive performance by all involved. Obviously, Becca, the back four and the defensive mids deserve a lot of credit. They were very organized and limited Cleveland State to very few shots. I felt their only real chances came from their set pieces."
The Falcons were credited with only three shots -- all on goal, and all in the first half -- for the match. The Vikings had nine total shot attempts, including a 5-0 margin in the second period, and CSU had six shots on goal. The Brown and Orange had six corner kicks, and did not concede a single corner to the Vikes.
"We worked very hard in practice this week, and I'm delighted to see the players get their first reward for that week of hard work," said Richards. "We asked them for extra effort and extra commitment, and I think those things were embodied by the goal we scored.
"It looked like the ball was going to go out of play, but Megan did a terrific job of chasing it down, keeping it in play and giving a very good service to 'Vondy'. And, 'Vondy' put the ball away -- low, hard and in the corner, as we love so much.
"We hung on a bit in the second half. I thought we had some chances to make the score two-nil and make things a bit more comfortable. That is something we must continue to work on. We need to execute and put our chances away.
"But, overall, this was a very good result. As I said, this is not an easy place to play, especially playing on turf. We are dellighted to get this result, but we will keep our feet on the ground. We hope this win is a turning point for us, and we look to move onward and upward."
BGSU returns home for a Sunday (Sept. 4) match vs. Niagara University. Starting time for that match is 1:00 p.m. at Cochrane Field.
FALCON NOTES
* Junior Sarah VonderBrink's goal was the fourth of her career ... three of those have been game-winning goals ... VonderBrink, who leads the 2011 Falcons with three points, now has 12 career points on the four goals and four assists.
* VonderBrink has scored the game-winning goal in each of the Falcons' last two meetings with Cleveland State ... last season, 'Vondy' scored with just 6:26 left in the second half as BGSU posted a 2-1 win over the Vikings at Cochrane Field (Sept. 12, 2011).
* Senior Megan Amann had the primary assist on VonderBrink's goals in each of the last two CSU games ... Amann now has a career total of 19 assists, moving her into sole possession of fourth place on the BGSU career list.
* Amann now has 29 career points in her BGSU career ... she is tied for 12th place on that school list.
* Not only has VonderBrink scored the winning goal in each of the last two matches vs. Cleveland State, she also has recorded the winner in each of the Falcons' last two road victories ... VonderBrink scored the decisive goal in a 3-2 win at Indiana State last Sept. 19.
* Redshirt junior goalkeeper Becca Ison recorded her first collegiate win, and also had the first complete-match shutout of her career ... Ison had started only one match at BGSU prior to the 2001 season.
* The Falcons' victory on Friday night ended a number of streaks ... the win over the Vikings snapped a six-match losing streak, a 12-match winless streak, a four-game road losing streak and a seven-game road winless stretch.
* Ison has played all 360 minutes in goal this season, and now has a total of 28 saves ... she entered the 2011 campaign with career totals of 18 saves and just over 306 minutes played.
* BGSU now leads the series with Cleveland State by a 4-0-0 margin ... the Falcons have scored 14 goals and allowed just two in the four meetings.
Team Stats
BGSU
CSU
Goals
1
0
Shots
3
9
Shots on Goal
3
6
Saves
6
2
Corners
6
0
Fouls
17
12
Scoring Plays
VonderBRINK, Sarah (1)
Assisted By: AMANN, Megan
Cross from left corner; beat keeper with
19:58
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
0
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
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