Women’s Soccer Explodes for Eight Goals in Road Win on Sunday Night

Sunday, September 7

Chicago, IL

7PM (6 PM CT)

Bowling Green State University

1-4

Chicago State

1-5

Bowling Green

Chicago State

Women’s Soccer Explodes for Eight Goals in Road Win on Sunday Night

September 07, 2014 | Women's Soccer

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By: by Kevin Davis, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications

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Chicago, Illinois – The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team broke into the winning column for the first time in 2014 in a big way on Sunday night, as the Falcons exploded with four goals in both the first and the second half of play to dominate the Cougars of Chicago State at Kroc Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.

The Falcons had five players notch their first career goals in the win, while senior Sidney Huth had a career night with two goals and two assists as four different players recorded both a goal and an assist in the blowout win.

The win is the first of the season for the Falcons and is the first victory for BGSU under head coach Lindsay Basalyga.

"This win has been a long time coming and I'm happy that the players can finally "feel" the reward for their hard work and discipline," stated Coach Basalyga. "We scored some great goals tonight and the defense walked away with a shutout. We will enjoy this win a bit longer than normal and will definitely come into training Tuesday with a stronger sense of belief."

"It is a great feeling to get a win because we have been working so hard all year. I can't even explain the feeling that we have right now," commented redshirt-sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Cadel, who had the shutout win. "We came out strong to start the match and continued to battle for the entire time. It was great to call the seniors from last year and share this with them because we wouldn't be here where we are tonight without them and they are part of the process. It was important for us that we call them and I think they appreciated it."

BGSU's last win came back on Aug. 26, 2012, when BGSU defeated IUPUI 2-1 at Cochrane Stadium. The win on Sunday night is also the first road win for the Falcons since Bowling Green beat Buffalo 2-1 at Buffalo on Sept. 23, 2011.

The 8-0 win marks the largest margin of victory for the Falcons on the pitch since BGSU overwhelmed Youngstown State by nine goals in a 10-1 win back on Oct. 3, 2001.

The win over IUPUI in 2012 was also the last time the Falcons scored multiple goals in a contest prior to the eight goals scored tonight at Chicago State.

BGSU pounced on the Cougars from the opening touch, as freshman midfielder Madison Schupbach put not one, but two shots on frame in the opening minutes of play before the Falcons' Jessica Creech scored the first goal for the Orange and Brown in the 11th minute off an assist from freshman Leah Runkle. The goal is the Creech's first at BGSU.

The Falcons continued to fire at will, as newcomer Jennifer Reyes notched her first career goal off a Huth assist in the 36th minute to put Bowling Green up 2-0, while Huth added her own goal less than 20 seconds later with a helper from sophomore Paige Amodio to put the Falcons in front big at 3-0.

The trend continued three minutes later in the 39th minute, as this time Amodio recorded her first career goal as a Falcon off an assist from Huth to give the visitors in orange a 4-0 lead in the first half.

The halftime intermission did nothing to slow down the Falcons, as Huth quickly registered her second goal of the game and on the year in the 51st minute by way of an assist from Alexa Cheripko to put BGSU in front 5-0.

Following a Skylar Fleak goal just a minute later, the second of the season for the freshman, fellow newcomer Kara Ross, who picked up the assist on the previous Fleak goal, tallied her first career goal as a Falcon in the 77th minute as the rout was on.

Freshman defender Rachel Winters added an eighth goal in the 88th minute for her first career goal as a Falcon to complete the scoring barrage and the game at 8-0.

Cadel picked up the shutout win, as she stopped five Chicago State shots, including four attempts in the second half.

BGSU outshot the Cougars 41-8 for the match and held a 6-0 advantage in corner kicks on the night, as the Falcons dominated the ball throughout most of the contest.

The four first half goals marks the 11th time in the program's history that a team has scored four goals in a single half, while the four second half goals was the 12th time.

The eight total goals is the most goals in a game for the Falcons since the 2008 team scored seven times in a 7-0 rout of Tennessee Tech at home on Sept. 12, 2008, while the eight goals is the third most in a single game for the Falcons in the program's history, only behind a 10 goal performance versus Youngstown State in 2001 and a nine goal showing versus Robert Morris in 1998.

The Falcons now have 10 goals over the first five matches on the year, surpassing its total season output of nine goals in both the 2013 and 2012 seasons.

Bowling Green (1-4-0) will return home in exactly one week to host Detroit on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium.

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