Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Head To Georgia For Two Matches This Weekend
January 04, 2000 | Women's Soccer
Aug. 30, 1999
TOP STORIES:
After just one weekend of action, sophomore Desiree Erb has topped her scoring total for all of last season ... Erb has six points this year after totalling five in 1998.
Freshman Jill Conover had two assists in each match over the weekend ... in fact, freshmen combined to score three goals and six assists in the two matches.
THIS WEEK: The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, following a pair of home wins to open the season, will head to Athens, Ga., for two matches this weekend. BG will take on Georgia in a Friday (Sept. 3) evening contest, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Two days later (Sept. 5), the Falcons will play East Carolina in a neutral-site match beginning at noon.
TOM PICCIRILLO: BGSU head coach Tom Piccirillo is in his third season at the helm of the Falcons, and has a 16-23-1 record. His overall record, which includes five years at Tiffin and three seasons at Keuka (N.Y.), is 99-82-9.
Julie Reule is in her third season as Piccirillo's assistant.
ABOUT THE FALCONS: BGSU is 2-0-0 on the year after home wins over Michigan State (3-2, OT) and Valparaiso (5-1) last weekend. The Falcons finished the 1998 season with an overall record of 8-11-1. Last year, BG went 4-5-1 in MAC play to finish sixth. In the MAC Tournament, BG posted a 1-0 win at third-seeded Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinals before losing to the number-two seed and eventual tourney champ, Northern Illinois, in the semifinals by a 2-1 count.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: Georgia is 1-0-1 after a pair of home matches last weekend. The Bulldogs tied Jacksonville State, 0-0, last Friday (Aug. 27), despite holding a 35-2 advantage in shots. Two days later (Aug. 29), UGA downed Georgia State by a 4-0 margin. Georgia finished with a 13-6-2 record last year. The Bulldogs were 4-4 in Southeastern Conference play, tying for fifth in the league's Eastern Division, but qualified for the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the round of 16. Coach Bill Barker is 53-24-7 in his fifth season at UGA. He is 103-42-16 in his 10th year overall.
East Carolina opened the 1999 season with a 3-1 win over Elon Friday (Aug. 27). Last year's edition of the Pirates finished 10-7-1 overall, including a 3-5-0 slate and a sixth-place finish in the Colonial Athletic Association. Rob Donnenwirth, now 63-26-9 in his fifth season as a head coach, is in his first year with the Pirates. ECU heads to William & Mary for a Tuesday (Aug. 31) matchup before meeting BG Sunday.
THE SERIES: The Falcons have never faced Georgia or East Carolina in women's soccer.
LAST WEEKEND: The Falcons opened the 1999 campaign with a pair of wins at home. BGSU began the campaign with a Friday (Aug. 27) win over Michigan State, 3-2 in overtime. Sophomore Desiree Erb scored a pair of goals, while junior Michelle Lisy's goal at the 99:46 mark ended the match. Freshman Erika Flanders made six saves to earn the win in her collegiate debut.
On Sunday, freshmen combined for three goals and four assists in a 5-1 win over Valparaiso. BG got on the board with a pair of goals just 39 seconds apart. Junior Autumn Harris and freshman Jill Conover, respectively, gave BG a 2-0 lead just 15 minutes into the match. Ten minutes later, freshman Susan Wallace scored her first collegiate goal, the first of two on the day. Michelle Lisy also found the back of the net for the Brown and Orange. Erika Flanders again got the win in net, making three saves in nearly 76 minutes of action.
FALCON NOTES: For the second time in three years, BGSU is believed to have scored the first "Golden Goal" (OT match-ending goal) of the season ... two years ago, in the first match in program history (Aug. 29, 1997, at Kent), Kerry McKee scored the first-ever "Golden Goal" ... 1997 was the first season that NCAA women's soccer utilized a sudden-death OT format during the regular season ... Friday's BGSU win was the team's first OT victory since that Kent match ... the Brown and Orange went 0-3-1 in OT matches a year ago ... the Michigan State win was the Falcons' first-ever victory against a Big Ten foe in five tries ... Desiree Erb had a pair of goals in that win, after totalling two goals in all of last season ... the third-year Falcons won the season opener for the third consecutive year ... BGSU's starting lineup for last weekend's matches consisted of five juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen.
FALCON QUICK FACTS
THIS WEEK
BGSU vs. East Carolina
THE RECORDS
FINAL 1998 RECORDS
HEAD COACH - Tom Piccirillo (third year)
ASSISTANT COACH - Julie Reule (third year)
BOWLING GREEN RECORDS
BGSU RESULTS LINE
BGSU head coach Tom Piccirillo needs just one more win to reach the 100-victory mark for his career ... Piccirillo, in his third year with the Falcons, is 99-82-9 in his 11th year as a collegiate head coach.
BGSU at Georgia
Friday, Sept. 3 - 7:00 p.m.
UGA Women's Soccer Stadium - Athens, Ga.
Sunday, Sept. 5 - Noon
UGA Women's Soccer Stadium - Athens, Ga.
Overall: 2-0-0 (1.000)
Mid-American Conference: 0-0-0
Overall: 8-11-1 (.425)
Mid-American Conference: 4-5-1
MAC Tournament: 1-1
Alma Mater: Upsala, 1986
Record at BGSU: 16-23-1
Career Record: 99-82-9 (11th yr.)
Alma Mater: James Madison, 1995
All-Time: 16-23-1 (.413) (1997-present / third year)
MAC: 5-11-1 (.324) (1997-present / third year)
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