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Bowling Green State University Athletics
at BGSU 3, Michigan State 2 (OT)
January 04, 2000 | Women's Soccer
Aug. 27, 1999
Junior Michelle Lisy's goal at the 99:46 mark lifted the Falcons to victory in the season opener for both teams. Desiree Erb had a pair of goals as the Falcons posted the team's first-ever win over a Big Ten Conference opponent. Kim van Cleef and Becky Wilger scored goals for MSU. The Falcons drew first blood when Beth Wechsler's corner kick found Erb for her first goal of the day, just 5:52 into the match. The Spartans equalized late in the first half, when van Cleef tallied off a Libby Kelly assist. That goal, at the 41:41 mark, made the score 1-1 at halftime. Erb recorded her first career multiple-goal match when she scored at the 62:26 mark. Lisy and freshman Jill Conover drew the assists. The Spartans tied the contest just 32 seconds later, when van Cleef's pass found Wilger for the goal. MSU goalie Mara Lee, forced to make just two saves in the first 90 minutes, made three stops in the overtime session before the Falcons got a ball past her. Wechsler's pass found Conover on the right side of the penalty box. Conover lofted a short cross to Lisy, who's far-post header beat Lee into the right corner of the goal mouth. For both Wechsler and Conover, the assists were their second on the afternoon. Freshman goalkeeper Erika Flanders played the entire 99:46 to earn her first win. Flanders, who was not forced to make a save in the OT, made six saves in the win. Lee made five stops in net for the Spartans, who held an 18-15 edge in shot attempts. The win was BG's first over a Big Ten team in five tries. The third-year Falcons won the season opener for the third consecutive year. Additionally, the match marked BGSU's first overtime victory since the first match in program history (August 29, 1997, at Kent).
