Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Soccer Has Two MAC Matches This Week
October 09, 2000 | Men's Soccer
Oct. 9, 2000
The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team looks for its first Mid-American Conference victory this week as the Falcons (3-6-0, 0-1-0) travel to Western Michigan on Wednesday (3 p.m.) before hosting Marshall on Saturday (2 p.m.).
Reviewing Last Week
BG suffered a 1-0 setback at Northern Illinois last Friday in its conference opener. The lone goal of the match was scored by Huskie Andrew Conti at the 82:02 mark from eight yards out off an assist from Nick Park.
BG played down a man from the 25:54 mark after Adam Erhard received a red card. NIU's Phil Diehl was issued his second yellow card at the 87:10 mark.
Falcon goalkeeper David DeGraff made six saves including five in the second half, while Huskie goalkeeper Rasih Pala was credited with six saves.
NIU held a 23-14 advantage in total shots attempted, and committed 19 fouls to BG's 15.
Ahead This Week
The Broncos of Western Michigan enter Wednesday's match with an overall record of 4-7-1 and MAC mark of 0-2-0. WMU lost to Michigan (3-2 2-OT) and defeated Wisconsin-Green Bay (4-3) last week. WMU has a 2-3 record at the WMU Soccer Complex.
Rob Friend leads WMU in goals (6) and points (14), while Scott Duhl has 12 points on five goals and two assists. Both Nick Maryliw (3-4-0, 2.49) and Brendan Smith (1-3-1, 1.45) have seen time in goal for coach Chris Karwoski.
Bowling Green has a 22-3-2 all-time mark against Western Michigan following last year's 1-1 (OT) tie in BG when Bronco Jason Hoffmeyer scored on a penalty kick with three seconds left in regulation.
The Thundering Herd are idle until Saturday's match at Cochrane Field. Marshall tied Ohio State (0-0 2-OT) and defeated Wright State (1-0) last week to improve to 10-2-1 overall. The Thundering Herd have a league record of 3-1-0 including wins over Western Michigan, Buffalo and Akron. In all three conference wins, Marshall scored three goals.
Byron Carmichael leads Marshall in goals (15) and points (32), while Chris Donovan has added seven goals and 19 points. Abdul Wahab Lubega has 12 points (3 goals, 6 assists) in only eight matches. Taly Goode has started all 13 matches between the pipes and has a 1.08 goals-against average as Marshall has recorded seven shutouts this year.
Bowling Green leads the all-time series against Marshall with a 4-1-0 mark having outscored the Thundering Herd 13-2. The Falcons won last year's match in Huntington, 2-1 OT, on a Chris Dor‚ goal.
BG will be on the road for two straight matches following the Marshall contest, before returning home for the final three regular-season matches.
