Bowling Green State University Athletics
Women's Soccer Season Wrapup
December 06, 2001 | Women's Soccer
Dec. 6, 2001
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FALCONS END SEASON WITH 7-10-2 MARK: The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team has seen the 2001 season come to an end. The Falcons finished the school's fifth season of varsity women's soccer with a 7-10-2 overall record, and BGSU posted a Mid-American Conference mark of 2-9-1.
HEAD COACH ANDY RICHARDS: Andy Richards has completed his second season as a head coach, and has an overall record of 17-20-3. Richards, who came to BGSU after five years as an assistant coach at Oregon State University, was hired in April of 2000.
Ashlee Orr has completed her second season with the Falcon program as well. Orr was named the BGSU assistant coach in late August of 2000.
COPPES NAMED MAC NEWCOMER OF YEAR: BGSU freshman Kristy Coppes was named the 2001 MAC Newcomer of the Year, becoming the first Falcon women's soccer player in the five-year history of the program to win a league specialty award ... the award was announced at the MAC Tournament banquet in Athens, Ohio, on Nov. 8 ... Coppes, a native of Findlay, Ohio, had 12 goals in her initial collegiate season, tying the school single-season record ... she had 26 points, the second-highest total in BG annals, and just three points shy of that seasonal record ... after just one season in the Brown and Orange, she already ranks fourth on the BGSU career goals list, and seventh on the career points list.
LAST TIME OUT: The Falcons dropped a 3-0 decision at Ball State on Nov. 1, in the team's final contest of the season ... junior goalkeeper Erika Flanders made three saves in the match to extend the single-season record she had set the previous week.
THANKS, SENIORS: The Falcons have seen the careers of eight seniors come to an end ... Annmarie Aparo, Libby Christensen, Meredith Davis, Adrienne Graessle, Leslie Hepfinger, Michelle Hoyng, Mandy Smith and Beth Wechsler all saw action in the Ball State match, marking the end of their respective collegiate playing tenures.
COPPES TIES SCHOOL RECORD FOR GOALS: Freshman Kristy Coppes, who battled an injury for the last few weeks of the season, still managed to tie the BGSU single-season record for goals, with 12 ... Coppes, who scored her 12th and final goal of the season vs. Marshall, tied Tracy Gleixner for that record ... Gleixner had 12 goals in her freshman year of 1998 ... this year, Coppes had a total of 26 points, the second-highest seasonal total in BG annals ... Gleixner had 29 points in that 1998 campaign.
FLANDERS SETS SAVES RECORD: For the third consecutive year, junior goalkeeper Erika Flanders set the school record for saves in a season ... Flanders made three saves in the season finale at Ball State, bringing her seasonal total to 127 saves ... Flanders had 91 saves as a freshman, and 118 stops as a sophomore in 2000 ... prior to her arrival on campus, the school's single-season record for saves was 76.
BGSU SCORING LISTS - UPDATES: Several current members of the Falcon squad are ranked on the school's career scoring lists ... junior Jill Conover holds the BGSU career scoring lead ... her seven points in the Oct. 3 win over Youngstown State (tying the school's single-match record) gave her 55 points for her career ... junior Tracy Gleixner had two goals in that same match to move past Michelle Lisy (1997-2000) and assume the top spot with 20 career goals ... Gleixner tied Lisy for second place on the points list, with 48 ... Conover's three assists vs. YSU (again, tying the single-match record) give her 23 for her career, equalling Janice Mentrup's (1997-2000) school-record total ... all three lists, updated through the end of the 2001 season, follow:
BGSU CAREER SCORING LEADERS
Points G- A=Pts. Jill Conover * 16-23=55 Tracy Gleixner * 20- 8=48 Michelle Lisy 18-12=48 Janice Mentrup 7-23=37 Beth Wechsler * 8-16=32 Stephanie Heller 10- 9=29 Kristy Coppes * 12- 2=26 Krista Shamblin 10- 4=24 Mandy Smith * 6- 9=21 Ashley Enser 6- 9=21 Autumn Harris 7- 4=18 Desiree Erb 5- 4=14Goals Assists Tracy Gleixner * 20 Jill Conover * 23 Michelle Lisy 18 Janice Mentrup 23 Jill Conover * 16 Beth Wechsler * 16 Kristy Coppes * 12 Michelle Lisy 12 Stephanie Heller 10 Mandy Smith * 9 Krista Shamblin 10 Ashley Enser 9 Beth Wechsler * 8 Stephanie Heller 9 Janice Mentrup 7 Tracy Gleixner * 8 Autumn Harris 7 * 2001 team member
FRESHMEN FIND THE SCORESHEET: BGSU freshmen enjoyed their share of scoring success this year ... on the season, Falcon frosh had 18 of the team's 32 goals and 18 of the 35 assists.
CAPTAIN'S LOG: Seniors Leslie Hepfinger, Mandy Smith and Beth Wechsler were BGSU's tri-captains for the 2001 season ... Hepfinger saw action in the Central Michigan contest (Oct. 14) after missing the previous seven matches due to injury ... she played in just nine of BGSU's 19 matches this year, starting four ... Smith and Wechsler are two of the six Falcons who started all 19 contests in 2001.
MAC LEADERS: BGSU's rankings in MAC team and individual categories, in the final statistics for the 2001 season:
TEAM Shots................ 8th, 213 Shots/match.......... 8th, 11.21 Points............... 7th, 99 Points/match......... 5th, 5.21 Goals................ T-7th, 32 Goals/match.......... 6th, 1.68 Assists.............. 4th, 35 Assists/match........ 2nd, 1.84 Goals allowed........ 9th, 34 Goals allowed/match.. 8th, 1.79 Saves................ 2nd, 130 Saves/match.......... 3rd, 6.84 Shutouts............. T-8th, 4INDIVIDUAL Shots................ no one in top 10 Shots/match.......... no one in top 10 Points............... Kristy Coppes, 6th, 26 Points/match......... Kristy Coppes, 6th, 1.37 Goals................ Kristy Coppes, T-4th, 12 Goals/match.......... Kristy Coppes, 4th, 0.63 Assists.............. Jill Conover, T-9th, 6 ..................... Nikki Pucillo, T-9th, 6 ..................... Katie Piening, T-9th, 6 Assists/match........ Katie Piening, 6th, 0.38 Match-winning goals.. no one with more than one Saves................ Erika Flanders, 2nd, 127 Saves/match.......... Erika Flanders, 3rd, 6.68 Shutouts............. Erika Flanders, T-6th, 4
NOTING THE FALCONS: BGSU finished the non-conference portion of the schedule with a record of 5-1-1, including a perfect 3-0 home mark vs. non-league foes ... the Falcons finished the home slate with a record of 4-4-1 at Cochrane Field this season ... the total of four victories matches the school mark for most home wins in a single season ... interestingly, the 2000 team, which set a school record with 10 overall wins, is the only squad in the five-year history of the program to win fewer than four contests at home (3-5-0) ... six Falcons - seniors Mandy Smith and Beth Wechsler, juniors Jill Conover and Erika Flanders, sophomore Kasey Freeman and freshman Beth Rieman - started all 19 matches this season ... after getting shut out just once in the season's first 12 matches, BGSU was blanked five times in the last seven contests ... the Falcons were victims of a shutout in each of the final four matches, the first time that has happened in school history ... BGSU was blanked in three consecutive contests early in the Falcons' first season, 1997 ... on the year, the Falcons were outshot by a 315-213 margin, and the opponents had a 153-101 advantage in shots on goal ... but, BGSU was outscored by just a 34-32 margin ... the Falcons' season goal total was higher than the opponents' total until the final match ... junior Erika Flanders made a school-record 127 saves on the year (and freshman Ali Shingler had three), while opposing 'keepers had a total of 73 stops ... with eight saves in the Kent State match, Flanders broke her own record for saves in a season ... she had set the mark with 118 saves last year ... Flanders owns the school's career records for wins (22), saves (336), complete-match shutouts (10) and goals-against average (1.71) ... BGSU's 3-0-2 start to the 2001 season marked the first time in program history that the Falcons had been unbeaten to start the season ... in fact, that five-match unbeaten streak tied the school record, originally set in 1997-98 (last two matches of 1997, first three of 1998) ... the Falcons' win at Northern Illinois marked the first time in school history that BGSU had rallied from a two-goal deficit to post a victory ... that victory also extended the Falcons' road unbeaten streak to a school-record five matches (3-0-2) ... BG's 10-1 win over Youngstown State saw the Brown and Orange set or tie numerous school records ... BGSU set a new mark for goals in a match and margin of victory (nine) ... BG's five goals in each half tied the school mark ... the team also set marks for fastest four goals (9:48), fastest five goals (13:05), fastest seven goals (45:52) and, of course, fastest 10 goals (71:13) ... BGSU's 19 shots on goal in the match tied that school record ... Kristy Coppes had three goals vs. YSU to tie that mark, while Jill Conover matched Coppes' total of seven points in the match (tying that record) ... Conover and Nikki Pucillo each had three assists, again tying a BG record ... the win over Wright State gave the Falcons a 7-3-2 record at the time, putting BG four games over .500 for the first time in school history.
FALCON PLAYER NOTES: Annmarie Aparo - senior from Victor, N.Y. ... played in 14 matches, making seven starts ... had four points on the season ... her lone goal came in the win at Northern Illinois ... had assists vs. both Samford and Akron ... latter assist came on the match-winning score ... had four shots on goal among her 14 total attempts.
Jenny Berlovan - freshman from Strongsville, Ohio ... played in 18 of BGSU's 19 contests this year, making a total of 14 starts ... had a pair of assists on the season, against Youngstown State and Central Michigan ... started the final 14 contests of the year.
Libby Christensen - senior from Corvallis, Ore. ... played in 14 matches, making four starts ... registered her first point as a Falcon, and her lone point of the year, with an assist against Akron ... made starts vs. Toledo, Ohio State, Ohio and Kent State ... had eight total shot attempts on the year.
Jill Conover - junior from Grand Island, N.Y. ... the BGSU career scoring leader, with 55 points in her three years ... is tied for the school career record with 23 assists ... her total of 16 career goals places her third on that school list ... one of six Falcons to start all 19 matches of the 2001 season ... finished second on the team in both goals, with four, and points, with 14 ... tied for the team lead with six assists ... tied the school record with seven points vs. Youngstown State ... had three assists in that match, tying another school mark, and also had a pair of goals ... had the match-winning goal, and added an assist, vs. Samford ... other goal came at Michigan State ... had assists vs. Ohio State (on the match-winning score) and Northern Illinois.
Kristy Coppes - freshman from Findlay, Ohio ... the MAC Newcomer of the Year ... tied the school seasonal record for goals, with 12 ... had 26 points, the second-highest total in BGSU annals ... set another BGSU mark with goals in four consecutive matches ... had three goals vs. Youngstown State, tying the school record ... also had an assist in that win to tie the school mark with seven points ... had two goals in BG's next match, vs. Akron ... also found the back of the net vs. UW-Green Bay (match-winning goal), Samford, Toledo, Ohio State, Iowa State, Central Michigan and Marshall ... had an assist vs. Wright State ... played in all 19 matches, starting 18 ... led BGSU with 38 total shots and 22 shots on goal.
Meredith Davis - senior from Gahanna, Ohio ... saw action in nine matches, making three starts ... played in BG's final six contests of the year ... made starts vs. Ohio, Kent State and Miami ... did not score a point, or attempt a shot, on the year.
Erika Flanders - junior from Mason, Ohio ... started all 19 contests in goal ... had a 7-10-2 record, a 1.76 goals-against average and four shutouts ... tied her own school seasonal record in the latter category ... set a new school record with 127 saves, breaking her own mark ... holds the school career records for wins, saves, GAA and shutouts ... set a school single-match record with 17 saves in a tie at Michigan State ... made nine saves in a season-opening shutout at UW-Green Bay ... her performance in those two matches (UWGB, MSU) earned her MAC Player-of-the-Week honors on Sept. 3 ... she allowed just one goal and made 26 saves (.963 sv%) in 210 minutes in those two contests ... those performances got her named to two national teams that same week, the Soccer America Team of the Week and the Soccer Buzz National Elite Team of the Week ... had nine saves in a shutout win at Ohio State ... other shutouts came vs. Samford (six saves) and Akron (five stops) ... had double-digit save totals vs. Buffalo (13) and Toledo (10) ... had scoreless streaks of 242:08 and a school-record 266:55 ... now owns the five longest shutout streaks in BGSU history.
Kasey Freeman - sophomore from Middletown, Ohio ... one of six Falcons to start all 19 matches on the year ... had one point on the season, an assist in the Falcons' win at Northern Illinois.
Tracy Gleixner - redshirt junior from Hoffman Estates, Ill. ... injuries limited her to playing in just 10 matches, all off the bench ... still managed to score three goals on the season ... her first goal came in her first match, and proved to be the match winner, at Ohio State ... had been in that match for just over four minutes before scoring her goal ... scored a pair of goals in the win over Youngstown State ... is the BGSU career leader with 20 goals ... has 48 career points to tie for second.
Adrienne Graessle - senior from Morrow, Ohio ... saw action in two matches off the bench ... played vs. both Youngstown State and Ball State ... did not score a point on the year.
Leslie Hepfinger - senior tri-captain from Mason, Ohio ... played in nine matches, starting four ... missed over half of BGSU's matches due to injury ... did not score a point or attempt a shot on the season ... finished her career with a total of 68 matches played and 59 started.
Michelle Hoyng - senior from Dayton, Ohio ... played in 16 contests, making four starts ... did not have a point on the season ... attempted just one shot on the year ... played for the Falcons as a freshman in 1998, then did not play soccer for two years before returning to the team in 2001.
Sara Leary - sophomore from Strongsville, Ohio ... did not see match action in 2001 ... left the team on Sept. 18.
Kylene Newell - freshman from Bryan, Ohio ... made the team via walk-on tryouts in August ... played in one match, the Youngstown State contest, off the bench.
Katie Piening - freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio ... played in 16 matches, making 12 starts ... started the final 10 matches of the year ... had 12 points to rank third on the team ... tied for the BGSU lead with six assists, and also had three goals ... had back-to-back multiple-point matches, in home wins over Youngstown and Akron ... had six points, on two goals and two assists, vs. YSU ... had the match-winning goal and assisted on BGSU's other two scores in the UA contest ... also had assists vs. Ohio State and Marshall ... had 17 shots on goal, the second-highest total on the team.
Nikki Pucillo - freshman from Strongsville, Ohio ... played in all 19 matches, making 14 starts ... had six points, all on assists ... tied for the team assist lead ... had three helpers, tying the school record, in BG's win over Youngstown State ... had one assist in each of the next two matches, home wins over Akron and Wright State ... other assist on the year came at Michigan State.
Carrie Richards - sophomore from Maumee, Ohio ... made the team via walk-on tryouts in August ... played in two matches off the bench ... had two assists in her collegiate debut, vs. Youngstown State ... both assists came on goals by Tracy Gleixner ... the first assist came just 16 seconds after she checked into the match ... also saw playing time vs. Eastern Michigan.
Beth Rieman - freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio ... one of six Falcons to start all 19 matches on the year ... had six points, on two goals and two assists ... five of those points came in BGSU's win at Northern Illinois ... scored back-to-back goals, the tying and go-ahead markers, in a 4-2 win, after assisting on the team's first goal of the contest ... other assist on the year came on the match-winning goal vs. Samford.
Jessica Sadler - freshman from Avon Lake, Ohio ... played in 10 matches, making two starts ... started the first two contests of the year ... had two points on the year ... scored a goal in her collegiate debut, a win at UW-Green Bay.
Ali Shingler - freshman from Grove City, Ohio ... played in four matches off the bench ... did not record a decision ... had a 1.03 GAA, giving up just one goal in 87:27 ... made three saves on the year, including two in her collegiate debut vs. Iowa State, playing 16:29 in that match ... played the entire second half vs. Youngstown State ... also saw action vs. Eastern Michigan (one save in 11:29) and Ball State (14:29, no shots faced).
Mandy Smith - senior tri-captain from Middletown, Ohio ... one of six Falcons to start all 19 matches on the year ... had seven points on the season, on three goals and an assist ... had the match winner vs. Youngstown State ... also scored goals against Northern Illinois and Wright State ... lone assist came in the Toledo match ... played in a career total of 73 matches ... made a total of 46 career starts, including in each of the last 40 matches ... tied for ninth on the BGSU career list with 21 points ... her nine career assists place her in a tie for fifth.
Susan Wallace - junior from Litchfield, Ohio ... saw action in 13 contests, making five starts ... had one point on the year, an assist vs. Iowa State ... all five starts came vs. out-of-state teams in MAC play, against Buffalo, NIU, WMU, EMU and CMU.
Beth Wechsler - senior tri-captain from Cincinnati, Ohio ... one of six Falcons to start all 19 matches on the year ... had nine points to place fourth on the team ... scored three goals (tied for third on the Falcons) and assisted on three others (fourth on the team) ... had a goal and an assist vs. Toledo ... scored the match-winning goal vs. Wright State ... also had a goal against Buffalo ... assisted on the match winner in the season opener, at UW-Green Bay ... other assist came in the win at Ohio State ... ended her career tied for the BGSU record with 78 matches played ... started 77 contests, the second most in BGSU history ... finished her career ranked fifth on the school's scoring list, with 32 points ... is third all-time in assists, with 16, and her eight goals rank her seventh on that school career list.
Heidi Williams - junior from Hudson, Ohio ... played in 10 matches, starting eight ... started the first eight contests of the year ... then appeared in just two of the next six matches, both off the bench ... did not score a point ... left the team in late October.
