Bowling Green State University Athletics
Erika Flanders Earns National Honors
September 05, 2001 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 5, 2001
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Bowling Green State University's Erika Flanders has earned several national honors for her play during the season's first weekend. Flanders, a junior goalkeeper on the Falcon women's soccer team, has been named to the national "team of the week" by a pair of soccer publications.
Flanders was named to the Soccer America Team of the Week, and also was chosen to the Soccer Buzz National Elite Team of the Week. Both teams are comprised of 11 players from around the country, chosen on the basis of their play the previous week.
Flanders becomes the first BGSU player in the five-year history of the women's program to earn national team-of-the-week honors.
The honors are the second and third of the week for Flanders. On Monday (Sept. 3), the Mason, Ohio, native was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week.
Flanders posted a 1-0-1 record and a goals-against average of 0.43 in the season's opening weekend. She allowed only one goal in 210 minutes of action as the Falcons won a 2-0 match at Wisconsin-Green Bay Friday (Aug. 31) and posted a 1-1 tie at Michigan State Sunday (Sept. 2).
Flanders had a school-record 17 saves in the match at MSU, breaking her own mark of 14 (set against Ohio State, Oct. 27, 1999). She made nine saves at UWGB to earn her first shutout of the season and the school-record seventh of her career.
In last weekend's action, Flanders had a save percentage of .963, stopping 26 of 27 opponent shots on goal.
After two years plus two matches, Flanders holds nearly every BGSU goalkeeping record. She has career totals of 16 wins, 235 saves and the seven shutouts.
The Soccer America national team, for the week of August 27, consists of:
The Soccer Buzz elite team consists of Flanders, Anderson, Feulner, Henderson, Pruzinsky, Georgia's Carolyn Cayard, Maryland defender Lindsay Givens, Ohio State forward Lisa Grubb, Oakland midfielder Anita Rapp, California forward Kyla Sabo and Florida State midfielder Marte Vik Edvardsen.
The stories can be read at the publications' respective web sites:
The Falcons will open the home portion of the schedule with a Friday (Sept. 7) match against Samford University. Kickoff is set for 4:00 p.m. at BGSU's Cochrane Field. The Falcons will begin MAC play with a Sunday (Sept. 9) match vs. arch-rival Toledo, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Cochrane.
