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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Host Buffalo In MAC Tournament QF Tuesday At 2:00 p.m.
November 04, 2002 | Women's Soccer
Nov. 4, 2002
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, after ending the regular season by setting a school record for victories, now prepares for the school's first-ever home Mid-American Conference Tournament match. The Falcons (11-7-2, 7-4-1 MAC) of head coach Andy Richards will face the University at Buffalo in MAC Tournament Quarterfinal action. Kickoff for that contest is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at BGSU's Cochrane Field.
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The four quarterfinal winners will head to the site of the highest-remaining seed for the semifinals (Fri., Nov. 8) and championship match (Sun., Nov. 10). If the seeds hold to form, the semis and final would be held in Oxford, Ohio, as Miami won the regular-season title and earned the number-one seed for the tournament.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for the BGSU-Buffalo match, which can be purchased at Cochrane Field on the day of the match, will be $5.00 for all fans, with the exception of students of the two participating institutions. BGSU and UB students who show a valid student ID will be admitted for $2.00.
Quarterfinals - Tuesday, November 5 #8 Central Michigan at #1 Miami, 2:00 p.m. #7 Western Michigan at #2 Ball State, 2:00 p.m. #6 Eastern Michigan at #3 Ohio, 2:00 p.m. #5 Buffalo at #4 Bowling Green, 2:00 p.m.Semifinals - Friday, November 8 (at site of highest remaining seed) CMU/MU winner vs. UB/BGSU winner WMU/BSU winner vs. EMU/OU winner
Championship - Sunday, November 10 (at semifinal site) Semifinal winners
HEAD COACH ANDY RICHARDS
Andy Richards has performed one of the top coaching jobs in the MAC, if not the Midwest, this season. Richards is in his third year as a head coach, all at BGSU, and has an overall record of 28-27-5 heading into the UB match. Richards, who came to BG after five years as an assistant coach at Oregon State University, was hired in April of 2000.
Ashlee Orr is in her third season with the Falcon program as well. Orr was named the BGSU assistant coach in late August of 2000.
LAST WEEKEND
In the team's lone match of the week, the Falcons defeated host Wright State by a 3-1 count Friday (Nov. 1) ... freshman Samantha Meister had a goal and an assist, while classmate Keeley Dayton and sophomore Kristy Coppes also found the back of the net.
BGSU CLINCHES MAC TOURNAMENT HOME BERTH
The Falcons' win over Western Michigan on Oct. 25 clinched a home berth in the MAC Tournament -- the first in school history -- for the Brown and Orange ... BGSU, picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches poll, finished fourth in the league standings ... the Falcons set a single-season record for victories (11), and also set school records for wins (seven) and points (22) in league play.
BGSU'S MAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Falcons are appearing in the MAC Tournament for the third time in the team's six years ... BGSU also qualified in 1998 and 2000 ... in 1998, the sixth-seeded Falcons travelled to #3 Eastern Michigan for the quarterfinal round and posted a 1-0 victory ... Cari Combs scored the lone goal off an Autumn Harris through-ball at the 71:51 mark ... Michelle Lisy made 10 saves in net to earn the shutout in the upset win ... the Falcons then faced second-seeded Northern Illinois in the semifinal round in Athens, Ohio ... BGSU took the lead at the 28:19 mark on a Leah Rosner goal ... but, the Huskies tied the match with just 8:22 left in regulation, then scored at the 117:58 mark of the second overtime stanza ... the Falcons could not score in the remaining 2:02 (the overtime was not sudden death), and the Huskies captured the win en route to the MAC Tournament title ... Lisy again made 10 saves in goal, and she was joined by Rosner on the all-tourney team.
In 2000, the seventh-seeded Falcons again headed to Ypsilanti for the opening round ... BGSU posted a 2-1 victory over the #2-seeded Eagles ... Ashley Enser headed home a cross from Tracy Gleixner with 11:51 left in the first half, with Jill Conover also assisting on the goal ... then, with just 1:31 left in the match, Conover took an errant EMU pass and blasted a shot just below the crossbar ... EMU would cut the lead in half just 29 seconds later, but the Falcons held the Eagles off the scoreboard for the final minute ... Erika Flanders made seven saves to earn the win ... in the semifinal round in Buffalo, N.Y., the Falcons topped #6 Western Michigan by a 2-1 count ... Gleixner started the scoring at the 33:36 mark ... WMU tied the score at 1-1 late in the first half, but Susan Wallace scored what would prove to be the winning goal, heading in a cross from Michelle Lisy with just under 15 minutes left in the second half ... a goal at the 111:57 mark gave Miami a 1-0, double-OT win in the championship match ... Flanders made 10 saves, several of the spectacular variety, in that contest ... Flanders, Stephanie Heller and Beth Wechsler all were named to the All-Tournament Team.
MAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY (3-2)
Home: 0-0 --- Away: 2-0 --- Neutral: 1-2 --- OT: 0-2
1997 did not qualify
1998 QF - def. Eastern Michigan, 1-0
SF - lost to Northern Illinois, 2-1 (OT)
1999 did not qualify
2000 QF - def. Eastern Michigan, 2-1
SF - def. Western Michigan, 2-1
Champ. - lost to Miami, 1-0 (2-OT)
2001 did not qualify
2002 QF - vs. Buffalo (Nov. 5 - 2:00 p.m.)
ABOUT THE FALCONS
The Falcons, as mentioned, are 11-7-2 overall, and BGSU finished MAC play with a 7-4-1 league record ... BG has scored 36 goals and allowed 24 through the first 20 contests ... sophomore Kristy Coppes has scored 11 of the Falcons' goals this year, and leads the team with 24 points ... freshmen Julie Trundle and Samantha Meister have 16 points apiece, while senior Jill Conover (10 points) is fourth on the team and freshman Britt Anderson (nine points) round out the team's top-five scorers ... Meister is second on the team with six goals, while Anderson, Conover and Trundle have four apiece ... Trundle has a team-high eight assists, while fellow freshman Leslie Dawley has six ... senior Erika Flanders has played every minute (1844:58) in goal, and has 122 saves and a goals-against average of 1.17.
THE OPPONENT
Buffalo will come to Cochrane Field with a 7-7-5 overall record, and the Bulls finished MAC play with a 5-5-2 league mark ... UB tied Eastern Michigan for fifth place in the final standings, but the Bulls won the tiebreaker for the fifth seed by virtue of a 2-1 OT win over EMU in the teams' regular-season meeting ... the Bulls have won three consecutive matches, including 3-0 wins over both Kent State and Ohio ... last week, the Bulls ended the regular sseason with a 3-2, double-OT win over Binghamton Thursday (Oct. 31) ... UB's balanced scoring attack is led by freshman Natalia Crofut and senior Elizabeth Pfeffer, with 10 points apiece ... juniors Emily Russell and Nicole Olzewski have eight and seven points, respectively ... in goal, freshman Anna-Lesa Calvert is 6-4-4 with a 1.13 GAA, while senior Emily Cox has a 1-3-1 record and a 2.38 GAA ... Jean-A. Tassy is in his eighth season as a women's collegiate head coach, all with the Bulls ... he has a record of 75-56-16 ... the team's web address is www.buffalobulls.com.
THE SERIES
BGSU leads Buffalo by a 3-2-1 count in the all-time series between the schools, and the teams have split the four previous matches at Cochrane Field ... the Falcons won this year's regular-season meeting, 2-1 in overtime in Buffalo on Oct. 20 ... freshman Samantha Meister scored the OT winner, and classmate Britt Anderson also had a goal in the win ... the Falcons won a pair of 2-1 home matches in the first two series meetings (Oct. 24, 1997, and Sept. 25, 1998), with Tracy Gleixner scoring a goal in the latter match ... UB returned to Cochrane and posted a 3-0 win in 1999 (Sept. 26) ... two years ago, the teams battled to a 1-1 tie at RAC Field (Oct. 20, 2000) ... the Bulls posted a 2-1 OT win at Cochrane last season (Sept. 23, 2001).
SUCCESS IN EVEN YEARS
In the six-year history of the BGSU women's soccer program, the Falcons have had most of their success in the even-numbered years ... the Brown and Orange failed to qualify for the MAC Tournament in 1997, 1999 and 2001 ... but, the Falcons will participate in the league tourney in 2002, marking the third appearance in school history ... the Falcons advanced to the semifinals in 1998, losing in overtime to eventual tourney champion NIU ... BGSU also made the tournament in 2000, and advanced all the way to the championship match before losing, again in OT ... BG is 5-21-4 (.233) in MAC play in the odd-numbered years, and 16-14-3 (.530) in even years.
TRUNDLE TIES SEVERAL BG RECORDS
Freshman Julie Trundle set a pair of school records in the win at WSU ... Trundle had an assist for the fifth consecutive match, breaking the record she had shared with classmate Leslie Dawley ... Trundle's assist marked her sixth-straight match with at least one point, breaking the school record she had shared with yet another freshman, Samantha Meister.
TRUNDLE ON TORRID PACE
Freshman Julie Trundle has heated up over the last several weeks ... she has a total of 11 points over the last six matches, on two goals and seven assists ... Trundle now has 16 points on the season, and is tied for second on the team with classmate Samantha Meister ... she leads the Falcons with eight assists this year, just one away from the school record ... Trundle had 13 points in MAC contests, just one point behind team leader Kristy Coppes.
SAM SHOOTS, SAM SCORES
Freshman Samantha Meister was sidelined for seven matches with a broken nose, but returned with a vengeance ... Meister scored a goal in Friday's win at Wright State, and also had an assist ... the goal was her sixth in the last seven matches ... Meister has scored a total of 14 points over those seven contests, and now has 16 points in only 13 matches this year ... Meister scored 10 points in just eight MAC matches.
CHANGES AT THE TOP OF CAREER SCORING LIST
Perhaps the school record for career goals should be written in pencil, or at least in erasable ink ... with her goal at the 72:22 mark of the WMU match (Oct. 25), senior Jill Conover reached the 20-career goal plateau, tying her for the BG record with sophomore Kristy Coppes and senior Tracy Gleixner ... but, just over 14 minutes later, Coppes scored to set a new record ... she added to her brand-new mark just over two minutes later, scoring in the final minute of that match ... Coppes also found the net vs. Wright State, and now has 23 goals in just 39 career matches ... Conover still holds the school career records for points (65), assists (25) and match-winning goals (seven).
COPPES REACHES HALF-CENTURY MARK
With her goal at Wright State, sophomore Kristy Coppes became just the second player in school history to reach the 50-point plateau for her career ... she now has exactly 50 points in her BG tenure, 15 points behind senior Jill Conover's school-record total.
ROAD SWEET ROAD?
Andy Richards' Falcons certainly have had success on the road this season ... BGSU's win at WSU gives the team a record of 6-1-2 in away matches ... and, the Brown and Orange finished the road portion of the MAC schedule with a 5-0-1 mark ... BG has broken the school records for wins in each category ... both the 1998 (4-5-0) and 2000 (4-3-1) teams won four total road matches, and that 2000 squad held the old record of three MAC road victories, having gone 3-1-1 ... BGSU's only road setback this year came at the hands of Cincinnati, ranked 21st in the nation by Soccer Buzz before dropping out last week.
LOSSES TO STRONG OPPONENTS
While the BGSU players and coaches would like to win every match, the team's seven losses this year have not exactly come to soccer weaklings ... BG's most recent loss, to NIU, marked the first time this season the Falcons have fallen to a team with a losing record ... BG's other three MAC losses came to Miami, Ball State and Ohio, the three other teams that earned first-round home matches for the league tournament ... BG's non-conference setbacks have come to Michigan State at home, UC on the road and Missouri in neutral-site action ... not counting NIU (6-12-0), the other six opponents have a combined record of 77-25-12, for an aggregate winning percentage of .728 ... MSU is 25th in the nation in the most recent Soccer Buzz poll, and the Spartans, UC, Miami and Mizzou all are ranked in their respective regions.
FLANDERS SHUTS 'EM OUT
Senior goalkeeper Erika Flanders made nine saves to earn the shutout vs. Western Michigan ... for Flanders, the shutout was her seventh of the season, extending her own school record ... she posted four shutouts in both 2000 and 2001 ... Flanders, who holds every BGSU goalkeeping record, now has 17 shutouts in her career ... she has two career shutouts against both Marshall and Kent State, and has blanked 13 other teams once each.
MORE ON FLANDERS
Through the WSU match, senior Erika Flanders now has a career total of 458 saves ... the second-place GK on the BGSU career list, Kit Gazley, had a total of 76 saves ... in fact, Flanders has more career saves than all of the other goalies in school history combined (280).
STILL MORE ON THE GK
Erika Flanders has 122 saves and a 1.17 goals-against average this year, and is close to breaking her own single-season records in those categories ... her current records are a 1.37 GAA in 2000 and a total of 127 saves last year ... Flanders is also likely to break her own single-season mark for saves percentage ... she currently has a pct. of .836 this year, well over her existing record of .808 in 2000 ... she finished the MAC portion of the schedule with a solid 1.06 GAA in league matches ... Flanders made 75 saves in those 12 contests, with a saves pct. of .852 and five shutouts.
MAC WINS
BGSU set new records for MAC wins (seven) and points (22) ... for the first time in school history, the Falcons have finished with a winning record in MAC matches ... the 2000 team went 5-5-1 to hold the old records for wins and points (16) in conference action ... last year's BG squad went 2-9-1.
DAYTON SCORES GOAL IN DAYTON
Freshman Keeley Dayton has stepped up her scoring over the last few contests ... she scored the opening goal vs. Wright State, becoming the first women's soccer player in school history to score a goal in a city bearing her surname ... the goal was her second in as many matches ... Dayton, who did not score a point over the first month-and-a-half of the season, now has at least one point in four of the last five matches, including the last three contests.
CONOVER TIES ANOTHER RECORD
Senior Jill Conover already owns several BGSU records, and has moved into a tie for first place on yet another list ... Conover tied a BG record by playing in the 78th match of her career Friday ... Ashley Enser (1997-2000), Janice Mentrup (1997-2000) and Beth Wechsler (1998-2001) all played in 78 career matches in the Brown and Orange.
THEY START YOUNG
All 10 freshman field players on the BGSU roster have started at least one match this season ... in fact, of the 21 players who have seen action for the Falcons this year, a total of 19 have made at least one start ... eight different frosh have scored at least one point this season.
MEET THE NEW KIDS
The Falcons' starting lineup has featured at least three freshmen in each of this season's 20 matches, and at least four frosh in each of the last 19 matches ... head coach Andy Richards has started five or more freshmen on 15 occasions ... as mentioned, a total of 10 different freshmen - every frosh field player - have started at least one match this year.
BIG WIN
The seven-goal margin of victory vs. WMU matched the second-highest figure in school history, and was by far BGSU's most lopsided win in a MAC contest ... BG downed Youngstown State by nine goals last year (10-1; Oct. 3, 2001), and the Falcons also posted a seven-goal win over Robert Morris (Sept. 6, 1998) ... in fact, prior to the WMU contest, BG had never led by more than three goals in a MAC match ... the old school record for margin of victory in a MAC match was three, in 3-0 wins over Ball State (Oct. 8, 2000), Akron (Oct. 5, 2001) and Marshall (Oct. 4, 2002).
CAPTAIN'S LOG
Senior goalkeeper Erika Flanders is BGSU's team captain for the 2002 season.
NOTING THE FALCONS
The win at Wright State was the 11th of the season for the Falcons, setting a new school record ... the 2000 team finished with a 10-10-1 mark ... the Brown and Orange, currently four games above .500, will end the 2002 season with a winning record, for the first time in school history ... here's a statistical note that would seem to indicate the Falcons' depth and balance this season ... in the first 20 matches of the year, BGSU's players in the starting lineups have accounted for 18 goals and 24 assists ... the Falcon substitutes have accumulated 18 goals and 18 assists on the year ... the Falcons scored a total of six first-half goals in the first 17 matches this season ... BGSU has equalled that total with six first-half markers in the last three matches ... the Falcons, after having more shots than the opponent in just three of the first 15 matches, have held the advantage in four of the last five contests ... sophomore Beth Rieman picked up her first point this year with an assist at WSU, making a total of 17 different players that have registered at least one point on the season ... that total includes eight freshmen ... the frosh have combined for 17 of BG's 36 goals and 29 of the team's 42 assists ... only three players -- senior Erika Flanders, junior Kasey Freeman and freshman Julie Trundle -- have started all 20 matches ... sophomore Kristy Coppes, BG's leading scorer overall, also led the team in scoring in MAC matches ... she had 14 points in conference play, one ahead of Trundle and four in front of freshman Samantha Meister ... Coppes now has 24 points this season, the third-highest total in BG history ... she is two away from her total as a freshman last year, and is five behind Tracy Gleixner's school-record total of 29 points, amassed in 1998 ... Coppes had the match-winning goal at WSU, her fourth of the season ... that is a new school record ... her career total of five MWGs places her second behind senior Jill Conover's seven ... as mentioned earlier, Flanders holds the school goalkeeping records in every career category, including wins (33), saves (458), shutouts (17) and goals-against average ... BGSU now has an all-time record of 47-61-9 as a varsity program ... all-time, the Brown and Orange squads have posted records of 23-30-2 at home, 20-25-7 on the road and 4-6-0 in neutral-site contests ... the Falcons have an all-time record of 6-8-9 in overtime matches ... BGSU is 3-0-7 in road OT matches, and the Falcons have a 3-1-2 mark in overtime contests with non-MAC opponents ... BGSU has set a season record for yellow cards, with 11 ... the Falcons' total of four home wins ties the school record, as BG has had four wins at Cochrane Field in five of the first six seasons of the program.
