Bowling Green State University Athletics
Coppes Named to Soccer Buzz National Team of Week
September 01, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 1, 2004
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - Bowling Green State University senior Kristy Coppes, honored on Monday as the Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week, received a national honor on Wednesday (Sept. 1). The Falcon forward was named to the Soccer Buzz National Elite Team of the Week, the online magazine has announced.
Coppes' honor marks the fourth week in the history of the Falcon women's soccer program that a BGSU player has been named to a national weekly team. The Findlay native becomes the first-ever BG player named in two different weeks.
Coppes received the prestigious award after a prodigious performance vs. Duquesne on Friday (Aug. 27). She shattered the BGSU and MAC records with six goals in that match, a 7-3 win to open the season. The old record of four goals was held by BG teammate Samantha Meister.
Coppes fell just one goal shy of matching the NCAA single-match record of seven goals.
Coppes, who entered the season as the school's career scoring leader, increased her school-record totals to 40 goals and 85 points in her BG tenure. She is the only player in school history to have scored three or more goals in multiple matches, and now has three such contests in her career.
She scored all four of BG's second-half goals in the win, setting the school mark for fastest four goals (34:36) in the process. And -- obviously -- Coppes also set the records for fastest five and fastest six goals.
Coppes was one of three Falcons named to the all-tournament team at the team's own Falcon Classic.
The Soccer Buzz National Elite Team of the Week is comprised of 11 players from around the country, chosen on the basis of their play the previous week. This week's team reads as follows...
Danesha Adams, Fr, Forward, UCLA Kristy Coppes, Sr, Forward, Bowling Green Kim Taylor, Jr, Forward, Washington Katie Thorlakson, Jr, Forward, Notre Dame Camie Bybee, Sr, Midfielder, Florida State Shannon Foley, So, Midfielder, Virginia Kim Grodek, Sr, Midfielder, Indiana Keeley Dowling, Sr, Defender, Tennessee Gillian Hatch, Sr, Defender, Virginia Susan Marschall, Jr, Defender, Boston University Ashley Phillips, Fr, Goalkeeper, Clemson
BGSU, 1-1-0 on the young season, continues a three-match homestand with a Friday (Sept. 3) contest vs. Michigan State. That match begins at 4:00 p.m. at Cochrane Field. The Falcons then head to Eastern Illinois for a Sunday (Sept. 5) match.
BGSU REPRESENTATIVES, NATIONAL TEAMS OF THE WEEK
Kristy Coppes Sept. 1, 2004 Soccer Buzz Samantha Meister Oct. 15, 2003 Soccer America, Soccer Buzz Kristy Coppes Oct. 8, 2003 Soccer America Erika Flanders Sept. 5, 2001 Soccer America, Soccer Buzz
