Yee, Falcons Stop Miami, 3-1

Sunday, October 2

Oxford, Ohio

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

MIAMI (OH)

October 02, 2005 | Women's Soccer

Oct. 2, 2005

Final Stats

OXFORD, Ohio - A three-goal first half was more than enough for the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team Sunday afternoon (Oct. 2), as the Falcons posted a 3-1 win over Miami University. The Mid-American Conference match was held at the Miami Soccer Field.

With the win, the Falcons even both the overall and MAC records. BG is now 6-6-0 on the season and 2-2 in league action. The RedHawks drop to 4-5-0 and 2-2, respectively.

Senior Britt Anderson opened the scoring with a goal midway through the first half, and freshman Corbie Yee had the first two-goal match of her collegiate career, boosting the Falcons' lead to three goals at the intermission.

The RedHawks had two scoring chances, approximately 30 seconds apart, with only three minutes gone. But, Falcon goalkeeper Ali Shingler made diving saves to keep Miami's Lindy Slinger, then Jennifer Rush, from putting the hosts on the board.

Anderson got the Falcons on the board at the 22:16 mark, taking a touch pass from senior Samantha Meister and scoring her fifth goal of the season. Just under 10 minutes later, off of a quick restart, senior Julie Trundle's free kick found Yee, who gave the Brown and Orange a two-goal margin.

Just two minutes before halftime, Yee struck again. This time, it was Anderson's free kick that put the freshman in, and her shot beat MU starter Leigh Terry for the Falcons' third goal.

Miami spoiled the Falcons' shutout bid with just 3:50 left in the second half, as Kathleen Vistica headed home a free kick from Aimee Prevallet. But, MU would get no closer.

"I am delighted with the result today," said Falcon head coach Andy Richards. "It was a very necessary win in order for us to keep in contention in the MAC standings.

"We had an explosive first half, where we were very efficient in front of the goal. We didn't have a tremendous amount of chances, but when they came along, we took full advantage of them.

"We got great goals from Britt and Corbie, and it was exciting to see Corbie Yee make her mark on the team and in the conference.

"It was a bit disappointing to let a goal in so late in the match, but that was really the only down point. Ali Shingler made two extremely good saves early on, that gave us a good starting point, and we played progressively better from there.

"It was an excellent first-half performance, and an acceptable second-half performance, but most importantly, we got a MAC road win and the three points."

The Falcons held an 11-9 margin in shot attempts, including a slim 6-5 edge in shots on goal. Anderson had a team-high four shots, while Yee had three. Both players had two shots on goal.

Vistica had six of MU's nine attempts and three of the RedHawks' five shots on goal.

Shingler picked up the win with a complete-match, four-save effort. Terry made two saves in 45 minutes of action, allowing all three goals. Shannon Chew, who has alternated halves with Terry all season, worked a scoreless second half, making one save.

The win concluded a five-match road swing for the Falcons, who return home for the next four contests. BGSU will play at Cochrane Field twice next weekend as part of soccer doubleheaders with the Falcon men's team.

The Brown and Orange will host Ohio University on Friday (Oct. 7) at 4:00 p.m., following the BG men's match vs. Northern Illinois at 1:00 p.m.

NOTES

The Falcons now trail the all-time series with Miami by a margin of 8-3-0 ... but, BGSU has won each of the last three meetings, including two consecutive contests at the Miami Soccer Field ... the Falcons are now 2-4 in road matches vs. the RedHawks.

Senior Julie Trundle increased her own school record for assists ... Trundle's helper on freshman Corbie Yee's first goal of Sunday's match was the 30th of her career ... Trundle now has an even 50 points at BG, ranking fourth on that school career list.

Trundle now has a team-leading seven assists this season, and has recorded at least seven assists in each of her four years at BG ... only one other Falcon in history, Jill Conover, had more than one season of at least seven helpers ... Conover had a school-record nine in 2000 (a record matched by Leah Eggleton last season) after recording eight in 1999.

Senior Britt Anderson has set a new career best for goals in a season, scoring her fifth of the year in the Miami match ... Anderson now has 16 career goals to rank sixth in school history, and her career total of 45 points places her seventh at BG.

Senior Samantha Meister now has 64 career points, just one shy of second place on that BG chart ... Meister's assist at Miami was the 14th of her career, placing her seventh (one ahead of Anderson) in BGSU annals.

Anderson and Meister each have five goals and 13 points in 2005 to date, tying for team honors.

Trundle played in the 79th match of her career on Sunday, a total that ranks her fifth at BG ... she has now started 76 career contests, tying for sixth on that Falcon list ... the school records are 87 matches played (Kristy Coppes, 2001-04) and 79 matches started (Beth Rieman, 2001-04).

Senior co-captain Ashley Wentzel played in the 76th contest of her career, moving into a tie for ninth on the school list.

Freshman Corbie Yee becomes the second Falcon with a multiple-goal match this season ... Anderson has had two, against Cleveland State (Sept. 16) and Northern Illinois (Sept. 23).

Yee is the first freshman with a two-goal match in four years ... in the 2001 season, the Falcons had six multiple-goal contests, with four coming from frosh, all in a week's time ... Beth Rieman had a pair of goals at NIU on Sept. 28, 2001, while Kristy Coppes had a hat trick and Katie Piening added a pair of goals against Youngstown State on Oct. 3 ... two days later (Oct. 5, 2001), Coppes had two goals vs. Akron.