Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Begin MAC Play this Weekend
September 20, 2005 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 20, 2005
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, having wrapped up the non-conference portion of the schedule with a .500 record, dives into Mid-American Conference play this weekend ... the Falcons of head coach Andy Richards (4-4-0) will continue a five-match road swing with a Friday (Sept. 23) match vs. Northern Illinois University ... kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. locally (5:00 p.m. Eastern) at Huskie Soccer Field ... then, BGSU will meet Western Michigan in Sunday action (Sept. 25), with that match beginning at noon at the WMU Soccer Complex.
LAST WEEKEND
The Falcons split a pair of matches over the weekend ... on Friday (Sept. 16), BGSU matched the goal total for the season's first six matches, with a 6-0 win over visiting Cleveland State ... on Sunday (Sept. 18), a pair of second-half goals, coming just 18 seconds apart, lifted host Indiana over the Falcons, 2-0.
TRUNDLE SETS ASSIST RECORD
Senior Julie Trundle has broken the BGSU record for career assists ... her corner kick against Cleveland State found the head of freshman Corbie Yee, who headed it home for the Falcons' second goal of the day ... the assist was the 26th of Trundle's BGSU tenure ... she moved past Jill Conover, who had a total of 25 assists from 1999-2002 ... Trundle, a native of Medina, Ohio, ranks sixth in school history in scoring, with 46 career points.
NON-LEAGUE RECORD NOT BAD
The Falcons finished the non-conference portion of the 2005 season with a record of 4-4-0 ... the win total matches BGSU's total for the previous two seasons combined ... the Brown and Orange went just 2-6-0 in regular-season, non-league play a year ago, and had the same mark in such matches in the 2003 season ... the 2001 squad had the best record in school history in non-league play, going 5-1-1, while last year's mark tied for BG's worst ever ... ironically, that '01 squad finished just 7-10-2, while last season's team rallied to win the MAC Tournament title and advance to the NCAA Championships.
Year Non-Conf. * Final Record 1997 5-6-0 6-12-0 1998 3-5-0 8-11-1 1999 3-5-0 5-11-3 2000 3-4-0 10-10-1 2001 5-1-1 7-10-2 2002 4-3-1 12- 8-2 2003 2-6-0 8-12-3 2004 2-6-0 10-12-2 2005 4-4-0 * does not include postseason matches
MEISTER MAKES HER MARK
After just seven matches, senior Samantha Meister had already topped her point total for all of last year ... Meister had a goal and an assist vs. Cleveland State, giving her 10 points in 2005 ... she had a total of eight points in the '04 season ... Meister ranks second in school history in career goals, with 23, and is third in career points, with 61.
HEAD COACH Andy Richards
Andy Richards is in his sixth season as a collegiate head coach, all with the Falcons ... he picked up his 50th career win on Sept. 11, and now has an overall record of 51-56-10, including a MAC Tournament mark of 7-3-1 ... Richards has led BGSU to the four finest seasons in school history over his first five years ... he has guided the Falcons to the semifinal round of the MAC Tournament on four occasions, to the championship match three times, and, in 2004, to the first league tourney title and NCAA Tournament berth in school history ... Eric Golz is in his second season with the program, and his first as the top assistant.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
BGSU enters the weekend with an overall record of 4-4-0 ... after allowing a total of eight goals in two home losses to start the season (4-1 to Oakland, 4-0 vs. Wright State), the Falcons have surrendered just five goals in the last six matches, winning four ... BG picked up victories over host Northern Arizona (2-1) and Boise State (1-0) at the La Quinta Inn & Suites Mountain Classic in Flagstaff, Ariz. ... the Falcons lost a narrow 1-0 decision at Michigan State, but rebounded with a 2-1 overtime win against Eastern Illinois and Friday's (Sept. 16) 6-0 win over Cleveland State ... BG fell to Indiana, 2-0, Sunday (Sept. 18) ... senior Samantha Meister leads the Falcons with four goals and 10 points on the season, while classmate Britt Anderson has two goals and six points ... another senior, Julie Trundle, has a goal and five points, while freshman Kristin McDonald has two goals and four points ... senior Ali Shingler has started all eight matches this season, and has 50 saves and a 1.71 goals-against average ... BG returned 15 letterwinners, including eight starters, from last year's MAC Tournament championship team ... the group of returnees includes no fewer than nine seniors, the most in school history ... the senior class is looking to become the first class in school history to qualify for the MAC Tournament in four consecutive seasons ... Shingler, the lone returning 'keeper, played nearly 84 percent of the minutes in 2004 ... BGSU's incoming recruiting class was rated tops in the MAC by Soccer Buzz.
THE OPPONENTS / THE SERIES
Northern Illinois enters the BGSU match with a record of 2-3-2 ... the Huskies, 1-1-1 at home this year to date, are coming off a 1-1 tie vs. visiting Illinois State Sunday (Sept. 18) ... every one of the team's matches this season has been decided by one goal or less ... sophomore Karen Enockson leads the team with two goals and four points, while freshman Jenna Clauson has three points on the year to date ... senior goalkeeper Carrie Dvorak has played every minute so far in 2005, and has a total of 39 saves and a goals-against average of just 1.11 ... the Huskies went 6-7-5 last year, and tied for 10th in the MAC with 14 points on a 3-4-5 league record ... 16 letterwinners, including 10 starters, returned for Marci Miller, who is in her first season as a collegiate head coach.
Western Michigan enters the weekend with an overall record of 2-4-1 ... the Broncos, who have played just one home match to date, will host Toledo on Friday before meeting the Falcons two days later ... that home match was a 1-1 tie with DePaul on Sept. 11 ... last weekend, Western split two matches with Big Ten opponents, with a 5-3 loss at Michigan and a 1-0 win at Michigan State ... senior Stephanie Johnson has three of WMU's seven goals, and leads the team with six points ... junior Chantal Robinson has three points on a team-high three assists ... senior Kate Perz has played every minute in goal for the Broncos, and has 34 saves and a 1.66 GAA ... a total of 13 letterwinners, including seven starters, are back from last year's 11-6-4 squad ... that team finished with a 6-3-3 MAC mark, tying for third in the league ... head coach Mike Haines has a record of 68-67-12 in his eighth year with the Broncos, and is 100-70-15 in his 10th season as a collegiate head coach.
The Falcons trail Northern Illinois, 5-4-0, in the all-time series between the teams ... last season, the Falcons picked up a 2-1 home win over the Huskies (Oct. 22, 2004) ... Samantha Meister, who scored one of BG's goals in that match, has five career goals vs. Northern, after scoring all four goals in a 4-3 overtime win the last time the teams met in DeKalb (Oct. 12, 2003) ... BGSU has a 3-0-0 record in road matches vs. NIU ... believe it or not, last year's match marked the first time the home team had ever won a meeting between the Falcons and Huskies.
The Falcons also trail the series with Western Michigan, 7-3-1 ... the teams have met twice in each of the last two seasons ... after WMU had downed BG, 4-1, in the 2003 MAC Tournament's championship match (Nov. 9, 2003), the Falcons turned the tables with a 4-1 victory in last season's semifinal round (Nov. 5, 2004) ... the teams battled to a 2-2 tie in last year's regular-season meeting (Oct. 24, 2004) ... Western is a perfect 5-0-0 vs. BGSU in Kalamazoo.
COMEBACKS COMMON WHEN THESE TEAMS MEET
In 194 matches in the history of the BGSU women's soccer program, only eight times has a team gone ahead by two goals and failed to win the match ... we're not saying it will happen this weekend, but ... five of those matches have come when the Falcons are facing either Northern Illinois or Western Michigan ... the complete list ...
COMING BACK FROM TWO DOWN (one team led by two goals, but did not win) Opponent Date Lead(s) Final at Western Michigan Oct. 5, 1997 BGSU, 2-0 WMU, 4-2 Falcons score twice in first six minutes, but WMU's Jenna Schlee has a hat trick before halftime at Marshall Oct. 10, 1999 MU, 3-1 Tie, 3-3 (2-OT) With BGSU defender Beth Wechsler wearing GK jersey as "11th attacker," Michelle Lisy scores twice in the final 3:18 of regulation at Northern Ill. Sept. 28, 2001 NIU, 2-0 BGSU, 4-2 NIU scores twice in first 17:10; Beth Rieman nets tying and go-ahead goals as Falcons score next four Northern Ill. Oct. 27, 2002 BGSU, 2-0 NIU, 3-2 Falcons take 2-0 halftime lead; NIU scores three in final 18:25 of match (final goal with 2:13 left) at Miami Oct. 5, 2003 MU, 2-0 BGSU, 3-2 RedHawks go up, 2-0, with 24:55 remaining; Kristy Coppes scores twice in 4:39 span before Julie Trundle's corner kick finds the net with 5:26 left at Northern Ill. Oct. 12, 2003 NIU 2-0, 3-1 BGSU 4-3 (OT) Samantha Meister scores a then school-record four goals, the last in OT off a Trundle corner kick at Marshall Oct. 26, 2003 MU, 2-0 BGSU, 4-3 (OT) BGSU scores three times in last 18 minutes of regulation, before Meister's third career OT goal Western Michigan Oct. 24, 2004 WMU, 2-0 Tie, 2-2 (2-OT) Falcons get goals from Trundle (13:23 left in regulation) and Britt Anderson (3:02 remaining) to erase deficit
FALCON NOTES AND NUMBERS
HOPE GAS PRICES GO DOWN SOON
Fans of the BGSU women's soccer program will be hitting the road if they want to see their favorite team in the near future ... following the Cleveland State match, BGSU's eight-match home schedule is half over ... the Indiana match began a five-game road swing for the Brown and Orange, who will not play at home again until Oct. 7 ... only four of BG's 11 MAC matches are at Cochrane Field, tied for the lowest total of home matches in the league ... the good news is that the Falcons are 12-5-1 in MAC regular-season road matches over the last three seasons.
FALCONS PICKED FOURTH
The Falcons were picked to finish fourth in the MAC in the league preseason poll ... the poll is the result of voting by the league's 12 head coaches ... Kent State, the defending regular-season co-champion, was picked to win the 2005 regular-season and tournament crowns ... Ohio and Western Michigan were tabbed for second and third, respectively.
MAC PRESEASON POLL: 1 - Kent State; 2 - Ohio; 3 - Western Michigan; 4 - Bowling Green; 5 - Central Michigan; 6 - Eastern Michigan; 7 - Ball State; 8 - Miami; 9 - Buffalo; 10 - Toledo; 11 - Akron; 12 - Northern Illinois
