Seniors Stuff the Stat Sheet as Falcons Win at NIU, 3-1

Friday, September 23

DeKalb, Ill.

5:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

NORTHERN ILLINOIS

September 23, 2005 | Women's Soccer

Sept. 23, 2005

Final Stats

DeKALB, Ill. - Senior Britt Anderson had her second two-goal match in as many Fridays, and classmate Julie Trundle had a school record-tying three assists, as the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team opened Mid-American Conference play with a 3-1 win at Northern Illinois University Friday (Sept. 23). The match was held at Huskie Soccer Field.

With the win, the Falcons improve to 5-4-0 on the season, and, of course, 1-0-0 in the MAC. Host NIU drops to 2-4-2 and 0-1-0, respectively.

Seniors accounted for all of BGSU's scoring on the afternoon, as Samantha Meister had the Falcons' other goal, her team-leading fifth of the season.

Yet another senior, Ali Shingler, picked up the complete-match win in goal. Shingler was called upon to make just one save.

Set pieces were the source of much success for the Falcons on Friday, as each of the team's first two goals came directly off of Trundle corner kicks. Meister headed home BG's first corner kick of the day, at the 12:55 mark, for the only goal of the opening 45 minutes.

In the second half, Anderson's first goal was another header, with the play starting with another Trundle corner. The ball was cleared out of the box, but senior Leah Eggleton won the ball and played it back out wide to Trundle, who served the ball to Anderson. The Falcons led by a pair of goals at 55:37.

BGSU had nine corner kicks to the Huskies' one on the afternoon.

NIU sophomore Karen Enockson cut the BG lead in half with a goal in the 68th minute, but Anderson sealed the win with her second goal of the match with 9:33 remaining in the second half.

"It is great to get our first MAC win, especially on the road," said Falcon head coach Andy Richards. "I thought it was a very polished performance from Bowling Green.

"We had a game plan, we changed some personnel around, and stuck to that game plan very well against a spirited Northern Illinois team.

"We took three great goals -- three headers, which was nice to see. That is something we work on in practice, and the two individuals who got those goals are very good in the air. And, it was great to see Julie Trundle get three assists and tie the school record.

"Overall, it was a very good performance. We thoroughly deserved the victory, and we look forward to our game at Western Michigan on Sunday. Also, congratulations to Fred Thompson and the Falcon men's soccer team on a fantastic win over Ohio State today, capping a great day for BGSU soccer."

The Falcons held a 12-4 advantage in shot attempts, and BGSU had nine shots on goal to just two for the Huskies. NIU 'keeper Carrie Dvorak made six saves.

After allowing eight goals in two lopsided losses to open the season, the Falcons have gone 5-2-0 over the last seven matches, allowing a total of just six goals during that time.

The Falcons remain on the road for a Sunday (Sept. 25) match against Western Michigan University. That contest is scheduled to begin at noon at the WMU Soccer Complex.

NOTES

Before last Friday (Sept. 16), senior Britt Anderson had never scored two goals in a match ... now, however, she has done so twice within an eight-day span ... the Fort Collins, Colo., native had a two-goal match vs. Cleveland State, and repeated the feat at NIU Friday ... Anderson now has 15 career goals, good for sixth in school history.

Senior Julie Trundle, as mentioned, tied the school record for assists in a match Friday, with helpers on all three Falcon goals vs. NIU ... Trundle becomes the sixth player in school history to record three assists in a match, but the first to do so in a MAC contest ... she now has a team-high six assists on the season, and has increased her school-record total to 29 career assists.

Senior Samantha Meister's goal was her team-high fifth of the season and the 25th of her career ... Meister ranks second in school history in that category ... she now has 63 career points, just two shy of moving into a tie for second place on that BGSU list ... Meister has a team-best 12 points this season after recording eight points during all of 2004.

With her three points on Friday, Trundle leapfrogged two players on the BGSU career list to move into sole possession of fourth place ... Trundle now has 49 career points, moving past Tracy Gleixner (48 from 1998-2002) and Michelle Lisy (48 from 1997-2000) ... Anderson now has 42 points to rank seventh on the BG career chart.

Trundle has moved onto the BG career list for matches played ... Friday's NIU match was the 76th of her career, moving her into a tie for eighth place in school history.

The Falcons have tied the all-time series with Northern Illinois at 5-5-0 ... believe it or not, BGSU has a 4-0-0 record in road matches vs. the Huskies ... only once in series history has the home team emerged victorious, last year at BGSU's Cochrane Field (a 2-1 BG win on Oct. 22, 2004).

In the last seven matches, senior Ali Shingler has a goals-against average of just 0.91 and a saves percentage of .870.

Friday's victory was the 20th of Shingler's career ... she ranks second on that BGSU list.

BGSU is now 5-3-1 all-time in MAC season openers ... in the first MAC road match of the season, the Falcons are now 7-2-0 through the years.