Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Begin Three-Game Homestand to Close Regular Season
October 18, 2006 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 18, 2006
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, after a pair of wins away from home last weekend, returns to the friendly confines of Cochrane Field for the remainder of the Mid-American Conference schedule ... the Falcons of head coach Andy Richards, the defending MAC regular-season and tournament champions, will begin a three-game homestand with a Friday (Oct. 20) contest against Central Michigan University ... that game, the first half of a doubleheader, will begin at noon at Cochrane ... then, on Sunday (Oct. 22), the Brown and Orange will face Eastern Michigan University on 'Senior Day' at Cochrane ... that game is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start ... following the EMU contest, BGSU's only remaining regular-season game will be Thursday, Oct. 26, when the arch-rival University of Toledo comes to town.
FALCON SOCCER DOUBLEHEADER
As mentioned, Friday's Central Michigan game will be the first half of a soccer doubleheader at Cochrane Field ... following the BGSU-CMU women's game at noon, the Falcon men will take on Akron at 3:00 p.m.
THE OPENING KICKOFF
(Three key notes as the Falcons enter the CMU and EMU matches)
• SENIOR (NOT SENIORS) DAY
Sunday's game will be 'Senior Day' for the BGSU women's soccer program at Cochrane Field ... Lindsay Carter, the lone senior on the team, will be recognized in pregame festivities before the Falcons take on Eastern Michigan ... a number of BGSU women's soccer alumnae are expected to be on hand.
• THREE FOR YEE
Sophomore Corbie Yee had a successful weekend, to say the least, at the Kent State Soccer Field ... Yee had all three of BGSU's goals as the Falcons won a pair of games in Northeast Ohio ... for her efforts, Yee, a Northeast Ohio native herself, was named the MAC Player of the Week ... the Berea product scored in overtime to give the Falcons a 1-0 win over the Golden Flashes, then had both goals in a 2-0 victory vs. Buffalo ... Yee, the 2005 MAC Freshman of the Year, currently ranks second on the team with seven points this fall.
• Z IS FOR 'ZABEK' (AND ALSO FOR 'ZERO')
Sophomore goalkeeper Christy Zabek picked up a pair of wins over the weekend, making a total of 16 saves as BG downed Kent State and Buffalo ... Zabek still has not allowed a single goal in her collegiate career ... she has played in 11 career games, starting three, and has now played a total of 493:10 without ever having to fish a ball out of the back of the net.
LIVE STATS ON THE WEB
The Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan matches, like all of BG's home contests, are scheduled to have live stats on the web ... fans who can't make it to a match at Cochrane Field can get up-to-the-minute statistics on the web via GameTracker, simply by logging on to BGSUFalcons.com.
LAST WEEKEND
As we've already mentioned, the Falcons picked up a pair of wins away from home last weekend ... on Friday (Oct.13), the Brown and Orange got a 1-0, overtime win at Kent State ... two days later (Oct. 15), BGSU returned to the Kent State Soccer Field to post a 2-0 win over Buffalo ... sophomore Corbie Yee scored all three of BGSU's goals on the weekend ... classmate Christy Zabek had seven saves vs. KSU, then made nine stops in the UB game ... the latter contest was moved from Buffalo to Kent State after last week's freak snowstorm left much of the Western New York region without power.
TIGHT RACE AS SEASON ENTERS FINAL WEEK-AND-A-HALF
With the Mid-American Conference schedule winding down, virtually nothing has been decided ... only five points separate the league-leading team from the seventh-place squad ... teams earn three points for a win and one for a tie ... with the weather forcing the cancellation of last Friday's (Oct. 13) Toledo-at-Buffalo game, however, the final regular-season standings will be determined by winning percentage, not total points ... the Falcons, at 5-3-0 in league action, are currently tied for third place with Kent State ... the teams are just a half-game behind league-leading Ball State (5-2-1), with Toledo in second (4-2-1) ... the top-eight teams in the final regular-season standings will qualify for the MAC Tournament, which begins on Sunday, Oct. 29 ... BGSU won both the 2004 and 2005 MAC Tournaments after advancing to the league tourney championship game in 2003.
REMAINING MAC MATCHES
Team MAC Record (Pct.) Remaining MAC Matches Ball State 5-2-1 (.688) @NIU, @WMU, vs. Miami Toledo 4-2-1 (.643) vs. EMU, vs. CMU, @BGSU Bowling Green 5-3-0 (.625) vs. CMU, vs. EMU, vs. Toledo Kent State 5-3-0 (.625) @Ohio, @Akron, vs. Buffalo Ohio 4-3-1 (.563) vs. KSU, vs. Buffalo, vs. Akron Central Mich. 4-3-1 (.563) @BGSU, @Toledo, vs. EMU Miami 3-3-2 (.500) @WMU, @NIU, @Ball State Buffalo 3-4-0 (.429) @Akron, @Ohio, @Kent State Akron 3-5-0 (.375) vs. Buffalo, vs. Kent State, @Ohio Northern Ill. 3-5-0 (.375) vs. Ball State, vs. Miami, vs. WMU Eastern Mich. 3-5-0 (.375) @Toledo, @BGSU, @CMU Western Mich. 2-6-0 (.250) vs. Miami, vs. Ball State, @NIU
GOALS ARE AT A PREMIUM
The Falcons have struggled at times to generate offense in 2006, but BGSU has showed signs of coming around offensively, with three goals and 33 total shots in last weekend's two games ... at the other end of the field, the Falcon defense is on a pace to set a pair of school records ... currently, BGSU has allowed an average of 1.25 goals per game ... the current record is 1.30 goals against, set by last year's team ... in MAC games, the 2006 Falcons have allowed just 0.88 goals per game to date ... the 2002 team holds the mark with just 1.08 goals allowed per MAC game.
THE FALCONS ARE ...
* 88-101-16 all-time, in the 10th season in program history;
* 45-50-11 in Mid-American Conference regular-season matches;
* 30-25-4 overall and 23-10-4 vs. MAC schools over the last two-plus seasons (including regular-season and tournament matches);
* 42-44-8 in home games;
* 38-48-4 in road contests;
* 38-44-7 in the month of October through the years;
* 17-5-1 in October contests since the start of the 2004 season;
* 13-11-16 in overtime matches after Friday's OT win at KSU;
* 6-0-7 all-time in road OT matches;
* 1-1-1 in games played on October 20 (including an 0-1-0 home mark, a non-conference game vs. Detroit in 1999); and
* 1-2-0 in October 22 matches (but 1-0-0 at Cochrane Field, a 2-1 win over Northern Illinois two years ago).
THE OPPONENTS / THE SERIES
Central Michigan is 11-3-1 on the season, and the Chippewas have posted a 4-3-1 MAC record to date ... Central began the season with a school-record 7-0-0 start, moving into the national rankings at that time ... included among those seven wins was a 2-1 road victory over Nebraska ... in MAC play, CMU got off to a 1-2-0 start, but has gone 3-1-1 in the last five games ... last weekend, the Chippewas lost to Northern Illinois (2-0), but rebounded for a win over Western Michigan (2-0) ... CMU is 5-1-1 on the road this year to date ... senior Jacquie Lacek and freshman Stephanie Martin have six goals apiece ... Lacek has a team-high 16 points, while Martin has 14 and senior Alison Heydorn 12 ... in goal, senior Anne Decker has played every second this year to date, and has a 0.85 goals-against average and seven shutouts ... head coach Tony DiTucci returned 12 letterwinners, including 10 starters, back from last year's team that finished 7-10-3 overall and 5-4-2 in MAC play.
Eastern Michigan has a record of 6-7-2, and the Eagles are 3-5-0 in MAC play heading into a Friday match at Toledo ... Eastern has won two of the last three matches, and split two games last weekend, losing to WMU (1-0) but downing NIU (2-0) at home ... the Eagles have a 2-4-1 road record this year to date ... a pair of freshmen, Maggie Christensen and Deana Kitner, are tied for the team lead with four goals and 10 points apiece ... another freshman, Monique Budani, has played all 15 games in goal and has 93 saves and a 1.02 GAA ... last year, the Eagles of head coach Scott Hall had an overall mark of 8-11-1 and a 6-5-0 MAC slate ... Hall welcomed back 11 letterwinners, including eight starters, from that team.
The Falcons lead Central Michigan, 5-3-2, in the all-time series between the teams, and BGSU has won the last two meetings with the Chippewas ... the Falcons captured last year's matchup in Mount Pleasant, Mich., 2-1, on a pair of Lindsay Carter goals (Oct. 21, 2005) ... the previous meeting was the 2004 MAC Tournament's championship game in Athens, Ohio, a 2-0 Falcon win (Nov. 7, 2004) ... Gina Rossi scored the game-winning goal that afternoon ... CMU, however, holds a 2-1-1 advantage in games played at Cochrane Field ... BGSU has not beaten the Chippewas in Northwest Ohio since 1998, the first year Central sponsored the sport ... BGSU trails the series with Eastern Michigan by a narrow 6-5-1 count, but the Falcons won the most recent meeting, 2-1, last year in Ypsilanti (Oct. 23, 2005) ... Corbie Yee scored one of BG's goals in that win ... the teams have played only three of the previous 12 series matchups in Bowling Green, with the Eagles having won all three ... the most recent meeting at Cochrane was a 1-0 EMU win on Sept. 7, 2003.
THE BGSU-CENTRAL MICHIGAN SERIES
(BGSU leads, 5-3-2) Oct. 1, 1998 H W 4-3 Oct. 17, 1999 H L 1-2 Sept. 15, 2000 A W 3-1 Oct. 14, 2001 H L 1-4 Oct. 11, 2002 A W 2-0 Sept. 12, 2003 H T 2-2 (2-OT) Nov. 7, 2003 N&# T 0-0 (2-OT) Sept. 24, 2004 A L 0-1 Nov. 7, 2004 N% W 2-0 Oct. 21, 2005 A W 2-1 & MAC Tournament Semifinal (Kalamazoo, Mich.) # BGSU advanced, 4-3, on penalty kicks % MAC Tournament Championship (Athens, Ohio)
THE BGSU-EASTERN MICHIGAN SERIES
(EMU leads, 6-5-1) Sept. 28, 1997 A L 0-1 Sept. 20, 1998 A L 2-5 Nov. 3, 1998 A$ W 1-0 Oct. 15, 1999 H L 2-4 Sept. 24, 2000 A W 1-0 (2-OT) Oct. 31, 2000 A$ W 2-1 Oct. 12, 2001 H L 0-3 Oct. 13, 2002 A T 2-2 (2-OT) Sept. 7, 2003 H L 0-1 Nov. 4, 2003 A$ W 2-1 Sept. 26, 2004 A L 2-3 Oct. 23, 2005 A W 2-1 $ MAC Tournament Quarterfinal
STINGY DEFENSES
Friday's game is a matchup of two of the league's top defensive teams in MAC play ... Central Michigan leads the MAC in goals-against average in conference games (0.73), and has allowed a league-low six goals in MAC play ... BGSU is tied for second with just seven goals allowed in eight conference contests ... CMU and BGSU each have posted five shutouts in eight MAC games.
HEAD COACH ANDY RICHARDS
Andy Richards is in his seventh season as a collegiate head coach, all with the Falcons ... the 2005 MAC Coach of the Year, Richards has an overall record of 69-67-12, including a MAC Tournament mark of 8-3-3 ... Richards has led BG to the five finest seasons in school history in his tenure, including '05, as he guided the Falcons to the first regular-season title in BG annals and a second-straight MAC Tournament crown ... he has led BGSU to the semifinal round of the league tourney on five occasions, to the championship match four times, and, in 2004, to the first league tourney title and NCAA Tournament berth in school history ... Richards and the Falcons repeated that feat last year, as BGSU again won the MAC Tournament crown ... Erik Burstein is in his first season with the program, while Ashley Wentzel, a co-captain on the 2005 team, is in her first season as a student assistant coach.
HOME IS WHERE THE GAMES ARE
The Falcons' 2006 schedule includes a school record-tying 11 home contests ... BGSU played four of eight non-conference games at Cochrane Field ... additionally, seven of September's nine matches were at home ... after playing just four of 11 MAC matches at home last year, the Falcons meet seven of the 11 league foes inside the friendly confines of Cochrane Field in 2006 ... the Falcons return home for the final three regular-season games, against Central Michigan (Friday), Eastern Michigan (Sunday) and Toledo (Oct. 26).
WORKING OVERTIME
The win over Kent State gives the Falcons an all-time record of 13-11-16 in overtime matches ... believe it or not, BGSU has never lost a road overtime match, having gone 6-0-7 on opposing soil ... a few other Falcon overtime facts ...
* The Falcons are 5-9-8 in home OT games and 2-2-1 in neutral-site overtime affairs;
* Overall, BG is undefeated in the last nine OT matches, having gone 4-0-5 since an OT loss to Ohio State on Oct. 31, 2003 ... the Falcons are unbeaten in the last six home OT matches since that OSU game;
* BGSU is 2-2-3 in MAC Tournament contests that require overtime ... the Falcons advanced via penalty kicks in all three of those ties;
* Four of BG's 13 overtime wins have come at the Kent State Soccer Field ... BGSU has downed the Golden Flashes there on three occasions, and also beat Bucknell in the 2000 Kent Classic.
YEE SCORES THREE
As mentioned, Corbie Yee had all three of BGSU's goals in last weekend's two wins ... Yee, just a sophomore, is now the Falcons' active career leader in goals, with nine, and points (22) ... her two game-winning goals on the weekend give her four in her young career ... Sunday's two-goal game was the second of Yee's career .. her first came in a win at Miami last season (Oct. 2, 2005) ... eight of Yee's nine career goals have come against MAC opponents.
ZABEK PICKS UP TWO WINS
Sophomore goalkeeper Christy Zabek entered last weekend with a total of six saves in her BGSU career ... Zabek made a career-high seven stops vs. Kent State on Friday, then topped that with nine saves in Sunday's win over Buffalo ... Zabek's career total of 22 saves includes 21 this year ... in three career starts, she now has three complete-game shutouts, all coming this year ... Zabek has blanked Youngstown State (Sept. 8), KSU and UB.
FALCON NOTES (A VERITABLE PLETHORA OF THEM)
Corbie Yee is the second Falcon this year to have the game-winning goal in both games of a weekend ... junior Danielle Cygan had the GWG in the Falcons' wins over Northern Illinois (Sept. 22) and Western Michigan (Sept. 24) • Sunday's game vs. Buffalo was the first MAC regular-season contest in BGSU history to be played at a neutral site ... the game, originally scheduled to be played at UB, was moved to Kent due to the snowstorm that hit Western New York on Thursday, leaving much of the area without power • the weekend shutouts were the Falcons' seventh and eighth of the season ... that total is the second-highest in school history ... the record is nine, set by last year's team • the KSU-UB weekend marked the third this season in which BGSU has posted a pair of shutouts ... in each of those three weekends, the Falcons picked up a 1-0 win on Friday and a 2-0 triumph on Sunday • no fewer than 14 of the Falcons' 16 games this season have been shutouts ... BGSU has been on the winning side in eight of those games • sophomore Brianne Eisenhard assisted on Yee's first goal Sunday ... Eisenhard now has six career points, all coming in 2006 ... both of her assists have come on game-winning goals ... her first career point was an assist on a goal by Cygan vs. WMU last month • Cygan and senior Lindsay Carter each had an assist on Yee's second goal vs. UB ... Cygan now has a team-leading eight points this season and 12 in her career ... she has four assists in 2006 after entering the year with a career total of two • Carter now has three assists this season ... she has nine career assists, the most among active Falcons • Carter's assist two days earlier vs. KSU was her second game-winning assist of the season and the third of her BG career ... all three have come in 1-0 wins, with both of this year's occurring in overtime ... Carter's first career GWA came last year vs. Akron (Oct. 9, 2005), and she had the primary assist on freshman Kayleigh Zajaros' OT goal in last month's home win over Xavier (Sept. 1) • BGSU now has an all-time record of 7-2-0 in games played at the Kent State Soccer Field ... that record includes a 3-0-0 mark in neutral-site contests at the field • BG now holds a 7-3-3 advantage in the all-time series with Kent State ... the Falcons have a 4-2-0 road mark vs. the Flashes ... seven of the 13 overall meetings have required overtime • BGSU is undefeated in the last four matches vs. KSU ... that stretch includes the 2004 MAC Tournament quarterfinal in Kent, as well as the '05 league tournament championship game in BG ... the Falcons have held the Flashes scoreless for the last 366:42, or the equivalent of four-plus games • the Falcons' win ended Kent State's school-record home winning streak at 10 matches • the Falcons now lead Buffalo, 7-3-1, in that series, and BG has a three-game winning streak, with all three victories by shutout.
FALCONS PICKED THIRD
The Falcons have been picked to finish third in the MAC in 2006, according to the preseason coaches poll released last month ... the third-place prediction is the highest spot ever forecasted for the Brown and Orange in school history ... Central Michigan was the coaches' choice to win the MAC regular-season and tournament titles, while Western Michigan was tabbed to finish second in the regular-season race ... following BGSU, Miami was picked for fourth, followed by Kent State and Toledo ... Ball State and Eastern Michigan were projected to tie for seventh, followed by Ohio, Northern Illinois, Buffalo and Akron.
THE 2006 CAPTAINS
Senior Lindsay Carter and junior Janie Babich are the co-captains of the 2006 Falcons ... Carter, the team's lone senior, is also the squad's active career assists leader, with nine, and ranks second among active Falcons in goals (six) and points (21) ... Babich, like Carter, was a starter on last year's MAC regular-season and tournament championship club.
THOSE WHO STAY PLAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
The BGSU women's soccer program is in its 10th season in 2006 ... through the first nine years, every player who has stayed with the program all four years has been a part of at least one team that has advanced to the MAC Tournament's championship match.
