Bowling Green State University Athletics
MAC Champion Falcons Hand Out Awards at Banquet
February 18, 2006 | Women's Soccer
Feb. 18, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Seniors Britt Anderson, Molly Bremen and Ashley Wentzel each earned most valuable player awards as the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team held its annual banquet Saturday evening (Feb. 18) at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Head coach Andy Richards guided the 2005 version of the Falcons to Mid-American Conference regular-season and tournament titles, as well as a second-straight trip to the NCAA Championships.
Wentzel also was named the winner of the Leslie Dawley "Fighting Falcon" award, while senior Leah Eggleton earned the team's "Hustle" award for the third consecutive season. Freshman Corbie Yee was named the Falcons' most improved player.
The "Fighting Falcon" award winner is selected by the BGSU coaching staff, while the other five awards are the result of voting by the team members.
Anderson (Fort Collins, Colo./Rocky Mountain) was named the Falcons' MVP on offense. She capped her Falcon career by earning All-MAC First-Team honors after scoring 17 points on the year. Anderson finished second on the Falcons in both points and assists (seven), while placing third on the squad with five goals.
Anderson ended her BG career ranked fifth on the school's all-time scoring list, with 49 points. She is sixth in school history in goals (16) and is tied for fifth in assists (17). Anderson played in 85 career matches -- the fifth most in BG annals -- making 58 starts.
Wentzel (Mason, Ohio/Mason), a 2005 team co-captain, was named the team's MVP on defense after anchoring a Falcon back line that posted a school-record nine shutouts, including three in a row in the Falcons' MAC Tournament run. The Falcons ended the home schedule with eight consecutive shutouts at Cochrane Field, having not allowed a goal in the last 814:44 at home.
At the other end of the field, Wentzel had seven points on a pair of goals and three assists. The goals came in back-to-back home wins over Akron and Kent State, while her assists included one in the MAC Tournament semifinal win over Miami. She ended her career with four goals and 16 assists for 24 points. Wentzel is tied for 13th in BGSU career points, and is deadlocked for seventh on the career assists list. Wentzel wound up her career with a total of 87 matches played, tied for second on that BG career list, and she started 57 contests.
Bremen (Urbandale, Iowa/Valley) was named the Falcons' MVP in the midfiel after playing in 22 matches, starting 16, as a senior. Her lone points of the season came on a goal in a 3-2 win at arch-rival Toledo, a victory which gave the Falcons the regular-season title.
Bremen played in a total of 84 career matches, ranking sixth in school history, and made 45 starts during her four-year BGSU career. A defensive midfielder for the bulk of the time, Bremen had 12 career points on three goals and six assists. She capped her career by being named to both the MAC's All-Tournament Team and the Academic All-MAC Team.
Yee (Berea, Ohio/Berea) picked up the Most Improved Player award. Yee scored 15 points en route to being named the MAC Freshman of the Year, and she was also named to the MAC's All-Freshman and All-Tournament Teams. Yee's 15 points included 10 in league regular-season play. She had a two-goal match in the Falcons' regular-season win over Miami, and had goals vs. Ohio and Eastern Michigan in league action as well. Then, Yee had a hand in both goals in the Falcons' MAC semifinal win, with a goal and an assist vs. MU.
Yee's total of 15 points was the highest by a Falcon freshman since teammates Julie Trundle and Samantha Meister had 18 and 17 points, respectively, in the 2002 season.
Eggleton (Fairfield, Ohio/Fairfield) earned the "Hustle" award for the third year in a row. The award is given to the player who shows a consistent enthusiasm for the game and a tremendous work ethic, both at practice and during games. Eggleton played in 21 matches on the year, making 17 starts, and had six points on a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Her goals included an overtime winner vs. Eastern Illinois, and she also found the net in a home win over Buffalo.
Eggleton completed her career with 28 points, good for 11th on the BGSU list, and she ranks fourth all-time with 18 assists. She was named to the Academic All-MAC Team in 2005.
In addition to her defensive MVP award, Wentzel was the recipient of the Leslie Dawley "Fighting Falcon" award. The award is given to a team member who, through words and actions, most accurately reflects the programs philosophy of 'Today I gave all that I have, for everything I left behind is gone forever.' It has been renamed to honor Dawley, who entered BGSU in the fall of 2002 with the class that just completed its senior season.
In addition to bestowing the aforementioned awards, the Falcons also handed out some hardware, as the team members received their MAC Championship rings. Additionally, the program recognized the team's nine seniors -- Anderson, Bremen, Eggleton, Meister, Trundle, Wentzel, Megan Rapp, co-captain Natalie Sampiller and Ali Shingler -- with each senior being introduced by an underclass player and having the opportunity for some remarks.
Additionally, rising senior Lindsay Carter -- the lone senior on next year's team -- and rising junior Janie Babich, the 2006 co-captains, shared some thoughts on the future of the Falcon program.
BGSU finished the 2005 season with an overall record of 14-7-2, including a 9-2-0 mark in MAC play. The Falcons of sixth-year head coach Richards and assistants Eric Golz and Paul Fabry, as mentioned, captured the league's regular-season and tournament crowns and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second time in as many seasons. BGSU's MAC Tournament championship-game appearance was the team's fourth in Richards' six years.
BGSU WOMEN'S SOCCER - 2005 AWARDS
