Bowling Green State University Athletics
Meister, Trundle Named to All-Ohio First Team
April 10, 2006 | Women's Soccer
April 10, 2006
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Four Bowling Green State University women's soccer seniors have been named to the 2005 All-Ohio team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association, it was announced recently. Seniors Samantha Meister and Julie Trundle earned first-team honors on the Division I and II squad, while classmate Britt Anderson was named to the second team and a fourth senior, Ali Shingler, garnered honorable mention.
Meister was the 'Midfielder of the Year,' as the top vote-getter among all players at that position.
 Julie Trundle, shown here in the MAC Tournament championship, made the match-ending penalty kick as the Falcons moved past Kent State for the league tourney title  |
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Meister, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio (Northwest H.S.), became the first player in school history to be named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year in 2005. She led the Falcons and finished second in the MAC in scoring, with 22 points, and also led the Brown and Orange in goals, with eight. She finished her career with totals of 28 goals and 73 points, ranking second on the BGSU lists in each category.
Trundle, from Medina, Ohio (Medina H.S.), had 16 points on three goals and a school-record 10 assists in 2005. The school's career assists leader with 33, she is the only player in BG history to have recorded at least seven assists in each of her four years. Trundle helped the top-seeded Falcons to the MAC Tournament title in 2005, as BGSU's defense posted three shutouts. She converted the match-ending penalty kick to break a 2-2 PK deadlock in both the tournament's quarterfinal round vs. Toledo and the championship match against Kent State.
Anderson, who hails from Fort Collins, Colo. (Rocky Mountain H.S.), capped her Falcon career by earning All-MAC First-Team honors after scoring 17 points on the year. She finished second on the team in both points and assists (seven), while placing third on the squad with five goals. She ended her career ranked fifth on the school's all-time scoring list, with 49 points. She is sixth in goals (16) and is tied for fifth in assists (17).
 Britt Anderson prepares to win a ball in the air in that championship game. Anderson, a first-team all-league pick, was named to the All-Ohio Second Team |
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 Ali Shingler stops a KSU penalty kick during the MAC Tournament title match. Shingler was an All-Ohio Honorable-Mention selection |
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The All-Ohio teams are selected by the coaches, from the 16 Division I and Division II institutions in the state of Ohio.
The Falcons of head coach Andy Richards finished 14-7-2 overall and won the MAC's regular-season title with a 9-2-0 league ledger. BGSU, as mentioned, advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season.
