Bowling Green State University Athletics
Spartans and Purple Aces Visit BGSU For Two Game Homestand
September 19, 2006 | Men's Soccer
Sept. 19, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Michigan State invades Bowling Green on Wednesday afternoon for the first mid-week match-up to be held at Mickey Cochrane Stadium...the afternoon kick-off is set for 4:00 p.m...Sunday, the Purple Aces of Evansville University will give the Falcons their last non-conference look prior to Mid-American Conference play...the match will be the first of a men's and women's double header.
BIRDS OF PREY
The Falcons at Mickey Cochrane Field
• Sunday's home match will be the second of three consecutive matches in Bowling Green, Ohio...head coach Fred Thompson's Falcons hosted Wright State (L 4-1) on Sept. 17...Michigan State (9/20) and Evansville University (9/24) have yet to challenge the Falcons...the Orange and Brown are 1-2-0 at home this season.
The Past Week in Falcon Soccer
• The Ohio State University took the win over the visiting Falcons in Columbus on Thursday night...BGSU was upended 2-0 at Jesse Owens Stadium...Saturday's match against Wright State ended in a 4-1 loss...Mark Scholz made his collegiate debut in the second half and recorded a career high eight saves...Justin Kim recorded the Falcons goal while George Davis IV assisted on the effort.
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
Michigan State's Team History
• The Spartans are coached by Joe Baum who began his 29th season with MSU at 286-210-46 overall...MSU returns 15 letterwinners and seven starters from last year's squad...the Spartans are 5-2-0 overall and 0-1-0 in Big Ten play entering the match.
MSU in 2006
• MSU has yet to win a match on the road (0-1-0) but are undefeated (4-0-0) at a neutral site...Kenzo Webster leads the Spartans with five of their eight season goals... the Spartans last match was Thursday, Sept. 17...they are coming off a 3-1 defeat to Penn State in the Big Ten conference opener...the single goal score was generated off the bench as non-starters Louis Stephens III and Kevin Reiman hooked up on the field.
BGSU/MSU Series History
• Bowling Green has narrowly edged the Spartans since their first meeting in 1970 with the record of 16-12-5...the Falcons also hold the scoring advantage at 46-41 goals...in their 2005 meeting, MSU won the 3-1 contest in East Lansing, Michigan...BGSU has not beat MSU since their 3-1 road victory in 2001.
BGSU and the Big Ten in 2006
• The Falcons are 0-1-0 against Big Ten conference opponents this year...BGSU dropped a 2-0 match to the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sept. 17.
SCOUTING THE PURPLE ACES
Evansville's Team History
• First year head coach Mike Jacobs is 5-2-0 with the Purple Aces...UE was 0-7-0- in the MVC in 2005...the team returns 13 letterwinners and seven starters from the last season' 2-14-1 overall finishers.
Evansville in 2006
• The University of Evansville is ranked 13th nationally among Division I schools this week in scoring with 2.57 goals per match...UE's five match win streak was broken on September 17 as Stony Broke held the Aces scoreless in the 1-0 shutout.
MISCELLANEOUS FALCON NOTES
Evansville Familiar Territory for Thompson
• Head coach Fred Thompson was an assistant for the Purple Aces in 2002-03...Sunday's match will be the first time for the Purple Aces to play at Mickey Cochrane Field.
