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October 30, 2007 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 30, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, having clinched a berth in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, has a chance to earn a top-four seed and a first-round home game in that tourney ... but, the task will not be easy ... the Falcons of head coach Andy Richards (8-9-1, 5-5-0 MAC) will close the regular-season with a Thursday (Nov. 1) game vs. the arch-rival University of Toledo ... kickoff is set for 3:00 p.m. at UT's Scott Park Field ... then, on Sunday (Nov. 4), the Brown and Orange will open MAC Tournament play with a quarterfinal game ... the opponent, site and starting time for that game all are yet to be determined.
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WHAT'S AT STAKE
The Falcons have clinched a berth in the MAC Tournament for the sixth consecutive year ... but, BGSU could still finish as high as the third seed, or as low as the eighth seed for the league tourney ... the top-four seeds will host tournament quarterfinal games on Sunday (Nov. 4) ... a win over UT would give the Falcons a chance at a home game for the first round, while a loss or a tie vs. the Rockets would send BG on the road ... here are the gory details ...
• IF BGSU BEATS UT - The Falcons would finish with 18 points, and would wind up anywhere from the third to the fifth seed ... BG would need either Northern Illinois or Eastern Michigan to lose their Thursday game in order to host a quarterfinal game ... NIU is at Western Michigan, while EMU hosts Central Michigan ... both the Huskies and Eagles own the tiebreaker over the Falcons by virtue of a win over BGSU in head-to-head play.
• IF BGSU TIES UT - the Falcons would finish with 16 points, and would finish as either the fifth or the sixth seed.
• IF BGSU LOSES TO UT - the Falcons would finish with 15 points, and would finish anywhere between the fifth and the eighth seed.
BGSU WOULD WIN A TIEBREAKER WITH: Kent State, Miami, Ohio
BGSU WOULD LOSE A TIEBREAKER WITH: EMU, NIU
SOMETHING ALWAYS ON THE LINE WHEN BG MEETS UT
It seems as if something is always on the line when BGSU meets Toledo ... sure, the importance of getting a win over your arch-rival school always exists ... but, the last five games have had a great deal at stake ... in 2004, the Falcons and Rockets met in the final regular-season game, and BG and UT entered that match in a tie for ninth place ... with the winner earning a trip to the MAC Tournament, and the loser seeing the season come to an end, the Falcons picked up a 3-0 victory at Scott Park (Oct. 28, 2004) ... that win put BG into the league tourney as the eighth and final seed, and the Falcons proceeded to win three games and the tournament ... exactly one year later (Oct. 28, 2005), BG and UT again met at Scott Park to close the regular season ... this time, the Falcons needed a win to clinch the first regular-season title in school history ... BGSU got that victory, by the slimmest of margins, 3-2, as Falcon goalie Ali Shingler was forced to make a save in the final seconds of the match ... the teams met at Cochrane Field less than a week later (Nov. 1, 2005), in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament ... top-seeded BGSU and eighth-seeded UT battled through 110 minutes of scoreless soccer, before the Falcons advanced to the semifinal round via penalty kicks ... in the final regular-season game of 2006 (Oct. 26, 2006), with BGSU needing a win to clinch a home berth for the league tourney quarterfinals, the Falcons and Rockets again waged a scoreless battle into overtime ... this time, however, a Brianne Eisenhard goal gave the Falcons a 1-0 win in the second OT period ... three days later (Oct. 29, 2006), however, the Rockets returned to Cochrane Field and exacted some revenge with a 3-0 win in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals ... that UT win snapped a four-game series unbeaten streak for the Falcons.
THAT WACKY BG-UT SERIES
In 12 series meetings between BGSU and Toledo through the years, the home team has won only twice ... the first such result came in the teams' first-ever meeting, in 1997 ... that game actually was held at the Glass Bowl ... the Falcons are 1-3-2 in home games vs. the Rockets - with five of the six games having gone to overtime - but BG is 5-1-0 all-time in road games vs. the Midnight Blue and Gold, including a perfect 5-0-0 at UT's Scott Park Field, the site of Thursday's match ... the Falcons lead the overall series by a 6-4-2 margin.
THE FALCONS ARE ...
• 98-112-17 all-time, in the 11th season in program history;
• 52-56-11 in Mid-American Conference regular-season matches;
• 30-17-4 vs. MAC schools over the last three-plus seasons (including regular-season and tournament matches), and 22-12-2 vs. conference foes in the last two-plus years;
• 48-50-8 in home games, including 17-9-2 at Cochrane Field in the last three seasons;
• 42-53-8 in road contests;
• 2-6-1 in Friday matches this season to date;
• 6-3-0 in Sunday contests so far in 2007;
• 0-0-0 in Thursday contests this fall;
• 10-7-3 in the month of November through the years (3-0-2 at home, 4-4-0 on the road and 3-3-1 in neutral-site matches during the 11th month);
• 30-1-0 in the last 31 games in which the Falcons have scored first; and
• 1-1-1 all-time in matches played on Nov. 1, including 1-1-0 in both road and regular-season meetings (a 3-0 loss at Ball State in 2001, and a 3-1 win at Wright State the following year) ... BGSU tied Toledo, 0-0 on Nov. 1, 2005, in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament at Cochrane Field, but the Falcons advanced to the semifinals via penalty kicks).
LAST WEEKEND
The Falcons posted a pair of victories at Cochrane Field, increasing the current winning streak to a MAC-best three games ... junior Corbie Yee scored the winning goal in 1-0 decisions against Ohio Friday (Oct. 26) and Akron Sunday (Oct. 28), with the goal vs. OU coming in the second overtime ... redshirt freshman Alexa Arsenault and the BGSU defense increased the team's current shutout streak to 296:43 ... Arsenault made three saves vs. the Bobcats and two against the Zips ... freshman Katie Stephenson assisted on Yee's OT winner Friday, while freshman Jackie Tamerlano and junior Susan Hunter picked up the assists on the second-half goal vs. UA.
YEE NAMED MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior Corbie Yee has been named the MAC Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday morning (Oct. 29) ... Yee earns the honor for the first time this season and the second time in her Falcon career ... Yee, a native of Berea, Ohio, scored both of the Falcons' goals in a pair of 1-0 wins at Cochrane Field over the weekend ... she recorded the second 'Golden Goal' of her career on Friday (Oct. 26), giving the Falcons a victory over Ohio ... then, on Sunday (Oct. 28), Yee scored in the 62nd minute for what proved to be the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Akron.
SIX MORE NOTES ABOUT #6
• Junior Corbie Yee scored the game-winning goal in both matches in a weekend for the second time in her BGSU career ... she scored all three of the Falcons' goals in wins over Kent State and Buffalo last season (Oct. 13-15, 2006), earning MAC Player-of-the-Week honors on that occasion as well.
• Yee now has 11 career goals, the most among active Falcons and the eighth-highest total in school history ... ten of her 11 career goals have come against MAC opposition.
• Yee has a career total of six-game winning goals, ranking her fourth in BGSU history ... she has moved into the BGSU top-10 in career scoring, with 31 points as a Falcon.
• Yee is one of just two Falcons in history with more than one 'Golden Goal' ... Yee's total of two such goals trails only Samantha Meister (three) on that list.
• Yee is tied for second place on the team with nine points this fall to date ... she has two goals and a BG-high five assists on the year.
• In MAC matches only, Yee leads the Falcons with eight points in 10 games.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
BGSU is 8-9-1 on the season ... the Falcons have a 4-4-0 record at home, a 4-5-1 mark on the road and a 5-5-0 ledger in the MAC to date ... BG has won three consecutive matches, all by 1-0 scores, with two of those games going to double-OT (Miami and Ohio) ... most recently, the Brown and Orange downed Akron on Sunday (Oct. 28) at Cochrane Field ... freshmen and sophomores have combined to score 16 of the team's 22 goals this season to date ... sophomore Stacey Lucas leads the Falcons with five goals and 12 points, while freshman Jackie Tamerlano and junior Corbie Yee have nine points apiece ... Tamerlano ranks second on the Falcons with four goals, while Yee has two game-winning goals (both coming last weekend) and a team-leading five assists ... freshman Meagan Moran has seven points on two goals and three assists, while senior Danielle Cygan has scored six points this season to date ... soph Faith Juillerat has five points ... in goal, redshirt freshman Alexa Arsenault is 5-3-1 with a team-high 50 saves and a team-low goals-against average of 0.78 ... junior Christy Zabek has a 3-5-0 record with 32 saves and a 1.93 GAA ... senior Tiffany Hansen has eight saves in her four matches played ... the Falcons returned 16 of 20 letterwinners, including nine starters, from a youthful 2006 squad that went 10-10-0 overall and 7-4-0 in MAC play ... the '06 Falcons tied for third in conference action, and the Brown and Orange advanced to the league tournament for the fifth consecutive year ... Cygan is the top returning scorer, having scored 10 points last season, while juniors Brianne Eisenhard and Yee had eight and seven points, respectively, in '06 ... all three players had three goals, including two game-winning goals, to tie for the team lead in both categories ... Hansen had a 5-8-0 record and a 1.74 GAA a year ago, while Zabek had a 5-2-0 mark and a MAC-leading 0.67 GAA.
AR-SUH-NO (AS IN NO GOALS ALLOWED)
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Alexa Arsenault has a 5-3-1 record and a goals-against average of just 0.78 ... the Richmond Hill, Ontario, native has five complete-game shutouts this season, including three in the last three games ... Arsenault and the BGSU defense have blanked opponents over the last 296:43 ... that marks the fourth-longest shutout streak in school history (by the team), and the fifth-longest such streak by an individual ... teammate Christy Zabek owns the longest streak in BGSU history, blanking opponents for a total of 544:48 over parts of the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
HEAD COACH Andy Richards
Andy Richards is in his eighth season as a collegiate head coach, all with the Falcons ... he has guided the Brown and Orange to unprecedented heights during that time ... the 2005 MAC Coach of the Year, Richards currently has an overall record of 79-78-13, including a MAC Tournament mark of 8-4-3 ... upon his arrival in Northwest Ohio, he took over a team that had gone 19-34-4 in the previous three seasons ... last year, Richards guided the youthful Falcons to 10 overall wins and a tie for third place in the MAC standings ... that came on the heels of the '05 campaign, in which he led the Falcons to the first regular-season title in BG annals and a second-straight MAC Tournament crown ... Richards 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 in '05, as BGSU again won the MAC Tournament crown.
THE OPPONENT / THE SERIES
Toledo enters Thursday's game with a record of 13-4-1, and the Rockets are currently in second place in the MAC standings with a league mark of 8-2-0 ... UT sits one point behind first place Ball State ... the Rockets, like the Falcons, won a pair of one-goal games vs. Akron and Ohio last weekend ... UT downed UA, 1-0, and topped OU by a 2-1 count in double overtime ... Toledo is a perfect 8-0-0 in home games this year to date ... Molly Cornwell leads the Rockets - and the MAC - in scoring ... she has 31 points on 11 goals and nine assists ... Ali Leak and Sarah Schulte also are in double figures in scoring, with 14 and 12 points, respectively ... Leak has six goals and Schulte five ... Andrea Plewes has a 10-2-0 record in goal, with 55 saves and a goals-against average of just 0.54 ... head coach Brad Evans welcomed back 11 letterwinners, including five starters, from last year's team that finished 9-9-4 overall and placed fifth in the MAC with a 5-3-2 league ledger before winning the MAC Tournament title ... the school's athletics web site is www.utrockets.com.
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THE BGSU-TOLEDO SERIES
(BGSU leads, 6-4-2)
Sept. 20, 1997 A^ L 2-3 Sept. 17, 1998 A W 2-1 Oct. 30, 1999 H L 1-2 (OT) Sept. 22, 2000 A W 2-1 Sept. 9, 2001 H T 2-2 (2-OT) Sept. 6, 2002 A W 1-0 Sept. 28, 2003 H L 0-1 (OT) Oct. 28, 2004 A W 3-0 Oct. 28, 2005 A W 3-2 Nov. 1, 2005 H%# T 0-0 (2-OT) Oct. 26, 2006 H W 1-0 (2-OT) Oct. 29, 2006 H% L 0-3 ^ at the Glass Bowl % MAC Tournament QF # BGSU advanced, 3-2, on PKs
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WORKING OVERTIME
The win over Ohio on Friday (Oct. 26) gives the Falcons an all-time record of 16-14-17 in overtime matches ... believe it or not, the previous Friday's (Oct. 19) loss at Ball State was the first time in the 11-year history of BGSU women's soccer that the Falcons lost a road game in OT ... BG has now gone 7-1-8 in overtime matches on opposing soil ... a few other Falcon overtime facts ...
• The Falcons are now 7-11-8 in home overtime games and 2-2-1 in neutral-site overtime affairs;
• The Falcons have played six OT matches in 2007 to date ... the school record is eight OT matches, as the Falcons went 2-3-3 in 2003 ... BGSU was 3-0-0 in overtime last season, tying the school mark for OT wins in a year (3-1-1 in 2000) ... this fall, the Falcons have gone 2-3-1 in OT;
• Three of the 16 overtime wins in program history have come on Oct. 26 ... Samantha Meister (who holds the school record with three 'Golden Goals') scored in OT to give the Falcons a win at Marshall, and Brianne Eisenhard's goal on Oct. 26, 2006, gave the Brown and Orange a 1-0 win over Toledo;
• This year's Ohio game marked the first time in school history that BGSU played three consecutive overtime games;
• BGSU went nearly four years without an overtime loss ... after an OT setback vs. Ohio State on Halloween of 2003, the Falcons were unbeaten in the next 10 such matches (5-0-5), including seven-straight at home, before a home loss to Wright State on Sept. 14 of this season;
• Beginning with that WSU game, the Falcons were winless in four consecutive OT matches this year (0-3-1) before the win at Miami ... the Falcons now have a new streak, having won the last two OT contests;
• BGSU is 2-2-3 in MAC Tournament contests that require overtime ... the Falcons advanced via penalty kicks in all three of those ties.
BRIGHT LIGHTS, GLASS CITY
Thursday's BGSU-Toledo game is scheduled to be televised live by the Buckeye Cable Sports Network (BCSN) in the Toledo area ... according to the BCSN web site (www.bcsn.tv), the station will air the game live, and will also rebroadcast it on Thursday at 9:00 p.m., Friday (Nov. 2) at 7:00 a.m. and Saturday (Nov. 3) at 6:00 a.m.
STEPPING UP WHEN IT COUNTS
Junior Corbie Yee has stepped up during crunch time over the last few games, as many of the notes earlier in this release will attest ... freshman Katie Stephenson also has shown a flair for the dramatic, as she has been involved in the scoring in each of the Falcons' two overtime wins this season to date ... Stephenson scored her first collegiate goal in the Oct. 21 win at Miami ... after scoring that 'Golden Goal,' Stephenson picked up the assist on Yee's OT winner vs. Ohio (Oct. 26), with her pass that split two Bobcat defenders and found an open Yee.
FALCON FACTS
The Falcons will compete in the MAC Tournament for the sixth consecutive season, the second-longest active streak in the MAC ... Ball State will make the league tourney for the seventh-straight year ... redshirt freshman Alexa Arsenault's five wins this season all have been complete-game shutouts ... she is tied for the league lead in shutouts per game (0.50), and also ranks among the MAC leaders in saves percentage (second, .862), goals-against average (fourth, 0.78), total shutouts (tie-fifth, 5), saves per game (sixth, 5.00) and total saves (tie-ninth, 50) ... the Falcons are now 2-8-1 in the all-time series vs. Ohio, and BG is now 2-4-0 in home matches against the Bobcats ... BGSU now has a two-match home winning streak over OU, as the Falcons' only other series victory was a 2-0 decision in the teams' previous meeting at Cochrane Field (Oct. 7, 2005) ... in that contest, the winning goal was scored by a Falcon freshman named Corbie Yee ... BGSU now leads Akron, 6-1-0, in that series, and the Falcons have outscored the Zips by a 13-4 count ... Sunday's UA game was 'Senior Day' for the BGSU women's soccer program at Cochrane Field ... the Falcons' four seniors - Danielle Cygan, Tiffany Hansen, Rachael Ross and Tiernay Tilford - were recognized in pregame festivities, with a number of BGSU women's soccer alumnae on hand ... the Falcons have won three consecutive 'Senior Day' matches, all by shutout, and BGSU is undefeated (3-0-1) in the last four such contests at Cochrane Field ... BG's last 'Senior Day' loss came to nationally-ranked Ohio State, 3-2 in overtime, in 2003 ... freshman Jackie Tamerlano picked up the primary assist on Yee's goal in the Akron game ... for Tamerlano, the assist was her first as a Falcon ... Tamerlano and Yee each have nine points this season, tied for second on the team behind sophomore Stacey Lucas ... junior Susan Hunter also assisted on that goal, for her first assist of the season and the second of her career ... Hunter's other assist as a Falcon also came in a 'Senior Day' win, vs. Buffalo in her freshman year of 2005 ... five of BGSU's eight non-conference opponents have been ranked regionally at some point this year, with four of those eight currently in the Soccer Buzz rankings ... Purdue is first in the Great Lakes region and 10th in the nation, while West Virginia is third in the Mid-Atlantic region and 14th nationally ... Kentucky and Wright State are 13th and 14th, respectively, in the Great Lakes Region ... Purdue, WSU and WVU have a combined record of 40-11-4 this season to date ... with 22 goals this year, the Falcons have topped the team's scoring total (17) for all of last year ... in fact, the Falcons are third in the league in goals per game in MAC games only (1.40 gpg) ... Tilford, junior Brianne Eisenhard and sophomores Colleen Kordan and Samantha Bland are the only Falcons to have started all 18 games this season.
THE 2007 CAPTAINS
Seniors Danielle Cygan, Tiffany Hansen, Rachael Ross and Tiernay Tilford are the captains of the 2007 Falcons.
THOSE WHO STAY PLAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
The BGSU women's soccer program is in its 11th season in 2007 ... through the first 10 years (and this fact will not change in '07), 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.
