Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Meet Wright State, Purdue this Weekend
September 12, 2007 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 12, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, after splitting a pair of matches for the second-straight weekend, will start the second half of the non-conference schedule this weekend ... the Falcons of head coach Andy Richards will play a rare non-league home game, taking on Wright State University on Friday (Sept. 14) ... that match is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. at Cochrane Field ... the BGSU-WSU game is the third game in a Friday tripleheader at Cochrane, as the Falcon men are hosting the BGSU Invitational this weekend ... on Sunday (Sept. 16), the Brown and Orange travel to West Lafayette, Ind., to face a Purdue University team coming off the biggest win in its history ... the Falcons and Boilermakers will kick things off at 1:00 p.m. at Purdue's Varsity Soccer Complex.
BGSU Release and Stats in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader
THE FALCONS ARE ...
• 92-105-16 all-time, four matches into the 11th season in program history;
• 47-51-11 in Mid-American Conference regular-season matches;
• 26-19-2 overall in the last two seasons (plus four games);
• 25-12-4 vs. MAC schools over the last three seasons (including regular-season and tournament matches), and 17-7-2 vs. conference foes in the last two years;
• 45-46-8 in home games, including 15-7-2 at Cochrane Field in the last two-plus seasons (the '05 and '06 seasons mark BGSU's only two winning home records in history);
• 39-50-7 in road contests;
• 0-2-0 in Friday matches this season to date;
• 2-0-0 in Sunday contests so far in 2007;
• 0-0-0 against Purdue, as Sunday's match will conclude a four-game stretch in which BG faces all three first-time foes on the 2007 schedule (Kentucky and Murray State are the others);
• 35-43-6 in the month of September through the years;
• 1-1-0 all-time in matches played on Sept. 14 (with both of those contests coming at Cochrane Field - a 6-0 loss to Northern Illinois in 1997 and a 1-0 win over Cincinnati six years later); and
• 1-0-0 in contests on Sept. 16 (with the only prior match coming at Cochrane; a 6-0 win over Cleveland State in 2005).
LAST WEEKEND
The Falcons splitting a pair of road matches, falling at Kentucky by a 4-0 count Friday night (Sept. 7) before responding with a 1-0 win at Murray State Sunday afternoon (Sept. 9) ... sophomore Faith Juillerat scored the lone goal of the latter match, early in the second half, to give BGSU the win ... classmate Stacey Lucas assisted on the goal, while junior Christy Zabek made four saves in goal to earn the shutout.
LIVE STATS ON THE WEB
Both of this weekend's matches will have live stats on the web ... all of BGSU's home games will have live stats via Gametracker ... and, the Purdue game on Sunday also will have statistics available through the magic of GT ... for up-to-the-minute statistical information on matches at Cochrane Field throughout the season, log on to BGSUFalcons.com.
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 73-71-12, 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.
LOOKING TO SLAY THE GIANT-KILLERS
The Falcons' Sunday opponent, Purdue, enters the week coming off the biggest win in program history ... the Boilermakers, 3-1-1 on the season, knocked off the #1 team in the country, Portland, over the weekend by a 1-0 score ... Purdue is now ranked in each of three national polls.
FIRST GOAL IS MIGHTY IMPORTANT
It is not surprising that the first goal of the match can go a long way toward determining the winner ... for the Falcons in recent years, this statement certainly rings true ... believe it or not, the team scoring the first goal has gone on to win in every BGSU match over the last two-plus years ... that streak spans 44 matches (including two scoreless draws) ... not since Sept. 11, 2005, has a team scored first, but eventually lost the match ... on that date, the Falcons surrendered a goal at Northern Arizona before rallying for a 2-1 win ... in the ensuing 44 contests, 34 have been shutouts.
ZABEK PUTS UP A ZERO
Junior Christy Zabek picked up the Falcons' first shutout of the season in Sunday's (Sept. 9) 1-0 win at Murray State ... Zabek made four saves to earn her sixth career shutout.
SOPHOMORES' SCORING SURGE
Sophomores have been responsible for all three of the Falcons' goals this season to date, along with one of the team's two assists ... soph Faith Juillerat scored for the Brown and Orange vs. Murray State ... Stacey Lucas has the team's other two goals so far this year ... Lucas had the assist on Juillerat's goal Sunday.
FALCON NOTES
Freshman Jackie Tamerlano made her first collegiate start in Friday's game at Kentucky ... Falcon frosh had all three of BGSU's shots on goal in that match, as Tamerlano, Alicia Almond and Katie Stephenson each had one ... on Sunday at Murray State, Almond made her first collegiate start ... sophomore Faith Juillerat's goal in that match was her first match-winning goal as a Falcon ... she is halfway to her point total for the 2006 season, having amassed four points (on two goals) in her freshman year ... soph Stacey Lucas has figured in the scoring of all three BGSU goals this season to date ... Lucas scored both Falcon goals in the Sept. 2 win over Eastern Illinois, and she assisted on Juillerat's goal a week later.
THE OPPONENTS / THE SERIES
Wright State will bring a 3-2-0 record to Cochrane Field on Friday ... the Raiders have posted wins over Jacksonville State, Austin Peay, and Kent State, with the latter a convincing 4-0 victory Friday (Sept. 7) ... WSU's losses have come against Ohio State and Toledo, with the Rockets downing the Raiders, 1-0, on Sunday (Sept. 9) ... Amy Miller has four of the team's nine goals this year, and leads the Raiders with nine points ... Meghan Hackerson has played every minute in goal this year to date, and has a 1.00 goals-against average ... coach Pat Ferguson welcomed back 12 letterwinners, including six starters, from last year's team that tied the school record for wins ... WSU finished 12-3-4 overall and 4-2-1 in Horizon League play ... the school's athletics web site is WSURaiders.com.
Purdue enters the week with a 3-1-1 record ... the Boilermakers tied Kentucky to open the season, then lost to Louisville before reeling off three-straight wins ... Purdue has downed Xavier, Washington and the number-one ranked team in the nation, Portland ... the latter win came by a 1-0 score Sunday ... the Boilermakers host Valparaiso Wednesday (Sept. 12) and Morehead State Friday (Sept. 14) before meeting BGSU Sunday ... the team is now ranked 22nd in the nation in the NSCAA/adidas poll, 24th by Soccer America and 30th in the Soccer Buzz poll ... Shauna Stapleton leads the team with six points on three goals ... Jenny Bradfisch has played all five matches in goal, and has a GAA of just 0.57 ... head coach Rob Klatte returned 23 letterwinners, including nine starters, from last year's club that went 14-6-3 overall and 6-3-1 in Big Ten Conference action ... the '06 Boilers advanced to the NCAA Championships ... the school's athletics web site is purduesports.com.
The Falcons and Wright State are deadlocked, 3-3-0, in the all-time series between the teams, but the Raiders have won each of the last three meetings ... the teams will be meeting for the seventh consecutive season ... BGSU holds a 2-1-0 home record vs. WSU, but the Raiders captured a 4-0 decision in the last meeting at Cochrane, two years ago (Aug. 28, 2005) ... last season, Wright State picked up a 3-0 win over the visiting Falcons (Sept. 17, 2006).
The Falcons have never met Purdue in women's soccer.
THE BGSU-WRIGHT STATE SERIES
(Tied, 3-3-0)
Oct. 9, 2001 H W 2-1 Nov. 1, 2002 A W 3-1 Sept. 21, 2003 H W 3-0 Oct. 30, 2004 A L 0-1 Aug. 28, 2005 H L 0-4 Sept. 17, 2006 A L 0-3
THE BGSU-PURDUE SERIES
(First Meeting)
TOUGH CROWD
The Falcons have perennially played a challenging non-conference schedule, and this season is no exception ... Andy Richards and Company play six of the eight non-league matches away from home this fall ... five of the eight opponents are currently ranked regionally, according to Soccer Buzz ... this week, West Virginia is rated third in the Mid-Atlantic Region and 14th in the country ... four Falcon non-conference opponents are ranked in this week's Great Lakes Region top 15 ... that list includes Purdue (fifth), Kentucky (seventh), Michigan State (14th) and Wright State (15th) ... the Falcons are one of two GL Region teams also receiving votes in this week's poll.
MORE ABOUT THE FALCONS
BGSU is 2-2 on the young season, as mentioned, after a 4-0 loss at Kentucky and a 1-0 win at Murray State ... sophomore Stacey Lucas has figured in the scoring of all three BGSU this year to date, and is five-sixths of the way to matching her point total for all of last season ... sophomore Faith Juillerat scored vs. Murray State, giving her two points this year, while freshman Meagan Moran has an assist on the season ... in net, junior Christy Zabek has started all four matches, and has 16 saves and a 2.46 goals-against average ... the Falcons return 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 ... the Brown and Orange advanced to the league tournament for the fifth consecutive year ... senior Danielle Cygan is the top returning scorer, having scored 10 points last season, while juniors Brianne Eisenhard and Corbie Yee had eight and seven points, respectively ... all three players had three goals, including two game-winning goals, to tie for the team lead in both categories ... Tiffany Hansen, a senior in 2007, had a 5-8-0 record and a 1.74 goals-against average a year ago, while Zabek had a 5-2-0 mark and a MAC-leading 0.67 GAA.
FALCONS PICKED SECOND
The Falcons have been picked to finish second in the MAC in 2007, according to the preseason coaches poll released in mid-August ... the second-place prediction is the highest spot ever forecasted for the Brown and Orange in school history ... BGSU was picked for third in last year's preseason poll, and wound up in a tie for third ... Ball State was the coaches' choice to win the MAC regular-season and tournament titles in 2007.
THE 2007 CAPTAINS
Seniors Danielle Cygan, Tiffany Hansen, Rachael Ross and Tiernay Tilford are the captains of the 2007 Falcons ... Hansen started 13 matches for the Falcons last fall, in her first season after transferring from Louisville ... Cygan led the Falcons in scoring a year ago, with 10 points ... Cygan, Ross and Tilford all were freshmen on the 2004 Falcon team that won the MAC Tournament title, BGSU's first conference crown in program history ... the three were sophomores on the '05 team that won the MAC's regular-season and tournament titles, and returned to the NCAA for the second-straight season.
LOOKING TO EXTEND SOME IMPRESSIVE STREAKS
BGSU is looking to extend several streaks in 2007 ... last year, the Falcons finished with a winning record in MAC play for just the third time in the 10-year history of the program ... after going 9-2-0 in league action in 2005 and 7-4-0 in '06, the Falcons have posted back-to-back winning MAC records for the first time ever ... BGSU's only other winning MAC ledger came in 2002 (7-4-1) ... the '06 Falcons finished among the top-four teams in the MAC standings for only the third time (fourth in 2002, first in 2005) in school history, and the second-straight year ... overall, the Falcons have now posted three consecutive seasons of double-digit wins for the first time in school annals ... BG has had back-to-back records of at least .500 for the first time ever.
THOSE WHO STAY PLAY FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
The BGSU women's soccer program is in its 11th season in 2007 ... through the first 10 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.
