Bowling Green State University Athletics
Bowling Green Opens Home Schedule With Falcon Classic
September 12, 2007 | Men's Soccer
Sept. 12, 2007
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Falcons are set to host the 2007 Falcon Invitational on Friday, Sept. 14 and Sunday, Sept. 15 ... Canisius, Central Arkansas and Detroit are scheduled to participate in the `classic' style tournament ... the hosts will face Central Arkansas on Friday afternoon and Canisius on Sunday afternoon ... both games are set to kick-off at 2:30 p.m. ... Detroit will see the likes of Canisius on Friday at 12:00 and Central Arkansas on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.
Falcon Classic Tournament Central
Up to date live in-game statistics can be accessed through the Tournament Central link on the BGSU main page (bgsufalcons.com) as well as the BGSU men's soccer page (bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/bgu-m-soccer-body.html) ... team specific rosters and statistics will also be available via the Tournament Central page ... on Sunday, viewers in the Toledo, Ohio area will have the chance to see the Falcons battle the Canisius Griffins on the BCSN network ... check local listings for times and coverage.
Tournament Falcons
Excluding conference and NCAA post-season tournaments, BGSU has won 25
of the 69 tournaments in which they have participated dating back to their first tournament, the `76 UW-Milwaukee Tournament ... BGSU took second in that first tournament and have been named runners-up in an additional eight tournament runs ... between the years of 1986-97, BGSU won 20 of 28 tournament crowns ... the 2001 BGSU/Diadora Challenge (Sept. 22-23) was the last tournament the Falcons won outright ... last season the Falcons took second in the BGSU Falcon Classic ... sophomores Tyler Deal, Jacob Lawrence and Ahmad Smith were named to the All-Tournament team.
Unlocking That Cochrane Magic
Bowling Green is 27-11-5 all-time when opening the home season at Mickey
Cochrane Field ... the record translates into a .686 win percentage ... last season's overtime win over Western Illinois was the first opening day win since 2001 when BGSU beat Dayton 3-1 ... in 2003 the Orange and Brown tied Cincinnati to start the home schedule ... in the early 90's (90-96) the Falcons did not lose their first match at Cochrane Field winning every opening day match from 1990-95 and tying their first home match in 1996 ... only one home opener has been canceled - September 23, 2000 vs. Ohio State.
Home Opening Weekend Outcomes in the Thompson Era (2004-pr)
2004 - Sept. 1 Michigan State - L, 3-0 // Sept. 4 IUPUI (2OT) - L, 2-3
2005 - Sept. 23 Ohio State (2OT) W 3-2 // Sept. 25 St. Mary's (Calif.) W 3-1
2006 (hosts of Falcon Invitational) - Aug. 25 - Western Illinois (2OT) - W, 2-1 // Aug. 27 - Eastern Illinois - L 2-1
Klancic Scores First Goal as George Mason Hands Men's Soccer Loss
Freshman Matt Klancic scored the lone Falcons' goal as the Orange and Brown
dropped their first match of the season at George Mason University on Friday afternoon ... the goal was the first in Klancic's young career as a Falcon ... George Mason jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and kept the Falcons scoreless through the end of the first half ... the host then slipped another past junior goalkeeper Paul Shoemaker for their third and final score of the game after a little more than an hour of the match had expired (66:36) ... Klancic put the Falcons on the scoreboard after
receiving a serve from Hunter Van Houten toward the later portion of the second half at the 87:36 mark ... the assist was Van Houten's first of the season.
Falcons Lose Heartbreaker At American University
A defensive mistake led to the Falcons scoring in their own net and dropping Sunday afternoon's match at American University, 2-1 ... Gavin Dozier netted his first collegiate goal in the effort ... American's Jon Freimark opened the match with a breakaway goal at the 42:15 mark as American took the 1-0 lead into the locker room at the half ... Dozier, a Columbus native, took the speech to heart and evened the scoreboard at 1-1 with his first goal as a Falcon as the game clock struck 69:12 ... the
red-shirt sophomore used the outside of his right foot to boot one past the American goalkeeper and tangle it in the netting of goal ... the Falcons' defense saw a bit of problems as their shifting speed slowed and after stopping the American scoring threat a misplay of the ball led to the own goal (87:27) and the eventual loss.
Barely Children of the 80's But Still Cracking the Starting Line-Up
Though most of the Falcon's starting line-up may not be old enough to remember the Saturday morning cartoon that inspired this summer's blockbuster movie Transformers they are making an immediate impact for BGSU on the field ... seven underclassmen started both games this weekend with two others making appearances ... r-sophomore Chuko Evawaraye, true sophomores Tyler Deal, Jacob Lawrence and Hunter Van Houten have started all four games for the Falcons to date, while freshmen Thomas McLean and Dusko Topolic have broken the starting line-up on four occasions ... sophomores Gavin Dozier, Cameron Hepple, Ahmad Smith and freshmen Garrett Bireline, Matt Klancic, and Sean Misick also contributed time as reserves ... Evawaraye, McLean, Dozier and Klancic are responsible for 100% of the Falcons scoring in 2007.
Score Often and Score Early ... In Your Career with the Orange and Brown
On September 9, 2007 in Washington, D.C., Matt Klancic became the second Falcon rookie to notch his first goal on the collegiate playing field ... Klancic joined fellow freshman Thomas McLean in the "Young Scorers Club" who stuck his first goal in the second match of the season ... as a result of their first year goals, McLean and Klancic contributed to a group of seven players on the active Falcon roster to net a goal in their first year of eligibility under Thompson ... of those seven (see list below), only sophomore Ahmad Smith netted a quicker goal ... Smith's inaugural goal was
scored in his first match with the team on Aug. 25, 2006 as the Falcons downed Western Illinois 2-1 (OT) at Mickey Cochrane Stadium while McLean's was in his second outing with BGSU ... note: Cameron Hepple scored in his red-shirt freshman season after sitting out his first season with the Falcons ... the Falcons are 3-4 under Thompson if one of his rookies scores their first goal that game.
2007-08 Captains Announced
Senior Abiola Sandy has been elected to captain the 2007-08 men's soccer squad, he will be joined by sophomore Hunter Van Houten and freshman Thomas McLean in the effort ...none of the three have prior seasonal service as a Falcon captain ... as of Sept. 12, between the tri-captains 53 collegiate starts have been made ...in a poll of a dozen NCAA Div. I soccer SID's, McLean is believed to be a rare breed as a rookie captain ... Florida Gulf Coast is the only other known squad that will also see a freshman captain this year ... note: 2007 will be the first season FGCU is fielding a team and
the roster comprised of freshmen and a sophomore.
About the Sugar Bears
(September 14, 2007 - at Mickey Cochrane Field)
Under the direction of fifth year head coach Chad Flanders, the University of Central Arkansas is currently 2-2-0, beating both Centenary and Missouri State but dropping decisions to UC Riverside and Drake ... all four of the games have been decided by a goal ... UCA is both allowing and earning 1.75 goals per game ... Matt Marlin is leading the attack with three goals, while Jimmy Nummy has a pair of goals and assists ... Dan Foster and Rudy de
Anda have each chipped in a goal while Randy Randolph and Chris Bell have contributed assists ... this is just the second season in which the Bears are
competing at the Division I level ... last season they posted a 6-8-2 overall record ... Bowling Green has never met UCA on the soccer field.
About the Griffins
(September 16, 2007 - at Mickey Cochrane Field)
Led by head coach Jim Hesch, Canisius College enters the weekend at 0-2-0 with losses at nationally ranked Connecticut and a double-overtime defeat at the hands of visiting Robert Morris ... against UConn, Canisius put together a late rally after being down 3-0 at the half ... both Adam Studinarek and Alan McGreal contributed goals in the 3-2 loss ... Simba Aberdeen converted his first goal of the year in the Griffs 2OT loss ... all three of Griffs goals have come in the final 10:00 of regulation play ... Bowling Green is 0-0-1 in their only meeting with Canisius ... in the 2001
meeting, the game ended as a 0-0 shutout tie.
About the Titans
(BGSU Falcon Invitational participant)
No stranger to the Falcons, the University of Detroit has met up with BGSU 19 times since 1987 ... BGSU and UDM will not face each other in this weekend's tournament but will meet up on October 24 ... head coach Morris Lupenec's team enters the weekend with a 0-2-1 overall record but will travel to IPFW before challenging the field at the Falcon Classic ... both Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton have beaten the Titians this season ... in their most recent outing, UDM tied Oakland with a 0-0 shut-out ... UDM has scored only once this season in three matches and has allowed seven goals.
