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A Falcon Win, From A to Z
October 24, 2008 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 24, 2008
Final Stats
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - Freshmen Megan Amann and Alyssa Zuccaro teamed up for a first-half goal, and redshirt sophomore Alexa Arsenault posted yet another home shutout, as the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team picked up a 1-0 win over Kent State University Friday afternoon (Oct. 24). The Mid-American Conference match was held at a rainy Cochrane Field.
With the victory, the Falcons improve to 10-5-3 overall and 5-3-1 in MAC action, while the Golden Flashes drop to 5-10-1 and 2-6-1, respectively.
The only goal of the match came with just over 10 minutes gone. Amann took a corner kick from the left side of the field, and Zuccaro headed it past KSU goalkeeper Kris Nelson.
"This is a very important win for Bowling Green," said Falcon head coach Andy Richards. "The late stages of the game were very tense, and we defended very well, especially in the last 10 or 15 minutes, when Kent State was pushing to get the equalizer."
Kent State held a 15-7 advantage in shots, including a 9-3 margin in shots on goal. Arsenault made nine saves, while Nelson had two stops at the other end of the pitch.
On a rainy, chilly day at Cochrane Field, neither team had a great many scoring chances. The Flashes had a few shots in the early going, and Zuccaro's goal came on BGSU's first shot attempt of the afternoon. The goal was very similar to Zuccaro's winning goal in a 4-0 victory over Miami on Oct. 12, a goal which also came off a corner kick by Amann.
The Falcons had several chances negated by foul calls in the second half. In the first 10 minutes of the latter period, Amann's crossing ball was just out of the reach of a lunging Gina Rossi, but soph Jackie Tamerlano tracked down the cross on the right side of the penalty area. Tamerlano played a cross that Zuccaro headed, but the whistle blew before the ball reached Zuccaro's head, and the shot was waved off.
With just under 20 minutes left, junior Colleen Kordan's long free kick sailed into the box, where classmate Samantha Bland and a KSU defender each jumped for the ball. The ball glanced off a head and went just over the crossbar.
Six minutes later, junior Kaitlyn Kobe served a nice ball into the box, but Nelson was able to dive and grab the ball just before senior Kristin McDonald got to it.
With just under 10 minutes remaining, a Kent State free kick sailed into a crowded penalty area. The Flashes' Catharine Marosszeky headed it toward goal, but Arsenault was able to grab the ball before one of the KSU players in the area could take a poke at it.
Two minutes later, Nelson leapt to break up a scoring chance, grabbing senior Corbie Yee's cross just before Rossi arrived.
With less than a minute to play, Kent State had what was arguably its best scoring chance of the game. Marosszeky's short pass found Caitlin Hester, and Hester uncorked a long shot from approximately 30-to-35 yards out. The shot seemed ticketed for the left side of the goal, before Arsenault was able to make a diving stop, tipping the ball over the end line. The Falcons cleared the ensuing corner kick out of danger, and BG preserved the shutout and the win.
"I felt the game was as much about us beating the elements as it was about beating Kent State," said Richards. "The rain, the cold and the wet surface really had an effect on the game. It made it very difficult to play, and really evened the game out.
"But, we got a great goal from Alyssa. It was a nice corner kick by Megan Amann, and a great finish. Obviously, we would have liked to get a second goal, to make things a little more comfortable for us on the bench. But, we are very happy to get the win, to get the shutout and to keep everyone healthy as we now look to Sunday's game."
The Falcons will continue a three-game homestand with that Sunday (Oct. 26) contest, vs. the University at Buffalo. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., with 'Senior Day' festivities taking place prior to the game.
FALCON NOTES
* Freshman Alyssa Zuccaro now has four goals on the season, tying her for second on the team with fifth-year senior Gina Rossi ... senior Corbie Yee paces the Falcons with five goals this year to date.
* Zuccaro's game-winning goal on Friday was her third of the season, the most on the team ... Yee has two GWG so far this year, while five other Falcons have one apiece.
* Freshman Megan Amann's assist was her team-leading sixth of the year.
* Zuccaro is now third on the team in scoring, with her total of nine points trailing only Yee (12) and Rossi (10) ... Amann has eight points, tying sophomore Katie Stephenson for second on the '08 Falcons.
* BGSU is now 6-1-0 in home games this year to date, and the Falcons have an all-time record of 55-51-8 at Cochrane Field.
* The Falcons have won six consecutive home games since a loss to Michigan State on Aug. 31.
* The win over Kent State marked the 12th shutout of the year for the BGSU defense, extending the school record ... the 2006 team had the old mark, with 10 shutouts.
* Redshirt sophomore Alexa Arsenault now has 10 shutouts this season, the BGSU record for an individual ... Erika Flanders had set the old record, with seven shutouts in 2002, and Ali Shingler matched that total in 2005.
* Arsenault now has 16 career shutouts, tying her for second on that school list ... she trails only Flanders (17 from 1999-2002), and is now tied with Shingler (16 from 2001-05).
* Arsenault's 16 shutouts have come in just 31 career starts ... she has lowered her goals-against average to just 0.72 this season and 0.77 in her career.
* Arsenault's GAA marks are just 0.64 in MAC games and 0.47 in home games this season to date.
* BGSU has not allowed a goal at home since the second half of that Michigan State game back on Aug. 31 ... the Falcons' home shutout streak is now at 572:50 ... the school record for consecutive shutout minutes in home games is 946:02 (Sept. 11, 2005, to Sept. 3, 2006).
* Amann and Zuccaro had teamed up for three goals in the last two home games ... Zuccaro scored what would prove to be the GWG, heading home Amann's corner kick, to open the scoring vs. Miami on Oct. 12 ... then, in the second half of that game, Zuccaro returned the favor, playing a cross to Amann, whose one-timer resulted in her first goal ... Zuccaro again headed home a CK by Amann on Friday vs. the Golden Flashes.
* The Falcons now lead Kent State, 9-3-3, in the all-time series between the teams ... BGSU now has a three-game winning streak and a six-game unbeaten streak vs. the Golden Flashes.
* BGSU is now 4-1-3 in home games vs. Kent State, with shutouts against the Flashes in six of those eight games ... BG has outscored KSU, 8-2, in the eight matches at Cochrane Field.
* The Falcons have posted five consecutive shutouts against Kent State ... the Golden Flashes have not scored against BG since a quarterfinal-round game in the 2004 MAC Tournament, a 2-1 BG win ... the Falcons have 10 shutouts in the 15 games vs. KSU.
* BGSU's win on Friday was the 10th of the season ... the Falcons have posted a double-digit victory total for the fifth consecutive year and the seventh time in the 12-year history of the program ... prior to the current five-year run, BG had never posted back-to-back seasons of double-figure win totals.
* The Falcons have won 44 games since the start of the 2005 season, tying the school record for victories in a four-year period.
