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Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU Hosts Toledo Thursday
October 28, 2008 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 28, 2008
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, with one game left in the regular season, has a chance to earn a first-round home game in the Mid-American Conference Tournament ... but, a formidable opponent stands in BG's way ... the Falcons of head coach Andy Richards (11-5-3, 6-3-1 MAC) will host the arch-rival University of Toledo Thursday afternoon (Oct. 30) ... kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at BGSU's Cochrane Field ... then, the Brown and Orange will play a quarterfinal-round match in the conference tournament on Sunday (Nov. 2), with opponent, start time and site to be determined.
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LIVE STATS ON THE WEB
The BGSU-Toledo match is scheduled to have live stats on the web ... and, should the Falcons host a MAC Tournament quarterfinal match, live stats will be available ... all of BGSU's home games have live stats once again in 2008, through the magic of Gametracker ... for up-to-the-minute statistical information for all matches at Cochrane Field, simply log on to BGSUFalcons.com ... the Gametracker link(s) can be found by accessing the women's soccer schedule, and clicking on that day's game.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
The Falcons have clinched a berth in the MAC Tournament for the seventh consecutive year ... BGSU could finish as high as the second seed, or as low as the fifth seed, for the league tourney ... the top-four seeds will host tournament quarterfinal games on Sunday (Nov. 2) ... a win over UT would give the Falcons a home game for the first round, while a loss or a tie vs. the Rockets could send BG on the road ... here are the gory details ...
• BGSU'S CURRENT STANDING - The Falcons are in fourth place with 19 points ... teams earn three points for a win and one for a tie ... BG is one point behind Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan, who are tied for second place ... Northern Illinois is in fifth place, two points behind BG with 17 points, while sixth-place Western Michigan has 16 points.
• IF BGSU BEATS UT - The Falcons would have 22 points, and would be either the second or the third seed ... as mentioned, BG is currently one point behind both CMU and EMU, and the Chippewas host the Eagles on Thursday ... a win would move the Falcons past one of those teams, and BGSU would pass both teams in the event of a BG win and a tie between CMU and EMU.
• IF BGSU TIES UT - The Falcons would finish with 20 points, and would be the fourth or fifth seed ... BG would finish as the fourth seed if NIU loses to WMU ... a BGSU tie and an NIU win would leave the teams deadlocked for fourth place, and the Huskies would win the tiebreaker by virtue of a 2-1 win over BG in the teams' regular-season meeting ... the loser of the CMU-EMU game would win a tiebreaker over the Falcons as well.
• IF BGSU LOSES TO UT - The Falcons would finish with 19 points ... BG would still earn the fourth seed if NIU loses or ties against WMU ... should WMU beat NIU to tie BGSU with 19 points, the Falcons would win the tiebreaker due to a win at WMU in the teams' regular-season meeting.
• BGSU WOULD WIN A TIEBREAKER WITH - WMU
• BGSU WOULD LOSE A TIEBREAKER WITH - CMU, EMU, NIU
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THE BGSU-TOLEDO SERIES (BGSU leads, 7-4-3) 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 Nov. 1, 2007 A W 2-1 Nov. 11, 2007 N!& T 2-2 (2-OT) ^ at the Glass Bowl % MAC Tourn. QF # BG advanced, 3-2, on penalty kicks ! MAC Tourn. Champ. (Muncie, Ind.) & UT advanced, 3-2, on penalty kicks
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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 seven meetings certainly have had a great deal at stake ... bear with us while we refresh your memory ...
• 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.
• In the 2007 regular-season meeting (Nov. 1), Meagan Moran scored a pair of late goals, giving BGSU a 2-1 road win and clinching a home berth for the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament ... Moran's two goals came just 1:21 apart, with the second goal coming with only 23 seconds left in regulation.
• The Falcons and Rockets met just 10 days later (Nov. 11) in the 2007 MAC Tournament's championship match in Muncie, Ind. ... the teams battled rain, mud and a lightning delay of over an hour, and played to a 2-2 tie through double OT, before the Rockets advanced to the NCAA Championships via penalty kicks.
• Each of the last four MAC Tournament titles have gone to Northwest Ohio teams, with the Falcons and Rockets winning two apiece.
THAT WACKY BG-UT SERIES
In 14 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 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 6-1-0 all-time in road games vs. the Midnight Blue and Gold, including a perfect 6-0-0 at UT's Scott Park Field ... one match - last year's MAC Tournament championship - was played at a neutral site ... the Falcons lead the overall series by a 7-4-3 margin.
THE FALCONS ARE ...
• 111-117-22 all-time, in the 12th season in program history;
• 45-31-8 overall in the last three-plus seasons;
• 59-59-12 in Mid-American Conference regular-season matches;
• 38-20-7 vs. MAC schools over the last four-plus seasons (including regular-season and tournament matches), and 30-15-5 vs. league foes in the last three-plus years;
• 56-51-8 at home, and 26-12-2 at Cochrane Field in the last three-plus years;
• 11-3-2 since the start of September;
• 7-1-0 at Cochrane this year, with the only loss coming to a team (Michigan State) that spent time in the national rankings;
• 47-57-12 in road contests;
• 8-9-2 all-time in neutral-site matches;
• 49-50-8 in October matches;
• 0-3-0 in games played on Oct. 30 (with three one-goal losses, including 2-1 home OT setbacks to Miami and Toledo in 1998 and 1999, respectively);
• 41-1-1 in the last 43 games in which BGSU scored first (11-0-0 this season); and
• 0-5-1 in 2008 matches in which the opponent has scored first (with the tie coming at Ohio State).
LAST WEEKEND
The Falcons posted two more home shutouts last weekend, with a 1-0 victory over Kent State Friday (Oct. 24) and a 3-0 win vs. Buffalo on Sunday (Oct. 26) ... freshman Alyssa Zuccaro scored the game's lone goal vs. KSU, on a header off of classmate Megan Amann's corner kick with just over 10 minutes elapsed ... redshirt sophomore Alexa Arsenault made nine saves in the shutout win ... then, on 'Senior Day' at Cochrane Field, seniors Gina Rossi, Kristin McDonald and Corbie Yee scored vs. the Bulls ... Arsenault made three saves, while senior Christy Zabek played the final 16 minutes and did not face a shot on goal.
AMANN NAMED MAC PLAYER OF WEEK
Freshman Megan Amann was named a MAC Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday (Oct. 27) ... Amann earns the honor for the first time in her brief Falcon career ... a native of Troy, Mich., Amann was involved in the scoring of three of BGSU's four goals in last weekend's two wins ... she had the game's only assist in Friday's win over Kent State, as classmate Alyssa Zuccaro headed home her corner kick ... then, on Sunday vs. Buffalo, Amann had the primary assist on each of BG's latter two goals ... she put a left-side cross onto the head of senior Kristin McDonald, who scored the team's second goal of the day ... then, Amann got another assist via corner kick, finding senior Corbie Yee for the final goal.
THANKS, SENIORS
Sunday's game vs. Buffalo was 'Senior Day' for the Falcon women's soccer program ... BGSU's six-woman senior class was recognized in pre-game ceremonies, then went out and accounted for all three goals in the win ... that senior class includes co-captains Brianne Eisenhard and Susan Hunter, as well as Kristin McDonald, Gina Rossi, Corbie Yee and Christy Zabek ... all six were in the lineup together at the end of the match.
ABOUT THE FALCONS
The Falcons are 11-5-3 on the season, and BGSU is 6-3-1 in MAC play ... with one game remaining in the regular season, the Falcons are in fourth place in the 12-team league ... after last weekend's home wins over Kent State and Buffalo, BG is 11-3-2 since the beginning of September ... no fewer than 15 different Falcons have scored at least one goal this season to date ... seniors Corbie Yee and Gina Rossi currently lead the way ... Yee paces the Falcons with six goals and 15 points, while Rossi has five goals and 12 points ... freshmen Megan Amann and Alyssa Zuccaro have 10 and nine points, respectively ... Zuccaro has four goals, and Amann has a team-leading eight assists this year to date ... sophomore Katie Stephenson has three goals this fall, and is fifth on the team with eight points ... redshirt sophomore Alexa Arsenault has started all 19 matches, and has 103 saves and a goals-against average of just 0.69 ... senior Christy Zabek has played over 92 minutes of shutout ball in three relief appearances ... BGSU returned 18 of 23 letterwinners, including nine starters, from a 2007 squad that went 10-9-3 overall and 6-5-0 in MAC play ... the '07 Falcons finished fourth in the final conference standings, then advanced all the way to the MAC Tournament's championship match for the fourth time in five seasons ... the returning Falcons combined for nearly 90 percent of the team's goals scored in 2007, while the two returning goalkeepers combined to start 21 of the team's 22 matches last fall.
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
Just over a week ago, the Falcons had their first back-to-back losses in exactly one year, falling at Central Michigan (Oct. 17) and Eastern Michigan (Oct. 19) ... BG had last suffered consecutive setbacks on Oct. 14 and 19 of last season ... after that Oct. 19 loss in 2007, the Brown and Orange went on a seven-match unbeaten streak to end the season, a streak that took BG all the way to the championship game of the MAC Tournament ... BGSU won four-straight games to end the regular season, then picked up an overtime win in the 2007 MAC Tournament ... the Falcons had a pair of ties in the next two rounds of the tourney, advancing past Ball State via penalty kicks in the semifinals before seeing Toledo advance through PKs in the MAC Tournament's championship match.
THE OPPONENT / THE SERIES
Toledo is 13-4-0 on the season, and the Rockets are 8-2-0 in MAC play ... UT has clinched the league's regular-season title and the top seed for the MAC Tournament ... the Rockets lost two of three games to begin the conference campaign, but have won seven-straight games since that time ... last weekend, UT posted one-goal wins over Buffalo (2-1; Oct. 24) and Kent State (3-2; Oct. 26) ... Toledo is 5-3-0 on the road this year, including 4-2-0 in MAC road tilts ... individually, Molly Cornwell leads the Rockets in scoring, with 15 points on five goals and five assists ... Ali Leak has 12 points and is tied with Cornwell for the team lead, with five goals ... three players - Heather Wesley, Kristen Lynn and Brittany Hensler - have four goals apiece ... in goal, Vicki Traven has an 11-2 record, six shutouts and a goals-against average of just 0.62 ... last year, the Rockets went 14-6-3 overall and 8-3-0 in MAC action, tying BGSU in the MAC Tournament championship before advancing past the Falcons via PKs ... coach Brad Evans welcomed back 17 letterwinners, including eight starters, from that club ... the school's athletics web site is www.utrockets.com.
The Falcons lead Toledo, 7-4-3, in the all-time series between the teams ... BG and UT have met twice in each of the last three seasons ... the Falcons are 4-1-2 vs. Toledo in the last seven meetings ... BG is just 1-3-2 in home games vs. the Rockets ... last season at UT's Scott Park, Meagan Moran scored twice in the last two minutes of the second half to give the Falcons a 2-1 win in the regular-season finale (Nov. 1, 2007) ... 10 days later, the teams tied, 2-2, in the MAC Tournament's championship match in Muncie, Ind. ... the Rockets advanced past the Falcons via PKs ... Brianne Eisenhard and Corbie Yee scored BG's goals during scrimmage play in that game ... two years ago, the teams met twice in a four-day span at Cochrane Field ... Eisenhard's 'Golden Goal' gave the Falcons a 1-0 win in the regular-season meeting (Oct. 26, 2006), but the Rockets responded with a 3-0 victory in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals (Oct. 29, 2006) ... as mentioned earlier, the home team has won only twice in the 14 series meetings ... six of the 14 games - including five of the six meetings at Cochrane Field - have gone to overtime.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FOUR-YEAR RUN
The Falcons have won a total of 45 games since the start of the 2005 season ... that is a new school record for victories in a four-year period.
FALCON NOTES
The Falcons have qualified for the MAC Tournament for the seventh consecutive season, and the ninth time in the 12-year history of the program • freshman Megan Amann is tied for the MAC lead in assists (eight) and assists per game (0.42) ... her total of eight helpers is just two shy of matching the school's single-season record ... Julie Trundle had 10 assists in 2005 • BGSU is 7-1-0 in home games this year to date, and the Falcons have an all-time record of 56-51-8 at Cochrane Field • BG has won seven consecutive home games since a loss to Michigan State on Aug. 31 ... that seven-win streak is a new school record ... the old mark was six consecutive home wins, from Sept. 11 to Oct. 16, 2005 • BGSU is now 4-0-0 in MAC home games this year, having outscored opponents by a 9-0 margin in those four games • Sunday's win over Buffalo marked the 13th shutout of the year for the BGSU defense, extending the school record ... the 2006 team had held the old mark, with 10 shutouts • redshirt sophomore Alexa Arsenault has 10 complete-game shutouts this year, a new BG 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 has lowered her goals-against average to 0.69 this season and 0.75 in her career • she has a GAA of just 0.59 in MAC games, and 0.41 in home games this year to date • BGSU has not allowed a goal at home since the second half of that Michigan State game on Aug. 31 ... the Falcons' home shutout streak now stands at 662:50 ... the school record for consecutive shutout minutes in home games is 946:02 (Sept. 11, 2005, to Sept. 3, 2006) • BG's win over UB was the 11th 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 ... senior Corbie Yee now has 19 goals and 50 points in her career ... she is fifth on the school list in both categories.
