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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Host Crucial MAC East Showdowns
April 23, 2009 | Softball
April 23, 2009
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Bowling Green State University softball head coach Shannon Salsburg and the Falcons return home to Meserve Softball Field for a six game home stand, their last home stand of the 2009 season. The Falcons will host two crucial Mid-American Conference East division showdowns. The Orange and Brown will kick off the home stand in a double-header against MAC East division opponent Buffalo on Friday (April 24) at 1:00 p.m. BG will then host East division rival Kent State in a two game weekend series on Saturday (April 25) at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday "Senior Day" (April 26) at 1:00 p.m. to wrap up the Falcons home MAC schedule.
FALCONS LIVE FROM MESERVE SOFTBALL FIELD
For all Falcon fans that can't make it to the live action at the Meserve Softball Field the BGSU softball team will be live via Gametracker for all home games. Falcon fans can follow the team via Gametracker by visiting BGSUFalcons.com.
ON DECK FOR THE FALCONS...
Buffalo • Bulls • 4/24 • 1:00 p.m./3:00 p.m.
The Falcons will start off their six game home stand against Buffalo ... the Bulls are currently 21-21 overall and 4-10 in the MAC, after falling to Niagara 8-1 ... the Falcons and Bulls are in a four way tie for the final spot in the MAC Tournament with Toledo and Eastern Michigan, all holding a conference record of 4-10 ... the Falcons are on an eight game winning streak against the Bulls, sweeping them the last three seasons ... on their home field the Orange and Brown are on a six game winning streak ... the Falcons own the all-time series 14-3, with a 9-1 record in the last ten meetings ... the last meeting (Mar. 30 & 31, 2007) between the two teams the Falcons swept the Bulls in a two game home series (9-3, 9-0 - 5 inn.).
IN THE HOLE FOR THE FALCONS...
Kent State • Golden Flashes • 4/25 • 2:00 p.m. & 4/26 • 1:00 p.m.
Last season the Falcons opened MAC play on the road against Kent State and this season BG will wrap-up their MAC home schedule against them ... this will be the third meeting between head coach Shannon Salsburg and her former team and the second time Salsburg has battled the Golden Flashes on her home turf ... the Golden Flashes are currently 21-17 overall and 12-1 in the MAC, on a four game winning streak overall and an eight game winning streak in the MAC ... the Golden Flashes are the only MAC East division opponent to lead the Falcons in the all-time series (41-49-1) ... the last time the two birds battled was a double-header last season as the Falcons took game one 8-5 with Salsburg picking up her first win against her former team and lost game two 2-3.
SENIOR DAY 2009
The Falcons will honor their lone senior co-captain Hayley Wiemer on Sunday (April 26) as the Falcons take on MAC East division rival Kent State. The first pitch is schedule for 1:00 p.m.
WIEMER APPROACHES 50 W'S
After picking up two wins from the circle last weekend senior Hayley Wiemer is only one win shy of 50 career victories. Wiemer looks to become the fourth Falcon to record 50 career wins from the circle.
SIX DEGREES OF FALCONS
As the Falcons take on all too familiar MAC East division opponent Kent State the familiarity extends from the field to the dugouts. BGSU head coach Shannon Salsburg will take on her former team for the third time at the helm of the Falcons. In the first meeting between Salsburg and her former team the Falcons weren't so lucky falling to the Golden Flashes in double-header by two runs in both games. Last season the Falcons split a double-header with the Golden Flashes winning game one 8-5 as Salsburg picked up her first win against her former team and losing game two 2-3. However, the familiar faces between the two teams don't end there as the Falcons will be facing four former high school teammates and three travel ball teammates. Senior Hayley Wiemer played with Kent States' Alyssa Frobase at St. Ursula Academy and on Team Coca-Cola, Chelsey Jones was also a teammate of Wiemer's at St. Ursula Academy. Sophomores Katelynn Boso will face former Ellet high school and Grand Slam teammate Heather Duhon, while Missy Bowman will face former Massillon Perry high school teammate Amy Hair. Zada Lines and Rachel Delp will see Lady Lasers teammate Holly Finchum in the opposing dugout.
FALCONS SPLIT WITH AKRON AND OHIO
The Falcons went 2-2 this past weekend against Akron (3-1, 8-0) and Ohio (6-4, 0-2) and matched their season high 13 hits, recording their seventh double-digit hit game with at least one hit in every inning in game one against the Bobcats.
SONTAG CONTINUES TO CLIMB THE BG RECORD BOOKS
After crushing her 11th career home run and second of the season against Miami (April 12) and climbing into the BG top-10 career home run list junior Susan Sontag came back the very next game with yet another long ball. Sontag blasted a home run out of the park in right field against Akron (April 17) to record her third homer of the season and 12th career long ball, now tied with former teammate Ashley Zirkle for ninth overall in the BG career record books.
THE "WEST" SIDE OF THE FIELD
A compass normally points North but for Falcon rookie Melissa West her compass points to the "West", whether she is in on the field or at the plate she ends up on the "West" side of the field (third base). West is not only the Falcon's third baseman but also leads the team, is second in the MAC and ranks sixth in the nation averaging 0.15 triples per game and ninth in the nation with five triples on the season. Only 34 games into her collegiate career West has already climbed up the Falcon record books tied for fourth for triples in a season and is only two triples shy of making into the top-15 for career triples in program history.
SALSBURG AGAINST THE MAC
In two seasons at the helm of the Falcons head coach Shannon Salsburg leads seven of the 11 series against Mid-American Conference opponents, is tied with one and only trails- in three. Salsburg and the Falcons lead Akron (5-2), Ball State (5-2), Buffalo (2-0), Miami (4-3), Northern Illinois (4-3), Toledo (6-0) and Western Michigan (4-3) and are tied with Central Michigan (2-2). The three teams to lead the Salsburg and the Falcons are Eastern Michigan (2-4), Kent State (1-3) and Ohio (5-6).
FALCONS AGAINST THE MAC
The Falcons have dominated their MAC East division foes as they own all but one all-time series record. The Falcons lead Akron (43-22-1), Buffalo (14-3), Miami (50-38) and Ohio (52-38). The only team in the MAC East division to lead the Falcons is Kent State (41-49-1). In the MAC West division the Falcons lead four out of the six opponents in the all-time series. The Orange and Brown lead Ball State (47-29), Eastern Michigan (46-34), Northern Illinois (19-15) and arch-rival Toledo (56-33). The only two West teams to lead the Falcons are Central Michigan (16-63) and Western Michigan (28-42).
