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Junior Max Weston's second goal of the season lifted the Falcons to a 1-0 win at Detroit (Doug Sampson photo)
Falcons Win in Motor City
September 15, 2010 | Men's Soccer
Weston's second-half goal gives BGSU first victory of season, 1-0 at Detroit
Junior Max Weston's goal in the 62nd minute lifted the Bowling Green State University men's soccer team to a 1-0 win over the University of Detroit Mercy Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 15). The non-conference match was held at Titan Field.
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The victory was the Falcons' first of the season, improving the team's record to 1-1-2. Phrased another way, BGSU has earned a result in three of the first four matches this season, after doing so in just six of 18 contests in 2009. The Titans dropped to 0-4-1 on the year.
"Today wasn't our best game by any means," said Falcon head coach Eric Nichols. "But, we showed some resilience, defended well and gave ourselves a chance to win at the end.
"We've been chasing this win for a while, so I'm very happy for the guys to have gotten it today. It feels good."
Junior Miguel Rosales made two saves in goal to earn his second shutout of the campaign. Another junior, Chris Jurtovski, picked up the assist on Weston's goal.
That goal came after a foul against UDM gave BGSU a free kick on the left side of the pitch. Jurtovski took the free kick, sending a parallel pass to Weston. Weston's shot eluded Detroit goalkeeper Anthony Shepherd and found the bottom left corner of the net.
"Overall, we are happy to get our first win, and we are excited to continue to build upon it," said senior tri-captain Thomas McLean. "It was a well-fought game today. We didn't play the best that we could, but the result was our main goal, and it was good to get that first win.
"Hopefully, we can continue to grow as a team and the winning can continue throughout the rest of the season."
Both teams were credited with 14 total shot attempts, and both the Falcons and Titans had four shots on goal. In addition to the two saves for Rosales, the Falcons had two 'team saves,' as UDM shots were blocked on the line by BGSU defenders.
Shepherd had three saves for the home team.
The Falcons will return to the road this weekend, taking on Valparaiso University in a Sunday night (Sept. 19) match. That contest is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. locally (8:00 p.m. Eastern) at VU's Brown Field.
FALCON NOTES
* BGSU now leads Detroit, 15-6-2, in the all-time series between the schools ... the Falcons are 7-4-1 in road games vs. UDM.
* With Wednesday's win, the Falcons have matched the road win total for all of last season ... BGSU is 1-0-1 in road games this year to date, after going 1-6-1 in road contests in 2009.
* The Falcons have a record of 1-0-2 in all away matches (road and neutral-site) this season ... last year, BGSU was 1-8-1 in such games.
* Junior Max Weston's goal on Wednesday was his team-leading second of the season ... Weston has been involved in the scoring of all three of BG's goals this fall, with the two goals and an assist.
* With five points on the year, Weston has topped his scoring total for all of last season ... in 2009, he had a total of four points, on a goal and two assists.
* Weston's goal vs. UDM was the first game-winning goal of his collegiate career.
* All three of Weston's career goals have come on the road, with two coming in the state of Michigan ... he scored in the Falcons' game at Michigan last season, and also found the back of the net in BG's contest at Davidson earlier this season.
* Junior Chris Jurtovski had his team-leading second assist of the season, and the second of his career, in Wednesday's win ... Jurtovski had an assist in the Davidson match, knocking Weston's corner kick to freshman Zach Schewee, who scored BG's first goal in that contest.
* Junior Miguel Rosales had his second shutout of the young season ... Rosales, in his first year at BGSU after transferring from the University of Cincinnati, has played all 400 minutes in net ... he has 23 saves and a goals-against average of just 0.90.
FINAL STATISTICS - HTML | BOXSCORE - PDF
The victory was the Falcons' first of the season, improving the team's record to 1-1-2. Phrased another way, BGSU has earned a result in three of the first four matches this season, after doing so in just six of 18 contests in 2009. The Titans dropped to 0-4-1 on the year.
"Today wasn't our best game by any means," said Falcon head coach Eric Nichols. "But, we showed some resilience, defended well and gave ourselves a chance to win at the end.
"We've been chasing this win for a while, so I'm very happy for the guys to have gotten it today. It feels good."
Junior Miguel Rosales made two saves in goal to earn his second shutout of the campaign. Another junior, Chris Jurtovski, picked up the assist on Weston's goal.
That goal came after a foul against UDM gave BGSU a free kick on the left side of the pitch. Jurtovski took the free kick, sending a parallel pass to Weston. Weston's shot eluded Detroit goalkeeper Anthony Shepherd and found the bottom left corner of the net.
"Overall, we are happy to get our first win, and we are excited to continue to build upon it," said senior tri-captain Thomas McLean. "It was a well-fought game today. We didn't play the best that we could, but the result was our main goal, and it was good to get that first win.
"Hopefully, we can continue to grow as a team and the winning can continue throughout the rest of the season."
Both teams were credited with 14 total shot attempts, and both the Falcons and Titans had four shots on goal. In addition to the two saves for Rosales, the Falcons had two 'team saves,' as UDM shots were blocked on the line by BGSU defenders.
Shepherd had three saves for the home team.
The Falcons will return to the road this weekend, taking on Valparaiso University in a Sunday night (Sept. 19) match. That contest is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. locally (8:00 p.m. Eastern) at VU's Brown Field.
FALCON NOTES
* BGSU now leads Detroit, 15-6-2, in the all-time series between the schools ... the Falcons are 7-4-1 in road games vs. UDM.
* With Wednesday's win, the Falcons have matched the road win total for all of last season ... BGSU is 1-0-1 in road games this year to date, after going 1-6-1 in road contests in 2009.
* The Falcons have a record of 1-0-2 in all away matches (road and neutral-site) this season ... last year, BGSU was 1-8-1 in such games.
* Junior Max Weston's goal on Wednesday was his team-leading second of the season ... Weston has been involved in the scoring of all three of BG's goals this fall, with the two goals and an assist.
* With five points on the year, Weston has topped his scoring total for all of last season ... in 2009, he had a total of four points, on a goal and two assists.
* Weston's goal vs. UDM was the first game-winning goal of his collegiate career.
* All three of Weston's career goals have come on the road, with two coming in the state of Michigan ... he scored in the Falcons' game at Michigan last season, and also found the back of the net in BG's contest at Davidson earlier this season.
* Junior Chris Jurtovski had his team-leading second assist of the season, and the second of his career, in Wednesday's win ... Jurtovski had an assist in the Davidson match, knocking Weston's corner kick to freshman Zach Schewee, who scored BG's first goal in that contest.
* Junior Miguel Rosales had his second shutout of the young season ... Rosales, in his first year at BGSU after transferring from the University of Cincinnati, has played all 400 minutes in net ... he has 23 saves and a goals-against average of just 0.90.
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