Sunday, October 2
Bowling Green, Ohio
12:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
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vs
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Florida Atlantic
Danny Baraldi celebrates after scoring just 19 seconds into the second half (photo by Kristi Kopaniasz, BGSU Athletic Communications)
Falcons Strike Quickly in Second Half, Finish Off FAU, 3-0
October 02, 2011 | Men's Soccer
BGSU scores twice within first four minutes after halftime
The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team struck quickly in the second half, scoring twice within the first four minutes to take command against visiting Florida Atlantic University Sunday afternoon (Oct. 2). The Falcons posted a 3-0 win over the Owls in Mid-American Conference action at Cochrane Field.
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With the win, the Falcons improve to 7-2-1 overall and 1-0-0 in MAC action. BGSU has topped the overall win total for all of last season. In fact, BG has not won as many as seven matches in a season since 2003. FAU drops to 5-5-1 and 0-2-0, respectively.
A pair of first-year Falcons, freshman Danny Baraldi and junior Rodcliff Hall, scored those second-half goals. Baraldi struck with just 19 seconds gone in the period, and Hall scored at the 48:20 mark.
BGSU had taken a 1-0 lead into the intermission, benefitting from an own goal midway through the opening half. A corner kick by Baraldi was headed into the net by an FAU defender at the 23:15 mark.
When the second half began, redshirt junior Zach Lemke poked the ball away from a Florida Atlantic player approximately 40 yards from goal. Lemke lunged to knock the ball from left to right across the pitch. As the ball rolled toward the penalty area, Baraldi ran onto it and hit a one-timer that beat FAU goalkeeper Jeremy Crumpton, giving the Falcons a two-goal margin just 19 seconds into the period.
Three minutes later, senior tri-captain Tanner Fink played a long ball ahead to Hall. Hall, with a defender draped all over him, shielded the ball away from the FAU backliner, took a few dribbles and uncorked a shot that eluded the diving effort of Crumpton for a three-goal margin. From there, sophomore 'keeper Michael Wiest and the BG defense did the rest.
The Falcons held a 14-7 advantage in total shot attempts, and BG did not allow a single shot on goal, as the home team enjoyed a 6-0 margin in that column. Wiest was not forced to make a save en route to his fifth shutout in seven starts this season to date.
Crumpton made two saves in 82-plus minutes before giving way to Scott Powers. Powers, making his FAU debut, had one save in his 7:55 of work.
The Owls controlled possession for much of the first 10 to 15 minutes of Sunday's match, and FAU had the first two shot attempts of the match. The Falcons then began to come alive at the offensive end of the pitch, firing the next three shots of the day.
Sophomore Ryan Snashall, Fink and Baraldi each took shots during that span. And, Snashall nearly had another chance, but FAU's Joachim Hansteen made a nice defensive play to knock the ball away from the Falcon soph as he tried to cut to his left in the penalty area.
A BG flurry with 26 minutes gone very nearly put the Falcons ahead. Baraldi's free kick was tipped on goal by Snashall, but Crumpton got a hand on the ball to make the save at the far post. Fink's follow try from close range was blocked by an Owl defender.
Then, midway through the period, the Falcons got on the scoreboard, thanks to the own goal. Baraldi took a corner kick from the left side of the field, and as several players jumped, an FAU defender got a head on the ball and inadvertantly deflected it into his own net.
Less than a minute after the goal, Hall had a scoring chance after a steal. But, Crumpton was able to grab the ball as the Falcon junior tried to elude him in the box.
The Owls had a 7-3 advantage in shot attempts in the opening half, although BG had the only two shots on goal (including the own goal). That would all change in the second half, as the Falcons had an 11-0 advantage in shots, putting four on goal, and two of those four in the net. In fact, BGSU scored on the first two shot attempts of the period.
Only 19 seconds into the period, BGSU would double the lead when Lemke's steal resulted in Baraldi's goal into the lower left side of the net. Then, Fink's long ball over the top led to Hall's one-on-one goal, and the Falcons were on their way to the seventh win of the season.
With under seven minutes gone in the half. redshirt sophomore Brandon Silva got his head on a Baraldi corner kick. Silva, facing the left side of the pitch, nodded the ball behind him and toward the far (right) post, but Crumpton was able to gather the shot.
Nearly 60 minutes into the match, sophomore Zach Schewee played a ball forward to Hall, in much the same manner that Fink had just over 10 minutes earlier. This time, however, the Owls' Timothy Merrigan was able to stay with Hall, blocking the junior's shot and enabling Crumpton to corral the ball.
With 17 minutes left, senior Colin Armstrong's hustle play gave the Falcons a scoring chance. Armstrong stole the ball on the left side of the 18-yard box and slid a pass across the goalmouth. Freshman Jon Kumher got there at the same time as an FAU backliner. Kumher got a boot on the ball, but could not get a lot of force behind his shot, and the Owls were able to clear the ball out of danger.
All was relatively quiet for Wiest at the other end of the field, however, as FAU occasionally made a foray into the BG end, but never got a shot off in the final 45 minutes. Wiest's back line of senior Byard Ebling, freshman Alex Bechtol, Fink and Schewee did not let the Owls put a shot on goal during the entire match, as the Falcons posted their sixth shutout of the year to date.
The Falcons now hit the road for the next three matches, beginning Wednesday (Oct. 5). BGSU will head to Columbus for a match against Ohio State, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
FALCON NOTES
* BGSU is now 7-2-1 this season, and the Falcons have surpassed the win total for all of last season ... the 2010 team finished with an overall record of 6-9-3.
* BG is off to the program's best start since the 1995 season ... that year, the Falcons were 9-1-0 through 10 matches, en route to a 16-3-2 final record.
* The Falcons have won seven matches for the first time since the 2003 season ... that '03 club went 8-9-5 overall and advanced to the championship match of the MAC Tournament in Mel Mahler's final season as BGSU coach.
* BGSU has scored a total of 19 goals this season to date ... the Brown and Orange scored 15 goals during all of last season.
* BG is averaging 1.90 goals per game this fall, after scoring 0.83 goals per contest last year ... at the other end of the pitch, the Falcons are allowing only 0.70 goals per game in 2011, as compared to 1.44 goals allowed per game last season.
* The Falcons have scored 10 goals in the first half this season, after scoring a total of four first-half goals during all of 2010.
* Sophomore Michael Wiest posted his fifth shutout in seven starts, both this season and in his career ... Wiest has a goals-against average of just 0.42, to go along with a save percentage of .889 this year.
* As a team, BGSU has a total of six shutouts, matching the total for all of last year ... the Falcons have not had more shutouts in a season since goalkeeper Dave DeGraff and the 2001 club had seven.
* Junior Rodcliff Hall's goal was his team-leading fourth of the season ... Hall now has nine points on the year to rank second on the Falcons.
* Hall trails only freshman Danny Baraldi in the scoring column ... Baraldi has a team-leading 13 points this year ... his goal vs. Florida Atlantic was his third of the season.
* Baraldi now has a six-game point-scoring streak ... he had a goal in the Pittsburgh match (Sept. 11), recorded assists vs. both Belmont (Sept. 16) and Lipscomb (Sept. 18), and had two more assists in the win at Detroit (Sept. 21) ... Baraldi assisted on the lone goal of Friday's (Sept. 30) IUPUI contest before scoring on Sunday vs. FAU ... his six-game point streak is the longest by a Falcon player since at least the 2000 season.
* Redshirt junior Zach Lemke had an assist for the second-straight game ... Lemke now has three assists and seven points this fall ... he has four helpers and 10 points in his career.
* Senior tri-captain Tanner Fink's assist was his second of the season and the third of his BGSU career ... he had one assist last fall, and has had two assists in the last three matches.
* BGSU now has a record of 4-1 at home this season, doubling the win total for all of last year ... the Brown and Orange went 2-4 at Cochrane Field last year ... the Falcons had not won as many as four home matches since the 2007 team had a 4-3-2 mark at Cochrane.
* The Falcons scored a total of six goals and allowed eight in home games last season ... this year, in five matches at Cochrane Field, BGSU has scored 10 goals and surrendered just two.
* BG has scored first in eight of this year's 10 games to date ... last year, the Falcons scored first only six times in 18 matches.
* Not surprisingly, it helps to score the opening goal of the match ... in 2011, the Falcons are 7-0-1 when scoring first, and BGSU is 0-2-0 when the opponent scores the first goal ... last fall, BG was 5-1-0 when scoring first, and 1-8-1 when the opposition scored first.
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PHOTO GALLERY - photos by Danny Sierra and Kristi Kopaniasz, BGSU Athletic Communications
With the win, the Falcons improve to 7-2-1 overall and 1-0-0 in MAC action. BGSU has topped the overall win total for all of last season. In fact, BG has not won as many as seven matches in a season since 2003. FAU drops to 5-5-1 and 0-2-0, respectively.
A pair of first-year Falcons, freshman Danny Baraldi and junior Rodcliff Hall, scored those second-half goals. Baraldi struck with just 19 seconds gone in the period, and Hall scored at the 48:20 mark.
BGSU had taken a 1-0 lead into the intermission, benefitting from an own goal midway through the opening half. A corner kick by Baraldi was headed into the net by an FAU defender at the 23:15 mark.
When the second half began, redshirt junior Zach Lemke poked the ball away from a Florida Atlantic player approximately 40 yards from goal. Lemke lunged to knock the ball from left to right across the pitch. As the ball rolled toward the penalty area, Baraldi ran onto it and hit a one-timer that beat FAU goalkeeper Jeremy Crumpton, giving the Falcons a two-goal margin just 19 seconds into the period.
Three minutes later, senior tri-captain Tanner Fink played a long ball ahead to Hall. Hall, with a defender draped all over him, shielded the ball away from the FAU backliner, took a few dribbles and uncorked a shot that eluded the diving effort of Crumpton for a three-goal margin. From there, sophomore 'keeper Michael Wiest and the BG defense did the rest.
The Falcons held a 14-7 advantage in total shot attempts, and BG did not allow a single shot on goal, as the home team enjoyed a 6-0 margin in that column. Wiest was not forced to make a save en route to his fifth shutout in seven starts this season to date.
Crumpton made two saves in 82-plus minutes before giving way to Scott Powers. Powers, making his FAU debut, had one save in his 7:55 of work.
The Owls controlled possession for much of the first 10 to 15 minutes of Sunday's match, and FAU had the first two shot attempts of the match. The Falcons then began to come alive at the offensive end of the pitch, firing the next three shots of the day.
Sophomore Ryan Snashall, Fink and Baraldi each took shots during that span. And, Snashall nearly had another chance, but FAU's Joachim Hansteen made a nice defensive play to knock the ball away from the Falcon soph as he tried to cut to his left in the penalty area.
A BG flurry with 26 minutes gone very nearly put the Falcons ahead. Baraldi's free kick was tipped on goal by Snashall, but Crumpton got a hand on the ball to make the save at the far post. Fink's follow try from close range was blocked by an Owl defender.
Then, midway through the period, the Falcons got on the scoreboard, thanks to the own goal. Baraldi took a corner kick from the left side of the field, and as several players jumped, an FAU defender got a head on the ball and inadvertantly deflected it into his own net.
Less than a minute after the goal, Hall had a scoring chance after a steal. But, Crumpton was able to grab the ball as the Falcon junior tried to elude him in the box.
The Owls had a 7-3 advantage in shot attempts in the opening half, although BG had the only two shots on goal (including the own goal). That would all change in the second half, as the Falcons had an 11-0 advantage in shots, putting four on goal, and two of those four in the net. In fact, BGSU scored on the first two shot attempts of the period.
Only 19 seconds into the period, BGSU would double the lead when Lemke's steal resulted in Baraldi's goal into the lower left side of the net. Then, Fink's long ball over the top led to Hall's one-on-one goal, and the Falcons were on their way to the seventh win of the season.
With under seven minutes gone in the half. redshirt sophomore Brandon Silva got his head on a Baraldi corner kick. Silva, facing the left side of the pitch, nodded the ball behind him and toward the far (right) post, but Crumpton was able to gather the shot.
Nearly 60 minutes into the match, sophomore Zach Schewee played a ball forward to Hall, in much the same manner that Fink had just over 10 minutes earlier. This time, however, the Owls' Timothy Merrigan was able to stay with Hall, blocking the junior's shot and enabling Crumpton to corral the ball.
With 17 minutes left, senior Colin Armstrong's hustle play gave the Falcons a scoring chance. Armstrong stole the ball on the left side of the 18-yard box and slid a pass across the goalmouth. Freshman Jon Kumher got there at the same time as an FAU backliner. Kumher got a boot on the ball, but could not get a lot of force behind his shot, and the Owls were able to clear the ball out of danger.
All was relatively quiet for Wiest at the other end of the field, however, as FAU occasionally made a foray into the BG end, but never got a shot off in the final 45 minutes. Wiest's back line of senior Byard Ebling, freshman Alex Bechtol, Fink and Schewee did not let the Owls put a shot on goal during the entire match, as the Falcons posted their sixth shutout of the year to date.
The Falcons now hit the road for the next three matches, beginning Wednesday (Oct. 5). BGSU will head to Columbus for a match against Ohio State, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
FALCON NOTES
* BGSU is now 7-2-1 this season, and the Falcons have surpassed the win total for all of last season ... the 2010 team finished with an overall record of 6-9-3.
* BG is off to the program's best start since the 1995 season ... that year, the Falcons were 9-1-0 through 10 matches, en route to a 16-3-2 final record.
* The Falcons have won seven matches for the first time since the 2003 season ... that '03 club went 8-9-5 overall and advanced to the championship match of the MAC Tournament in Mel Mahler's final season as BGSU coach.
* BGSU has scored a total of 19 goals this season to date ... the Brown and Orange scored 15 goals during all of last season.
* BG is averaging 1.90 goals per game this fall, after scoring 0.83 goals per contest last year ... at the other end of the pitch, the Falcons are allowing only 0.70 goals per game in 2011, as compared to 1.44 goals allowed per game last season.
* The Falcons have scored 10 goals in the first half this season, after scoring a total of four first-half goals during all of 2010.
* Sophomore Michael Wiest posted his fifth shutout in seven starts, both this season and in his career ... Wiest has a goals-against average of just 0.42, to go along with a save percentage of .889 this year.
* As a team, BGSU has a total of six shutouts, matching the total for all of last year ... the Falcons have not had more shutouts in a season since goalkeeper Dave DeGraff and the 2001 club had seven.
* Junior Rodcliff Hall's goal was his team-leading fourth of the season ... Hall now has nine points on the year to rank second on the Falcons.
* Hall trails only freshman Danny Baraldi in the scoring column ... Baraldi has a team-leading 13 points this year ... his goal vs. Florida Atlantic was his third of the season.
* Baraldi now has a six-game point-scoring streak ... he had a goal in the Pittsburgh match (Sept. 11), recorded assists vs. both Belmont (Sept. 16) and Lipscomb (Sept. 18), and had two more assists in the win at Detroit (Sept. 21) ... Baraldi assisted on the lone goal of Friday's (Sept. 30) IUPUI contest before scoring on Sunday vs. FAU ... his six-game point streak is the longest by a Falcon player since at least the 2000 season.
* Redshirt junior Zach Lemke had an assist for the second-straight game ... Lemke now has three assists and seven points this fall ... he has four helpers and 10 points in his career.
* Senior tri-captain Tanner Fink's assist was his second of the season and the third of his BGSU career ... he had one assist last fall, and has had two assists in the last three matches.
* BGSU now has a record of 4-1 at home this season, doubling the win total for all of last year ... the Brown and Orange went 2-4 at Cochrane Field last year ... the Falcons had not won as many as four home matches since the 2007 team had a 4-3-2 mark at Cochrane.
* The Falcons scored a total of six goals and allowed eight in home games last season ... this year, in five matches at Cochrane Field, BGSU has scored 10 goals and surrendered just two.
* BG has scored first in eight of this year's 10 games to date ... last year, the Falcons scored first only six times in 18 matches.
* Not surprisingly, it helps to score the opening goal of the match ... in 2011, the Falcons are 7-0-1 when scoring first, and BGSU is 0-2-0 when the opponent scores the first goal ... last fall, BG was 5-1-0 when scoring first, and 1-8-1 when the opposition scored first.
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