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Sophomore Danny Baraldi scored two goals vs. CCU on Sunday (BGSU Marketing & Communications)
Falcons Battle No. 18 CCU to 3-3 Draw
September 09, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Baraldi scores twice, joins James on all-tournament team
Sophomore Danny Baraldi scored a pair of goals as the Bowling Green State University men's soccer team battled nationally-ranked Coastal Carolina to a 3-3 draw on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 9). The match, the final contest in the CCU Invitational, was held at the CCU Soccer Field.
BGSU 3, COASTAL CAROLINA 3 - PDF Boxscore
BGSU 3, COASTAL CAROLINA 3 - HTML Stats
Freshman Ryan James had the other goal for the Falcons, who are now 1-2-2 on the season. The Chanticleers, ranked No. 18 in the nation, have a record of 3-1-2 this fall to date.
Baraldi and James, who each had four points in the match, were named to the all-tournament team. Wofford claimed the tournament title with a 2-0-0 record on the weekend, after a 2-1 win over Florida Atlantic in Sunday's first contest. CCU took runner-up honors with a 1-0-1 mark, followed by the Falcons (0-1-1) and FAU (0-2-0).
On Sunday, the Falcons never trailed, but the host school had an answer for each BG goal. On two occasions, after the Chants had tied the match, it took the Falcons mere moments to regain the lead. However, the home team tied the match with only 18 seconds left in regulation, before the teams battled through a pair of scoreless overtime sessions.
"It's obviously disappointing to get a tie in a game that you were winning with 20 seconds to go," said BGSU coach Eric Nichols. "The guys are gutted about that, and the coaching staff is gutted about that. But, overall, this was a perfect response to a poor performance on Friday, and it's exactly how I expected this group to respond."
Baraldi got the scoring started in the 12th minute of the match, launching a shot past CCU starting goalkeeper Scott Shewfelt on a BG counterattack. Baraldi's blast came from the top of the 18-yard box, with James assisting. Shewfelt and Federico Bertele would combine to make just one save in net for the hosts on the day. With 11:10 gone, the Falcons had a 1-0 lead.
The visitors took that lead into the halftime break, before the teams combined for five second-half goals. Coastal outshot the Falcons by a relatively narrow 9-6 margin in the first half, but CCU would enjoy a 27-5 lead in that category after halftime, including an 18-3 advantage in the second half of regulation.
The hosts equalized at the 56:35 mark, as Robby Joe Daniels headed home a free kick by teammate Henrik Robstad. But, it took only 25 seconds for the Falcons to answer.
Again, it was Baraldi who found the back of the net, taking a pass from James and giving BG the lead once again. After a long BG ball forward, junior Anthony Grant nearly beat CCU defender Uchenna Uzo. Uzo knocked the ball away from Grant approximately 30 yards out, but the ball went to the onrushing James. James took one touch, then poked the ball between two Chanticleer players to Baraldi.
Baraldi received the pass at the top of the 18-yard box, cut back to avoid Uzo, settled and fired a left-footed shot into the lower-right-hand corner of the net. James drew the lone assist on the goal, which came with exactly 57 minutes gone.
Sean McCormick knotted the match just under 10 minutes later, deflecting a short cross from Justin Portillo past BGSU 'keeper Michael Wiest. Again, however, the Falcons were quick to answer.
Just 2:22 after McCormick's goal, the visitors struck again. Sophomore Vlad Lekarev played a ball to James, who was 30 yards out with his back to the goal. With Lekarev continuing his run toward the left side of the penalty area, James faked a pass back to Lekarev. Instead, though, the Falcon freshman turned the other way, eluded his would-be defender and blasted a shot from 22 yards out that sailed just past the fingertips of a diving Bertele and nestled just inside the left goalpost, a few feet under the crossbar.
The hosts, however, had some 11th-hour heroics up their collective sleeve. With the clock ticking under the 30-second mark in regulation, Daniels took a long throw-in, with the ball sailing into the penalty area. Wiest, in traffic, punched the ball away from two CCU players, but it bounced directly to Jhamie Hyde at the top of the box. Hyde had enough space to time his shot, and he volleyed the ball into the back of the net to send the teams to extra time.
The Chanticleers, who led the nation with a total of 66 goals last season, had a 9-2 advantage in shot attempts in the overtime periods, including a 3-1 margin in shots on goal, but neither team could get a fourth goal on the day.
CCU had allowed a total of just two goals in five matches this season, prior to surrendering three to the Falcons on Sunday. The Chanticleers entered Sunday's match with an all-time record of 61-19-5 at the CCU Soccer Field.
"We knew we would have to defend, and that they were going to get their chances," said Nichols. 'But, we also thought that we could get our chances, which we did. We took those chances well, and we had great responses. Each time they scored, we responded.
"Now, the next step is to close out games like this. As I said, it's disappointing to have the lead so late in the match and end up with a tie. But, I'm very pleased with our performance today, and especially with our response after the performance on Friday."
For the game, CCU had a whopping 36 total shot attempts to BGSU's 11. Wiest made a career-high 10 saves for the Falcons, who now prepare for a Friday (Sept. 14) match at Cleveland State. BG's next home match will be against Detroit on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
FALCON NOTES
* Sophomore Danny Baraldi's two-goal game was the first multiple-goal contest of his BGSU career. He now has team-leading totals of three goals and six points this season.
* Baraldi, who led the Falcons in scoring last fall, now has 24 points in 23 career matches. He has eight goals and eight assists as a Falcon.
* Freshman Ryan James made the first start of his collegiate career on Sunday, and played a total of 105 minutes, the most of his brief BG tenure. He made the most of that start, as he was involved in the scoring of all three goals and wound up with four points in the match.
* James picked up his first collegiate point, assisting on Baraldi's first goal in the 12th minute of the match, then assisted on Baraldi's second goal at the 57-minute mark. Just over 12 minutes later, James scored a goal of his own, the first of his Falcon career.
* Sophomore Vlad Lekarev picked up the first point of his collegiate career with the assist on the goal by James. Lekarev, a transfer from Butler, played in nine matches for the Bulldogs last fall and has played in each of the 2012 season's five matches for the Falcons.
* Despite allowing three goals on Sunday, the Falcons did hold All-American Ashton Bennett without a point. Bennett led the nation with 23 goals last season. He entered Sunday's game with totals of four goals and 10 points this year to date.
CCU INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Friday, Sept. 7
Wofford 1, BGSU 0
at Coastal Carolina 2, Florida Atlantic 0
Sunday, Sept. 9
Wofford 2, Florida Atlantic 1
BGSU 3, at Coastal Carolina 3 (2-OT)
CCU INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Alex Hutchins, Wofford - MVP
Ryan Hurst, Wofford
Nestor Jaramillo, Wofford
Billy Padula, Wofford
Uchenna Uzo, Coastal Carolina
Justin Portillo, Coastal Carolina
Ashton Bennett, Coastal Carolina
Danny Baraldi, Bowling Green
Ryan James, Bowling Green
Karol Chorck, Florida Atlantic
Jeremy Crumpton, Florida Atlantic
BGSU 3, COASTAL CAROLINA 3 - PDF Boxscore
BGSU 3, COASTAL CAROLINA 3 - HTML Stats
Freshman Ryan James had the other goal for the Falcons, who are now 1-2-2 on the season. The Chanticleers, ranked No. 18 in the nation, have a record of 3-1-2 this fall to date.
Baraldi and James, who each had four points in the match, were named to the all-tournament team. Wofford claimed the tournament title with a 2-0-0 record on the weekend, after a 2-1 win over Florida Atlantic in Sunday's first contest. CCU took runner-up honors with a 1-0-1 mark, followed by the Falcons (0-1-1) and FAU (0-2-0).
On Sunday, the Falcons never trailed, but the host school had an answer for each BG goal. On two occasions, after the Chants had tied the match, it took the Falcons mere moments to regain the lead. However, the home team tied the match with only 18 seconds left in regulation, before the teams battled through a pair of scoreless overtime sessions.
"It's obviously disappointing to get a tie in a game that you were winning with 20 seconds to go," said BGSU coach Eric Nichols. "The guys are gutted about that, and the coaching staff is gutted about that. But, overall, this was a perfect response to a poor performance on Friday, and it's exactly how I expected this group to respond."
Baraldi got the scoring started in the 12th minute of the match, launching a shot past CCU starting goalkeeper Scott Shewfelt on a BG counterattack. Baraldi's blast came from the top of the 18-yard box, with James assisting. Shewfelt and Federico Bertele would combine to make just one save in net for the hosts on the day. With 11:10 gone, the Falcons had a 1-0 lead.
The visitors took that lead into the halftime break, before the teams combined for five second-half goals. Coastal outshot the Falcons by a relatively narrow 9-6 margin in the first half, but CCU would enjoy a 27-5 lead in that category after halftime, including an 18-3 advantage in the second half of regulation.
The hosts equalized at the 56:35 mark, as Robby Joe Daniels headed home a free kick by teammate Henrik Robstad. But, it took only 25 seconds for the Falcons to answer.
Again, it was Baraldi who found the back of the net, taking a pass from James and giving BG the lead once again. After a long BG ball forward, junior Anthony Grant nearly beat CCU defender Uchenna Uzo. Uzo knocked the ball away from Grant approximately 30 yards out, but the ball went to the onrushing James. James took one touch, then poked the ball between two Chanticleer players to Baraldi.
Baraldi received the pass at the top of the 18-yard box, cut back to avoid Uzo, settled and fired a left-footed shot into the lower-right-hand corner of the net. James drew the lone assist on the goal, which came with exactly 57 minutes gone.
Sean McCormick knotted the match just under 10 minutes later, deflecting a short cross from Justin Portillo past BGSU 'keeper Michael Wiest. Again, however, the Falcons were quick to answer.
Just 2:22 after McCormick's goal, the visitors struck again. Sophomore Vlad Lekarev played a ball to James, who was 30 yards out with his back to the goal. With Lekarev continuing his run toward the left side of the penalty area, James faked a pass back to Lekarev. Instead, though, the Falcon freshman turned the other way, eluded his would-be defender and blasted a shot from 22 yards out that sailed just past the fingertips of a diving Bertele and nestled just inside the left goalpost, a few feet under the crossbar.
The hosts, however, had some 11th-hour heroics up their collective sleeve. With the clock ticking under the 30-second mark in regulation, Daniels took a long throw-in, with the ball sailing into the penalty area. Wiest, in traffic, punched the ball away from two CCU players, but it bounced directly to Jhamie Hyde at the top of the box. Hyde had enough space to time his shot, and he volleyed the ball into the back of the net to send the teams to extra time.
The Chanticleers, who led the nation with a total of 66 goals last season, had a 9-2 advantage in shot attempts in the overtime periods, including a 3-1 margin in shots on goal, but neither team could get a fourth goal on the day.
CCU had allowed a total of just two goals in five matches this season, prior to surrendering three to the Falcons on Sunday. The Chanticleers entered Sunday's match with an all-time record of 61-19-5 at the CCU Soccer Field.
"We knew we would have to defend, and that they were going to get their chances," said Nichols. 'But, we also thought that we could get our chances, which we did. We took those chances well, and we had great responses. Each time they scored, we responded.
"Now, the next step is to close out games like this. As I said, it's disappointing to have the lead so late in the match and end up with a tie. But, I'm very pleased with our performance today, and especially with our response after the performance on Friday."
For the game, CCU had a whopping 36 total shot attempts to BGSU's 11. Wiest made a career-high 10 saves for the Falcons, who now prepare for a Friday (Sept. 14) match at Cleveland State. BG's next home match will be against Detroit on Tuesday, Sept. 18.
FALCON NOTES
* Sophomore Danny Baraldi's two-goal game was the first multiple-goal contest of his BGSU career. He now has team-leading totals of three goals and six points this season.
* Baraldi, who led the Falcons in scoring last fall, now has 24 points in 23 career matches. He has eight goals and eight assists as a Falcon.
* Freshman Ryan James made the first start of his collegiate career on Sunday, and played a total of 105 minutes, the most of his brief BG tenure. He made the most of that start, as he was involved in the scoring of all three goals and wound up with four points in the match.
* James picked up his first collegiate point, assisting on Baraldi's first goal in the 12th minute of the match, then assisted on Baraldi's second goal at the 57-minute mark. Just over 12 minutes later, James scored a goal of his own, the first of his Falcon career.
* Sophomore Vlad Lekarev picked up the first point of his collegiate career with the assist on the goal by James. Lekarev, a transfer from Butler, played in nine matches for the Bulldogs last fall and has played in each of the 2012 season's five matches for the Falcons.
* Despite allowing three goals on Sunday, the Falcons did hold All-American Ashton Bennett without a point. Bennett led the nation with 23 goals last season. He entered Sunday's game with totals of four goals and 10 points this year to date.
CCU INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Friday, Sept. 7
Wofford 1, BGSU 0
at Coastal Carolina 2, Florida Atlantic 0
Sunday, Sept. 9
Wofford 2, Florida Atlantic 1
BGSU 3, at Coastal Carolina 3 (2-OT)
CCU INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Alex Hutchins, Wofford - MVP
Ryan Hurst, Wofford
Nestor Jaramillo, Wofford
Billy Padula, Wofford
Uchenna Uzo, Coastal Carolina
Justin Portillo, Coastal Carolina
Ashton Bennett, Coastal Carolina
Danny Baraldi, Bowling Green
Ryan James, Bowling Green
Karol Chorck, Florida Atlantic
Jeremy Crumpton, Florida Atlantic
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