Falcons Stumble at Home in 3-0 Loss to Detroit on Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, September 14

Bowling Green, OH

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

1-5-0

Detroit (Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day)

2-4-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Detroit	2	1	3
Bowling Green	0	0	0

Photo by: Larry Clapper

Falcons Stumble at Home in 3-0 Loss to Detroit on Sunday Afternoon

September 14, 2014 | Women's Soccer

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By: by Kevin Davis, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications

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Bowling Green, Ohio – Looking for back-to-back wins for the first time since the 2011 season having blown out Chicago State 8-0 in its last contest, the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team stumbled on Sunday, as the Falcons fell at home to the Detroit Titans 3-0 at Cochrane Stadium.

The loss drops BGSU to 1-5-0 on the year, while the win propels the Titans to 2-4-0 on the season.

"I'm honestly really disappointed. Detroit has some really special players in the final third of the field and they definitely capitalized off of some of our mistakes, but I don't think we are a 3-0 difference between us and Detroit," commented head coach Lindsay Basalyga. "(On younger players) Yeah they need minutes under their belt and I definitely think in the second half, I don't know how many upperclassmen were on the field, I think maybe one, but we are getting them minutes and they did well."

The first half was played fairly evenly for most of the frame until a span of two minutes late allowed the Titans to take a 2-0 lead into the break.

BGSU put a lot of pressure on the Detroit defensive backline for much of the opening 15 minutes of play, as Madison Schupbach and Sidney Huth each had a shot for the Falcons to open the contest. While Schupbach's contested attempt was just wide of the goal, Huth's shot from just outside of 25 yards out was hauled in by Detroit goalkeeper Marina Manzo in the 13th minute of play.

After the two teams traded shots over the next 11 minutes, BGSU goalkeeper Lauren Cadel made the first of what would be several spectacular saves on the day in the 24th minute. The redshirt-sophomore made a diving stop off a header from a cross into the box to keep the Titans off the scoreboard early.

Both teams would miss high on the next three combined shot attempts, as BGSU's Kara Ross had her first shot go high of the cross bar in the 35th minute, until in the 36th minute Cadel again came up big in goal for the Falcons, leaping to punch away an open shot from Detroit's Jennifer Borawski along the right side of the box.

Just over a minute later, after a corner kick, Detroit's Haley Burtraw played a cross into the front left post from the right side of the field which found the head of Alyssa Riley for a goal to give the Titans a 1-0 lead in the 38th minute.

Less than a minute later, in the 39th minute, it would be another header from Riley, this time off a rebounded shot that hit the post and then deflected off a few players in the box, that would find the back of the net to give the visitors a 2-0 lead with less than 13 minutes to go in the first half.

Cadel would make another diving save in the 43rd minute, this time on another header from Riley off a corner kick, as she laid out to her left to make the stop.

BGSU's Ross, who ended the first half with a shot that was blocked by a Detroit defender, opened up the second half with a long shot that was caught by Manzo in the center of the goal in the 47th minute.

Following a Skylar Fleak shot in the 49th minute, which was wide of the pipes, Detroit tallied three straight shots, one of which was halted once more by a diving Cadel, over the next 10 minutes to keep the pressure on the Falcons' defense.

Continuing to battle despite the deficit, BGSU posted shots from freshman Rachel Winters, sophomore Alexa Cheripko, Ross and Schupbach over an eight minute span and continued to search for their first goal of the match. The last three shots of the four were all directly at Manzo in the center of the goal.

Cadel would make her fifth save of the contest in the 69th minute on a low line drive shot off the left foot of Aubrey Formica to keep the Falcons down just two goals with 20 minutes to play in regulation.

However, the final 20 minutes of play saw the Falcons' Schupbach have a shot blocked in the 77th minute, a Melissa Needham attempt stopped by Manzo in the 81st minute, and another Schupbach header sail wide in the 88th minute, while Detroit added an insurance goal in the 80th minute on a shot from inside the box by Carley Rice on a three-on-two attack by the Titans.

Cadel suffered the loss in goal for BGSU despite making five tough stops between the pipes, while Detroit's Manzo picked up the win with seven saves for the game.

Bowling Green totaled 15 shots on the afternoon, placing seven on frame, yet seemed to kick it right at the Detroit goalkeeper on nearly every attempt. Detroit tallied 17 shots and put eight on goal in the game.

The Titans also held a 9-2 advantage in corner kicks, while fouls were even at eight apiece.

Both Ross and Schupbach led the Falcons' offensive attack with four shots apiece, while Fleak added three shots off the bench. Four other Falcons had one shot on the day.

BGSU will wrap up its 2014 non-conference slate next Friday, Sept. 19, as the Falcons will hit the road to take on Butler at 7 p.m. in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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