Women's Soccer Wraps Up With EMU On Thursday

Thursday, October 29

Ypsilanti, Mich.

3:00 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

Eastern Michigan

October 27, 2015 | Women's Soccer

By: by Alexx Klein, BGSU Athletic Communications

BGSU WOMEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY SCHEDULE
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME
10/29/15	vs. Eastern Michigan	3 p.m.

Bowling Green (6-11-1, 2-8-0 MAC)
at
Eastern Michigan (5-10-3, 2-6-2 MAC)
Regular Season Game #19
Thursday, October 29, 2015; 3:00 p.m. ET
Scicluna Field / Ypsilanti, Mich.
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WEEK 11 - BGSU MATCH NOTES

Bowling Green, Ohio -- The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team finishes its season Thursday afternoon with a road matchup against the MAC West's Eastern Michigan. The game is slated for 3 pm in Ypsilanti, Mich.

FALCONS AT A GLANCE
Bowling Green comes off a hard-fought match against Western Michigan last Sunday, losing to the Broncos 2-1 at Cochrane Stadium. The Falcons have now lost six straight games after opening the conference schedule with two wins against Akron and Buffalo. Redshirt freshman Erice Hubert lead the team in goals (seven) and points (15), while sophomore Mikaela Couch and senior Haley Parkinson co-lead the team with four assists. Redshirt junior Lauren Cadel, who leads the MAC in saves, has recorded 105 saves with two shutouts this season between the pipes. BGSU looks for its first road win since defeating Eastern Illinois on Sept. 11 by a score of 3-2.

SCOUTING EASTERN MICHIGAN
The Eagles (5-10-3, 2-6-2 MAC) enter the match tied for fifth place in the West Division with eight conference points. The EMU offense is averaging 0.94 points per game and 10.7 shots per game. Individually, the Eagles are led by Kristin Nason with seven goals and 14 points. Rachel Washburn has recorded a team-high five assists this season, starting all 18 of the team's games. In goal for Eastern Michigan, Kaylin Williams has played 1022 minutes on the pitch, tallying 58 saves and two shutouts. This match for EMU is a must-win for a chance at a MAC tournament spot.

LAST MEETING VERSUS THE EAGLES
(Oct. 30, 2014) BGSU had its 2014 season come to an end as the Falcons suffered a 3-0 loss at home to the Eagles of Eastern Michigan at Cochrane Stadium. The Falcons finished the season with an overall record of 4-13-1 and a record of 3-7-1 in MAC play. In the 11th minute, EMU got on the scoreboard first. The Falcons appeared to have tied the match up in the 26th minute when a cross into the box from Haley Parkinson from the right sideline found the head of an open Skylar Fleak whose header went untouched into the right side of the net. However, Fleak was flagged for offsides on the play, thus erasing the goal and putting the Eagles back in front at 1-0. EMU went on to score two more goals to defeat Bowling Green 3-0. Offensively for the Falcons, Fleak, who had a team-high six shots, Madison Schupbach, Leah Runkle, Jessica Creech and Elisa Baeron all registered a shot on goal for the game.

BGSU VS. EMU ALL-TIME SERIES
The Falcons trail the all-time series with the Eagles 8-13-1, the only tie coming back in 2002. Bowling Green has dropped its last three contests to EMU with the Falcons' last road win dating back to Oct. 23, 2005 when BGSU recorded a 2-1 victory.

THE LAST HURRAH
The game versus the Eagles will be the last time seniors Haley Parkinson and Alexis Smith dress in a BGSU Falcon uniform. The two were honored on senior day on Oct. 25 at Cochrane Stadium before Bowling Green's match with Western Michigan.

COACH'S COMMENTS
"We have one last opportunity to compete as a team and another opportunity to move our program forward. It's disappointing that we don't have a MAC tournament appearance to play for, but this game holds a lot of value in who we are becoming and who we want to be in the future," said head coach Lindsay Basalyga.

MAKING HISTORY
*Goalkeeper Lauren Cadel now ranks second in program history in saves (360) and shots on goal faced (443).
*BG women's soccer had a record-setting crowd of 803 at the season opener against Chicago State.
*The win Aug. 21 was the team's first victory in a season opener since 2004.
*BGSU opened the season 2-0-0 for the first time since 2000.
*It is the first time in school history the Falcons have shut out its first two opponents.
*Through three home games, the Falcons recorded 11 goals, which was more than the five goals the team scored at home a year ago.
*The team's 4-2-1 start this season hadn't been done since 1999.
*For the first time since 2008, the Falcons netted a goal in seven straight contests.
*The Falcons' 23 goals this season is more than the team's 15 goals scored in 2014.
*The Orange and Brown opened the conference schedule 2-2, a record that hadn't been hit since 2010.

YOUTH MOVEMENT
The 2015 BGSU women's soccer roster boasts a total of 18 sophomores and freshmen out of the 26 player squad. In fact, of the 18 total underclassmen, 11 are either redshirt-freshmen or true freshmen who will be making their intercollegiate debuts this season.

YEAR THREE OF THE PROCESS
This season will be the third year under head coach Lindsay Basalyga who took over the Falcons program in January 2013. With the task of rebuilding the program which had won a total of only 16 matches in the four years prior to Basalyga's hiring, the Falcons have showed continued improvement towards the process of rebuilding the program over the last two seasons. BGSU has improved its when total over the last two years under Basalyga's leadership and have made huge strides in restoring the program back to when the Falcons made the MAC Women's Soccer Championship Tournament on a consistent basis.

ACADEMIC SUCCESS
The Falcons were named a 2014-15 College Team Academic Award winner, as announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). BGSU posted a cumulative team grade point average of 3.32 and has also earned the honor in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013.