Soccer Gears Up For Mid-Week Matchup With Detroit

BGSU WOMEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY SCHEDULE
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME
9/2/15	at Detroit	3 p.m.

8/21/15vs. Chicago State7 p

/21/15vs.Chicago State7 p

Bowling Green (2-1, 0-0 MAC)
vs.
Detroit (1-2, 0-0 WAC)
Regular Season Game #4
Wednesday, September 2, 2015; 3:00 p.m. ET
Titan Field / Detroit, Mich.
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FOCUS ON THE FALCONS
Bowling Green and third-year head coach Lindsay Basalyga returns 10 starters and a total of 16 letterwinners from last year's team and added a redshirt-freshman and 10 new Falcons in the 2015 recruiting class. Despite the loss of only four letterwinners from a year ago, BGSU is still stacked with youth as 19 members of the 27 players on the 2015 roster are either sophomores or freshmen. However, of the Falcons' 15 total goals last season, 13 were recorded by a total of eight returners on the roster this season. BGSU also returns starting goalkeeper Lauren Cadel, who led the MAC and was third among all NCAA Division I goalkeepers with a BGSU single-season record 146 saves in 2014.

PREVIEW OF DETROIT
The Detroit Titans opened their 2015 season with a 3-2 double overtime loss at home against the University of Toledo Aug. 21. Detroit held a 1-0 advantage at the half and made it 2-0 early in the second, but Toledo answered with two goals of their own in the second period of play. Still scoreless after the first overtime, the Rockets scored the game-winning goal off a corner kick just one minute into the second overtime. A week later, Detroit defeated Ohio University 2-0, scoring both of its goals in the opening period. This past Sunday, the Titans fell to in-state foe Michigan, 3-0. Detroit sits at 1-2-0 heading into the matchup with the Falcons.

FALCONS VERSUS THE TITANS ON THE PITCH
The Falcons are 3-7-0 all-time versus the Titans, dating back to the 1998 season.

COACH'S COMMENTS
"We are looking forward to playing a midweek game against a good Detroit team. We are hoping to build on the ideas we've been training in the attacking half of the game, and get more disciplined on the defensive side of the ball. Each game just provides us an opportunity to grow as we prepare for the start of MAC play in another few weeks." --Head Coach Lindsay Basalyga

MAKING HISTORY
*Bowling Green 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.
*Opening with two victories this season, the Falcons have now tied its win total from a year ago at home.
*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 two home games, the Falcons recorded seven goals, which is already more than the five goals the team scored at home a year ago.
*The team's 2-1-0 start this season hasn't been done in 13 years (2002).

LAST TIME OUT: MOREHEAD STATE RECAP
BGSU suffered its first loss of the season in a hard-fought 2-1 overtime defeat Friday evening at Morehead State in the Falcons' first road contest of the season. The Eagles earned the victory in the 99th minute of play, following an aggressive match as evidenced by each team receiving a yellow card during the match. That goal came after each team scored in a five-minute stretch of the second half to break a scoreless tie. Cadel recorded five saves in the game.

HUBERT'S RETURN
Redshirt freshman Erica Hubert is seeing action for the first time in her BGSU career due to an injury suffered last season. Through three games, she has a team-high five points and has helped the Falcons to a 2-1-0 start to the season, which is the team's best since 2002. Hubert scored her first career goal Aug. 21 in the season opener against Chicago State. She also recorded her first career assist in the 4-0 victory. On Aug. 23 against IPFW, the Welland, Ontario native had a long run down the middle of the field and capitalized on her shot from the top of the box to score her second goal of the season. For her performance in the team's opening two matches, she received her first ever MAC Player of the Week award.

FOCUS ON THE FALCONS
Bowling Green and third-year head coach Lindsay Basalyga return 10 starters and a total of 16 letterwinners from last year's team and added a redshirt-freshman and 10 new Falcons in the 2015 recruiting class. Despite the loss of only four letterwinners from a year ago, BGSU is still stacked with youth as 19 members of the 27 players on the 2015 roster are either sophomores or freshmen. However, of the Falcons' 15 total goals last season, 13 of those scores were recorded by a total of eight returners on the roster this season. BGSU also returns starting goalkeeper Lauren Cadel, who led the MAC and was third among all NCAA Division I goalkeepers with a BGSU single-season record 146 saves in 2014.

PICKED FIFTH IN THE EAST IN THE 2015 MAC PRESEASON POLL
The Bowling Green State University Falcons were picked to finish fifth in the East Division by the MAC Coaches. The Buffalo Bulls are the favorite to win the East Division regular season title, while the Ball State Cardinals and Western Michigan Broncos are the tied favorite to win the West Division. In the East Division following Buffalo, Miami is predicted to finish second with Kent State (3), Ohio (4), Bowling Green (5) and Akron (6).

YOUTH MOVEMENT
The 2015 BGSU women's soccer roster boasts a total of 19 sophomores and freshmen out of the 27 player squad. In fact, of the 19 total underclassmen, 11 are either redshirt-freshmen or true freshmen who will be making their intercollegiate debuts this season.

THE RETURNING CORE
The Falcons have a strong core of returners for the 2015 season, as Coach Basalyga's squad returns 10 starters and 16 total letterwinners. A total of 13 of the 16 returners logged over 500 minutes on the field for the Falcons in 2014, while eight of the returners accounted for a total of 14 goals last year. BGSU returns its leading goalkeeper in Lauren Cadel (146 saves), its leading goal scorer in Skylar Fleak (5 goals) and its assists leader in Leah Runkle (4 assists), while 10 other returners all played in at least 16 matches for the Falcons last season.

ON TAP FOR THE FALCONS
BGSU returns to Cochrane Field for a matchup with Findlay after competing on the road for two games. The contest with Findlay will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8. The Falcons then face Eastern Illinois and Valparaiso on the road Sept. 11 and 13, respectively.

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