Falcons Wrap Up Non-Conference Schedule Thursday

Thursday, September 17

Bowling Green, Ohio

7:00 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

Butler

September 16, 2015 | Women's Soccer

By: by Alexx Klein, BGSU Athletic Communications

BGSU WOMEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY SCHEDULE
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME
9/17/15	vs. Butler	7 p.m.

Bowling Green (4-2-1)
vs.
Butler (6-2-1)
Regular Season Game #8
Thursday, September 17, 2015; 7:00 p.m. ET
Cochrane Stadium / Bowling Green, Ohio
LIVE STATS
SEASON STATS
WEEK 5 - BGSU MATCH NOTES

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SCOUTING BUTLER
The Bulldogs are currently 6-2-1 overall, with Halle Stelbasky leading the team in multiple categories including goals (seven), points (15), shots on goal (15) and game-winning goals (two). Paige Monaghan has recorded three goals and one assist. Senior Randi DeLong heads into the match up as the team leader in assists with four. Butler has posted four shutouts this season, and enters the contest with the Falcons with a 1-1-1 record on the road.

LAST MEETING VERSUS THE BULLDOGS
(Sept. 17, 2014) Bowling Green surrendered five second half goals to Butler, as the Falcons fell on the road to the Bulldogs 5-0 in non-conference play. Two small lapses in the second half by the Falcons saw Butler score the first three goals in just over a three minute span early in the second half, while the last two Bulldog goals came within a minute of each other midway through the final frame to allow the home team to pull away with the win. Lauren Cadel tallied nine saves in the loss.

BGSU VS. BUTLER ALL-TIME SERIES
The Falcons are 0-2-0 all-time versus the Bulldogs. This will be the third straight year Bowling Green has faced off against Butler, falling 2-1 (OT) in the first contest and 5-0 in the second.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
BGSU leads the Mid-American Conference in home attendance numbers this season, averaging 523 fans per game at Cochrane Stadium. The team set a women's soccer school record of 803 at the season opener against Chicago State. The Falcons have yet to allow a goal on their home turf, holding a 3-0 record at Cochrane Stadium.

IN THE MAC
The Falcons lead the MAC in home attendance, points, goals per game, assists per game and saves in 2015. The team ranks second in shots and shutouts. Individually, Lauren Cadel leads the league in saves with 39. Skylar Fleak ranks second in shots (23), and Mikaela Couch is second in points (13) and second in goals per game (0.71).

COACH'S COMMENTS
"Butler is a good team so this is a great test for us to round out our non-conference schedule. Every game we've seen growth as a team so we are looking to clean up details on the defensive side of the ball as well as sharpen up our attack around goal." -- Head Coach Lindsay Basalyga.

MAKING HISTORY
*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 is already more than the five goals the team scored at home a year ago.
*The team's 4-2-1 start this season hasn't been done since 1999.
*For the first time since 2008, the Falcons have netted a goal in seven straight contests.
*The Falcons' 17 goals this season is more than the team's 15 goals scored in 2014.

CAREER HIGHS FOR COUCH
Mikaela Couch has had a breakout season for the Falcons thus far, leading the team in goals (five) and assists (three). She was involved in at least one goal in each of Bowling Green's three games this past week. This season, she has scored a goal in five of the team's seven matches and has a goal or assist in six of seven. The sophomore has a team-high 13 points.

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 seven games, she has nine points, four goals and one assist. Hubert scored her first career goal Aug. 21 in the season opener against Chicago State, also recording her first career assist in the 4-0 victory. On Aug. 23 against IPFW, the Ontario native 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.

CAREER LEADER - LAUREN CADEL
Redshirt-junior Lauren Cadel is already BGSU's career leader in games with double digit saves with only two full seasons on the pitch for the Falcons. With her six total games with 10 or more saves last year in 2014, Cadel sits atop of the career record books with 12 career games with double digit saves. She also registered six games with double digit saves in her first year between the pipes for BGSU in 2013.

Cadel, who is 4-2-1 this season, set a school record with a career-high 19 saves in Bowling Green's double-overtime draw with Valparaiso Sunday afternoon. This was her first double-digit save of the season. Her 19 saves versus the Crusaders broke Erika Flanders' mark of 17 set back in 2001 for BGSU. The redshirt junior recorded six saves in the opening half and then added 13 more to surpass her previous career-best of 14 saves. She also tallied nine saves in wins over Findlay and Eastern Illinois as BGSU went 2-0-1 in three games this week. Cadel was awarded her second MAC Defensive Player of the Week award for her performances against Findlay, EIU and Valpo.

FALCONS ALL-TIME VERSUS THE 2015 FOES
BGSU enters the 2015 season having played all but one of its opponents prior to this year. The Falcons are 90-124-28 all-time versus their 19 regular season foes in 2015, including having posted double digit wins over Buffalo and Kent State, as well as wins over Akron, Kent State, Ohio and Chicago State 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).