BGSU Hosts Dayton Tuesday Night

FALCONS vs. DAYTON
Tuesday, September 20 – 7:00 p.m.
Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com | Twitter: @BGSUmenssoccer

FALCONS vs. OHIO STATE
Saturday, September 24 – 7:00 p.m.
Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com | Twitter: @BGSUmenssoccer

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* note: PDF version of notes is from Friday (Sept. 16), prior to Saturday's Cincinnati match

UP NEXT IN FALCON SOCCER
The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team concludes a three-game stretch against Southwest Ohio-based programs and begins a two-game homestand on Tuesday night (Sept. 20). Head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons face the University of Dayton in a 7:00 p.m. matchup at Cochrane Stadium.

Then, the Falcons will prepare for a Saturday (Sept. 24) contest vs. the Ohio State University. That matchup is also set for a 7:00 p.m. start at Cochrane, and admission is free to all home BGSU soccer regular-season action.

FREE ADMISSION / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Again this season, admission to all Falcon men's and women's soccer home regular-season matches is free. For those who can't make it to Cochrane Stadium, live stats are scheduled to be available for each home contest via BGSUFalcons.com. Twitter updates for all men's soccer action in 2016, both home and away, will be available via @BGSUmenssoccer. And, plans are in the works to broadcast several home matches on ESPN3.com. All of the pertinent information can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com on the day of the match.

• Tuesday's Dayton match is scheduled to have a free audio stream, courtesy of the Bowling Green Student Radio Organization (BGRSO).

• Saturday's OSU contest is scheduled to have a free video stream, as the Falcons' matchup with the Buckeyes will be available via ESPN3.

A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons are 5-2-0 on the season. BG opened the year with three multiple-goal wins at Cochrane Stadium, downing IUPUI, Appalachian State and Marshall. The Falcons scored 10 goals and conceded just one in those matches..

• BG took to the road on Sept. 7, and freshman Chris Brennan's goal with just four seconds left in the second overtime gave the Brown and Orange a thrilling 1-0 victory at Cleveland State.

• But, three days later (Sept. 10), Western Illinois rallied back after a goal by senior Joe Sullivan, downing the visiting Falcons by a 2-1 final. The Brown and Orange bounced back on Tuesday (Sept. 13), topping Wright State, 2-0, in this year's battle for the I-75 Cup at Cochrane Stadium. Seniors Jacob Roth and Pat Flynn scored BG's goals in that win.

• On Saturday (Sept. 17), Cincinnati scored midway through the second half, and the Bearcats held on for a 1-0 win over the Brown and Orange. It marked the first time the Falcons have been shut out this season.

• The Falcons are 4-0-0 at home this season, and BGSU has outscored opponents by a 12-1 count at Cochrane Stadium in those four matches.

• Since the start of the 2014 season, BGSU has a record of 16-4-1 at Cochrane. The Falcons went 6-2-0 last year and 6-2-1 in 2014. All four home losses in that time have come by identical 1-0 scores. The two '14 setbacks both came against nationally-ranked opponents. Last year's home losses came on a goal in overtime and a goal with under two minutes left in regulation.

• The Falcons have outscored the opponents, 56-14, at Cochrane Stadium, dating to the final home game of the 2013 season. BG has scored at least two goals in 16 of the 22 matches in that time, with three or more goals in 10 of those games.

• In all games, the Falcons are 4-0-0 when scoring two or more goals this season. BGSU is 12-0-1 in such matches since the start of the 2015 season, and the Falcons are now 42-4-5 when scoring at least two goals in the Eric Nichols Era.

• BGSU is ranked ninth in the Great Lakes Region in the latest NSCAA ratings, released last Tuesday (Sept. 13). The Falcons were sixth in the region in each of the previous two weeks.

• Eight different players have scored at least one goal for the Falcons this season to date. Brennan, Flynn and Sullivan have three goals apiece to share the team lead.

• Flynn has a team-best nine points, while Sullivan has seven, Brennan and Roth six each and freshman Robert Miller III five. Roth leads the Falcons with four assists on the year.

• Freshman Anthony Mwembia has played all 649-plus minutes in goal this season to date. He has four shutouts in BG's seven matches, and has a goals-against average of just 0.55.

• Sophomore Bismark Agyeman picked up his first assist of the season in the win over WSU. Agyeman tied for the team lead with five assists a year ago.

• Sophomore Dominic Grida also was credited with an assist against the Raiders. It was the first point of his collegiate career.

• Freshman Tom Wrobel – who did not play in any of the Falcons' first five matches of the year – made his first career start and played all 90 minutes of the win over WSU. Wrobel and the BG back line, as mentioned, kept a clean sheet on Tuesday. Wrobel played 80 minutes on Saturday at UC.

• Grida made the first start of his collegiate career in that UC match. After playing a total of 53 minutes during all of last season, the soph had played 88 minutes this year heading into the Cincinnati contest. He played a career-high 56 minutes vs. the Bearcats.

SENIORS ARE LEAVING THEIR MARK
• All four of the Falcons' seniors have made their mark on the program. BGSU has a record of 33-23-8 since Max Auden, Jacob Roth and Joe Sullivan made their respective playing debuts in 2013, and the Falcons are 27-16-2 since Pat Flynn joined that group prior to the 2014 campaign.

• That quartet is beginning to etch their names in the BGSU record book as well. Flynn, after scoring against Wright State, now has career totals of 26 goals and 63 points. He is now tied with Chris Dore (1996-99) for eighth place on the BGSU career goals list, and is just one goal behind seventh-place Dave Kindl (1993-96). Flynn is only four goals shy of fifth place on that list.

• With 63 points, Flynn is 10th on that BGSU career chart. He is three points behind Kindl and five points in back of eighth-place Dennis Wesley (1983-84).

• Sullivan enters the Dayton match with a career total of 46 points, on 16 goals and 14 assists. Roth has 38 points on 11 goals and 16 assists. Roth, the Falcons' active career leader in assists, is just six shy of 10th place on that BG career list.

• Auden, who has missed the first seven matches of the year due to an injury suffered in the spring, has 22 career points on seven goals and eight assists. All three of his career game-winning goals have come against MAC teams, with two in overtime.

• Flynn, Roth and Sullivan are the only Falcons who have registered at least one point in four of the seven matches this season to date.

• Flynn and Sullivan each have eight career game-winning goals, good for a tie for fourth place on that BGSU list (NOTE: GWG information since 1987).

FALCONS AMONG THE LEADERS
• The Falcons are well represented in the latest NCAA statistics. As a team, BGSU is tied for first in the nation in total assists, and the Falcons are second in assists per game.

• BGSU is eighth in the country in total points and 10th in both points per game and saves percentage. BG is 13th in shutout percentage and 16th in both shots per game and shots on goal per game. In fact, BGSU is ranked among the nation's top-20 teams in 10 different statistical categories.

• Individually, freshman Anthony Mwembia is 11th in the nation in saves percentage and 19th in goals-against average. Senior Jacob Roth is 15th in the country in total assists..

SCOUTING DAYTON
Dayton has a record of 2-4-0 on the year. The Flyers' scheduled home match vs. Fort Wayne on Saturday was cancelled due to field conditions. The Flyers started 0-2, posted wins over Saint Francis (Pa.) and Belmont, then fell to UNCW and Marist in Wilmington, N.C. Nick Hagenkord has two goals to lead the team in that category, while Rok Taneski has UD-best totals of three assists and five points. Justin Saliba has been in goal for five of the first six matches, and has 19 saves and a 1.56 GAA. Last year, head coach Dennis Currier's team went 13-5-5 overall, 5-1-2 in the Atlantic 10 and advanced to the NCAA Championships. Currier welcomed back 14 letterwinners, including seven starters, from that 2015 team.

THE BGSU-UD SERIES
The Falcons lead Dayton, 16-10-0, in that series, but the Flyers dealt BG one of the most lopsided defeats in school history last year. UD posted a 6-0 win at Baujan Field last Sept. 23. Dayton has won three consecutive meetings with the Falcons, although BG and UD have played only twice since the 2000 season. BGSU is 11-2-0 at home and 5-8-0 on the road vs. the Flyers, who have not played at Cochrane Stadium since 1999.

AUDEN, ROTH AND SULLIVAN NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS
Seniors Max Auden, Jacob Roth and Joe Sullivan are the tri-captains for the 2016 Falcons. Auden, a fifth-year senior, is serving as a team captain for the second consecutive season.

UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS
Following the Dayton match, the Falcons will play back-to-back contests vs. Big Ten Conference foes to end the month of September. BGSU, as mentioned, will host Ohio State on Saturday night, Sept. 24, before heading to East Lansing for a matchup with Michigan State on Wednesday, Sept. 28. That MSU match is the first of three-straight road games for the Brown and Orange.

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