Falcons Fall to EMU Golden Goal in Double Overtime

Thursday, October 5

Ypsilanti, MI

4:00PM

Bowling Green State University

7-5-0, 2-3-0MAC

Eastern Michigan

5-8-1, 2-3-0MAC

OT 3

OT 4

Bowling Green

Eastern Michigan

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

October 05, 2017 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

LINKS
BGSU-EMU Box Score (PDF)
BGSU-EMU Box Score (Enhanced)
Updated BGSU Statistics
MAC Women's Soccer Statistics
NCAA Women's Soccer Statistics
2017 BGSU Record Book
Central Michigan Women's Soccer (next opponent)

YPSILANTI, MICH. -- For the second consecutive Friday, the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team allowed a game-winning goal with less than 4:00 displayed on the clock. This time, the Falcons permitted a golden goal to Eastern Michigan's Peyton Davis with 2:54 remaining in double overtime. It was the team's first foray into extra time in 2017. The defeat drops BGSU's record to 7-5-0 overall and 2-3-0 in Mid-American Conference play.

Sophia Barnes opened the day's scoring in the 23rd minute with her second goal of 2017. She played Erica Hubert into the box, and Hubert passed it back to give Barnes an open look. The assist was Hubert's first of the season. Goalkeeper Victoria Cope kept EMU off the board in the first half with two tough saves, including one in the 33rd minute that she tipped over the crossbar.

A tackle in the box within the first minute of the second half prevented a second BGSU goal, and missed opportunities would haunt the Falcons. Kennady Kuhlman pitched in a header for the equalizer off a Peyton Davis cross in the 66th minute. From there, neither team could score for the remainder of regulation or the first ten minutes of overtime. The Falcons took 11 shots within the second half and the first overtime, but only two of those reached goaltender Kaylin Williams, who saved both. Williams made another save early in the second extra frame, and that was BGSU's final shot. Minutes later, Davis tapped in the winner off a Cope save that she could not corral.

COACH SAYS...
After the game, head coach Matt Fannon said, "We were not good enough tonight for the full match. We allowed them to get a foothold in the game and were not willing to fight when we needed to. We are very disappointed."

NOTE OF THE GAME: CLOSE CALLS
Four of Bowling Green's five losses in 2017 have been by 2-1 scores, and the winning margin has been scored progressively later in each match. Against Michigan State, the Spartans scored their second goal at the 76:55 mark to go up 2-0; the Falcons scored on a penalty kick in the 88th minute. Against Ball State, the Falcons fell behind 1-0 before scoring an equalizer in the 66th minute. BSU then scored the winner with 10:29 remaining. Last Friday at Western Michigan, the Broncos broke a 1-1 tie with the decider in the 87th minute. Thursday's match against Eastern Michigan was the first time in 2017 that BGSU lost after leading at any point in the match.

STAT PACK
-- Erica Hubert (5) and Skylar Fleak (4) led the team in shots.
-- The pair have combined for 90 of BGSU's 202 shots in 2017; Hubert has 49, Fleak has 41.
-- In addition to Barnes' goal, Fleak (2), Hubert and Madison Schupbach accounted for BGSU's shots on goal.
-- Defender Alexis Fricke and goalkeeper Victoria Cope each played the full time (108:53).
-- Morgan Abbitt (100), Jennifer Reyes (95) and Hubert (94) also played more than 90 minutes.
-- BGSU out-shot EMU 17-10; however, EMU led 6-5 in shots on goal.
-- The Falcons committed only seven fouls in the match, four of which were in regulation.

UP NEXT
Bowling Green returns home on Sunday for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff against Central Michigan. The Chippewas earned their first MAC win of 2017 on Thursday by crushing Toledo 5-0 behind a hat trick from Lexi Pelafas. Pelafas has taken over the MAC lead in goals scored with 11 and has led CMU to a 6-4-3 record (1-2-2 MAC). Sunday's contest is the first of a three-game home stand for BGSU; they will be the final three regular season home games for the Falcons this season.