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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Friday, November 3
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Falcons Face Top-Seed Kent State in Friday's MAC Semifinal
November 01, 2017 | Women's Soccer
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team continues its run in the 2017 Mid-American Conference Women's Soccer Tournament at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, when the Falcons play in the second second semifinal at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio. The opponent for the fourth-seeded Falcons (12-6-1, 6-4-1 MAC) will be the Kent State Golden Flashes. KSU (13-5-2, 9-2-0 MAC) is the MAC regular season champion and the defending tournament champion. The winner of the game will play for the MAC championship on Sunday against the winner of the first semifinal (#2 Ball State vs. #3 Toledo).
MAC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS
The remainder of the 2017 MAC Tournament will be played at Dix Stadium, Kent State's football facility, in Kent, Ohio. Tickets for the MAC Tournament semifinals on Friday and the Championship on Sunday are only available at the gate. Ticket prices are as follows:
Tournament Pass: $10
Adults: $6
Youth (12-and-under): $2
Students (with ID): Free
LINKS
BGSU Women's Soccer Game Notes (.pdf)
Live Stats |Â Live Video
2017 BGSUÂ Women's Soccer Stats
2017 MAC Women's Soccer Stats
2017 NCAA Women's Soccer Stats
BGSUÂ Women's Soccer Record Book
LAST TIME OUT
BGSU won its first MAC Tournament game in nine years with a 3-1 victory over Buffalo in the quarterfinals on Sunday, Oct. 29. The Falcons had no shots on goal and fell behind 1-0 in the first half. However, Erica Hubert scored twice in the second half, and Rachel Winters headed home the game-winner in the 61st minute to help BGSU advance. Madison Schupbach and Maureen Kennedy added their eighth assists.Â
SCOUTING KENT STATE
After a 4-3-2 start in non-conference play, Kent State dominated the MAC for a second straight year with nine wins in 11 games. The Flashes allowed a total of seven goals and won seven shutouts, only dropping games to #2 seed Ball State (1-0) and #4 seed BGSU (3-1). Against #8 seed Ohio in the MAC quarterfinals, KSU and the Bobcats fought to a 1-1 draw through double overtime. The match went to penalty kicks, and the Golden Flashes advanced by winning that portion, 4-2.
Freshman Vital Kats leads KSU with six goals. She scored in her first two career games and added a critical goal in the Flashes' quarterfinal victory over Ohio. She allso has four assists for a team-best 16 points. Fellow freshman Isabelle Mihail has four goals and two assists, including KSU's lone goal in a 3-1 loss to BGSU in October. Kristen Brots leads the team with five assists. Goalkeeper Ashleah McDonald leads the team with 13 starts, 1,210 minutes, an 0.67 goals against average, and a .850 save percentage. She's allowed nine goals against 60 shots and has a 9-3-2 record.
KSU head coach Rob Marinaro is in his 7th season and owns a 165-130-37 record. He entered the season with the fourth-most wins in MAC history and is in the midst of his 13th MAC Tournament. He is also a three-time MAC Coach of the Year.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Falcons hit the road for their meeting with Kent State on Sunday, Oct. 22. BGSU blitzed the Golden Flashes with 14 first-half shots. Katie Kingsbury made eight saves, but Chelsee Washington scored in the 37th minute to provide Bowling Green with a 1-0 halftime edge. Isabelle Mihail tied the game for KSU in the 61st minute, but Washignton fired right back with a 15-yard shot with 20:19 left on the clock. Erica Hubert added insurance with 4:20 to go, as the Falcons came away with a 3-1 win. The victory improved BGSU's all-time record to 12-7-5 versus Kent State and 6-5-0 in Kent.
FALCONS VS. FLASHES IN THE POSTSEASON
Bowling Green and Kent State have met twice in the MAC Tournament. In 2004, the Falcons earned the eighth seed and traveled to Kent for a quarterfinal match against the top-seeded Flashes. Britt Anderson scored in double overtime to give BGSU a 2-1 upset victory. The Falcons went on to beat Central Michigan and Western Michigan to capture their first MAC championship. In 2005, the Falcons were the top seed and hosted #7 Kent State at Cochrane Stadium in the championship game. The game was a scoreless draw, but the Falcons won the title with a 3-2 victory in penalty kicks.
HOORAY FOR HUBERT
Junior Erica Hubert found a perfect time for her first multi-goal match of the 2017 season. She scored twice and led the Falcons to a 3-1 MAC quarterfinal win over Buffalo. Her initial score was the equalizer, and she capped her day with a goal in the 80th minute that gave BGSU a two-goal lead. The "insurance goal" has been a Hubert specialty this year; of her ten goals, six of them have been the Falcons' final scores in two-goal victories. Four have occurred in the final 11 minutes of a match. Hubert has also been BGSU's own "Ms. October", as she has seven goals in nine games this month and five in the last four. Bowling Green is 8-1 when she scores a goal this season.
CHELSEE IN CHARGE
Chelsee Washington played an enormous role in Bowling Green's 3-1 win against MAC Eastern Division champion Kent State. In the 37th minute, Washington headed in a diagonal pass from Alexis Fricke to put the Falcons ahead 1-0. It was the first goal scored against KSU in 541:08. After the Golden Flashes evened the match in the second half, Washington drilled in a shot from 15 yards out off a pass from Marissa Swindell. The goal served as the eventual game-winner, which was the first of her career. She is the first player to score twice against KSU in 2017, and her two goals equal the total scored against KSU in their first nine MAC games. Washington's two goals were her only two shots of the game in 39 minutes as a primary reserve..
FANTASTIC FLEAKÂ
Senior forward Skylar Fleak is having one of the best offensive seasons in BGSU history. Against Buffalo, she posted her second hat trick of 2017 with three goals in 20:16, the fourth-fastest hat trick by a Falcon, as BGSU came back from 2-0 down to beat Buffalo. Her first hat trick was a four-goal game at Oakland. She added an assist in a 2-0 win over Akron for a seven-point weekend. She has 11 goals and 27 points (each third-most in BGSU history) and a personal-best five assists. She is second in the MAC in points and goals, and she ranks in the top 35 nationally for both. In her career, Fleak has 27 goals (third most at BGSU) and 64 points (fourth most at BGSU). Her efforts have earned three MAC Offensive Player of the Week awards in 2017.
OFFENSE ON THE PROWL
BGSU continues to own the MAC's best offense. They have a league-best 40 goals (2.11/game), scored by 11 different players. Fifteen players have combined for a MAC-best 46 assists (2.42/game). The Falcons are also first with 16.95 shots per game The Falcons have outshot their opponents in all but two games this year and have a current margin of 322-188 (1.71:1). BGSU is on pace for its most shots (339) since 2004 and most goals (42) since 1998, fewest-ever shots allowed (198), and its fewest goals allowed since 2008 (24).
ASSISTS MACHINE
BGSU owns a superior offense, and much of that is owed to the team's skill in their attacking third. The Falcons are fifth nationally with 46 assists and ninth a 2.42 assists per game. Fifteen of the team's 26 players have at least one, and nine have multiple assists. Four players have combined for six multi-assist games. Madison Schupbach and Maureen Kennedy are tied for the team and MAC lead and place in the top 25 nationally with eight, while Skylar Fleak (5) and Erica Hubert (3) have career highs. Marissa Swindell has added six, including two multi-assist games. This is the third-most assists in team history; the school record is 53, set in 1998.
FIRST-TIME SCORERS
The Falcons feature eight first-year players on their 2017 roster, and four of them have combined for seven of the team's 40 goals. Marissa Swindell has three goals, while Sophia Barnes owns two. Paige Casto's goal at Western Michigan was the first of her career, and Nikhita Jacob scored at Detroit Mercy. First year Falcons have also combined for 14 of the team's 46 assists. Additionally, junior Alexis Fricke posted her first career goal, and Elisa Baeron earned her first career point with an assist versus Buffalo.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Admission to all home BGSU men's and women's soccer matches at Cochrane Stadium is free. For those who cannot make it to a given match, live stats are available online via BGSUFalcons.com. Live game updates will also be provided on Twitter through @BGSUWSoccer. In addition, weekly game notes and updated statistics can be obtained through BGSUFalcons.com. For fans who cannot make it to Sunday's game, links to a live video stream and a radio broadcast are also available through BGSUFalcons.com.
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MAC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS
The remainder of the 2017 MAC Tournament will be played at Dix Stadium, Kent State's football facility, in Kent, Ohio. Tickets for the MAC Tournament semifinals on Friday and the Championship on Sunday are only available at the gate. Ticket prices are as follows:
Tournament Pass: $10
Adults: $6
Youth (12-and-under): $2
Students (with ID): Free
LINKS
BGSU Women's Soccer Game Notes (.pdf)
Live Stats |Â Live Video
2017 BGSUÂ Women's Soccer Stats
2017 MAC Women's Soccer Stats
2017 NCAA Women's Soccer Stats
BGSUÂ Women's Soccer Record Book
LAST TIME OUT
BGSU won its first MAC Tournament game in nine years with a 3-1 victory over Buffalo in the quarterfinals on Sunday, Oct. 29. The Falcons had no shots on goal and fell behind 1-0 in the first half. However, Erica Hubert scored twice in the second half, and Rachel Winters headed home the game-winner in the 61st minute to help BGSU advance. Madison Schupbach and Maureen Kennedy added their eighth assists.Â
SCOUTING KENT STATE
After a 4-3-2 start in non-conference play, Kent State dominated the MAC for a second straight year with nine wins in 11 games. The Flashes allowed a total of seven goals and won seven shutouts, only dropping games to #2 seed Ball State (1-0) and #4 seed BGSU (3-1). Against #8 seed Ohio in the MAC quarterfinals, KSU and the Bobcats fought to a 1-1 draw through double overtime. The match went to penalty kicks, and the Golden Flashes advanced by winning that portion, 4-2.
Freshman Vital Kats leads KSU with six goals. She scored in her first two career games and added a critical goal in the Flashes' quarterfinal victory over Ohio. She allso has four assists for a team-best 16 points. Fellow freshman Isabelle Mihail has four goals and two assists, including KSU's lone goal in a 3-1 loss to BGSU in October. Kristen Brots leads the team with five assists. Goalkeeper Ashleah McDonald leads the team with 13 starts, 1,210 minutes, an 0.67 goals against average, and a .850 save percentage. She's allowed nine goals against 60 shots and has a 9-3-2 record.
KSU head coach Rob Marinaro is in his 7th season and owns a 165-130-37 record. He entered the season with the fourth-most wins in MAC history and is in the midst of his 13th MAC Tournament. He is also a three-time MAC Coach of the Year.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Falcons hit the road for their meeting with Kent State on Sunday, Oct. 22. BGSU blitzed the Golden Flashes with 14 first-half shots. Katie Kingsbury made eight saves, but Chelsee Washington scored in the 37th minute to provide Bowling Green with a 1-0 halftime edge. Isabelle Mihail tied the game for KSU in the 61st minute, but Washignton fired right back with a 15-yard shot with 20:19 left on the clock. Erica Hubert added insurance with 4:20 to go, as the Falcons came away with a 3-1 win. The victory improved BGSU's all-time record to 12-7-5 versus Kent State and 6-5-0 in Kent.
FALCONS VS. FLASHES IN THE POSTSEASON
Bowling Green and Kent State have met twice in the MAC Tournament. In 2004, the Falcons earned the eighth seed and traveled to Kent for a quarterfinal match against the top-seeded Flashes. Britt Anderson scored in double overtime to give BGSU a 2-1 upset victory. The Falcons went on to beat Central Michigan and Western Michigan to capture their first MAC championship. In 2005, the Falcons were the top seed and hosted #7 Kent State at Cochrane Stadium in the championship game. The game was a scoreless draw, but the Falcons won the title with a 3-2 victory in penalty kicks.
HOORAY FOR HUBERT
Junior Erica Hubert found a perfect time for her first multi-goal match of the 2017 season. She scored twice and led the Falcons to a 3-1 MAC quarterfinal win over Buffalo. Her initial score was the equalizer, and she capped her day with a goal in the 80th minute that gave BGSU a two-goal lead. The "insurance goal" has been a Hubert specialty this year; of her ten goals, six of them have been the Falcons' final scores in two-goal victories. Four have occurred in the final 11 minutes of a match. Hubert has also been BGSU's own "Ms. October", as she has seven goals in nine games this month and five in the last four. Bowling Green is 8-1 when she scores a goal this season.
CHELSEE IN CHARGE
Chelsee Washington played an enormous role in Bowling Green's 3-1 win against MAC Eastern Division champion Kent State. In the 37th minute, Washington headed in a diagonal pass from Alexis Fricke to put the Falcons ahead 1-0. It was the first goal scored against KSU in 541:08. After the Golden Flashes evened the match in the second half, Washington drilled in a shot from 15 yards out off a pass from Marissa Swindell. The goal served as the eventual game-winner, which was the first of her career. She is the first player to score twice against KSU in 2017, and her two goals equal the total scored against KSU in their first nine MAC games. Washington's two goals were her only two shots of the game in 39 minutes as a primary reserve..
FANTASTIC FLEAKÂ
Senior forward Skylar Fleak is having one of the best offensive seasons in BGSU history. Against Buffalo, she posted her second hat trick of 2017 with three goals in 20:16, the fourth-fastest hat trick by a Falcon, as BGSU came back from 2-0 down to beat Buffalo. Her first hat trick was a four-goal game at Oakland. She added an assist in a 2-0 win over Akron for a seven-point weekend. She has 11 goals and 27 points (each third-most in BGSU history) and a personal-best five assists. She is second in the MAC in points and goals, and she ranks in the top 35 nationally for both. In her career, Fleak has 27 goals (third most at BGSU) and 64 points (fourth most at BGSU). Her efforts have earned three MAC Offensive Player of the Week awards in 2017.
OFFENSE ON THE PROWL
BGSU continues to own the MAC's best offense. They have a league-best 40 goals (2.11/game), scored by 11 different players. Fifteen players have combined for a MAC-best 46 assists (2.42/game). The Falcons are also first with 16.95 shots per game The Falcons have outshot their opponents in all but two games this year and have a current margin of 322-188 (1.71:1). BGSU is on pace for its most shots (339) since 2004 and most goals (42) since 1998, fewest-ever shots allowed (198), and its fewest goals allowed since 2008 (24).
ASSISTS MACHINE
BGSU owns a superior offense, and much of that is owed to the team's skill in their attacking third. The Falcons are fifth nationally with 46 assists and ninth a 2.42 assists per game. Fifteen of the team's 26 players have at least one, and nine have multiple assists. Four players have combined for six multi-assist games. Madison Schupbach and Maureen Kennedy are tied for the team and MAC lead and place in the top 25 nationally with eight, while Skylar Fleak (5) and Erica Hubert (3) have career highs. Marissa Swindell has added six, including two multi-assist games. This is the third-most assists in team history; the school record is 53, set in 1998.
FIRST-TIME SCORERS
The Falcons feature eight first-year players on their 2017 roster, and four of them have combined for seven of the team's 40 goals. Marissa Swindell has three goals, while Sophia Barnes owns two. Paige Casto's goal at Western Michigan was the first of her career, and Nikhita Jacob scored at Detroit Mercy. First year Falcons have also combined for 14 of the team's 46 assists. Additionally, junior Alexis Fricke posted her first career goal, and Elisa Baeron earned her first career point with an assist versus Buffalo.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
Admission to all home BGSU men's and women's soccer matches at Cochrane Stadium is free. For those who cannot make it to a given match, live stats are available online via BGSUFalcons.com. Live game updates will also be provided on Twitter through @BGSUWSoccer. In addition, weekly game notes and updated statistics can be obtained through BGSUFalcons.com. For fans who cannot make it to Sunday's game, links to a live video stream and a radio broadcast are also available through BGSUFalcons.com.
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