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Bowling Green State University Athletics
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Looking Back at Momentous 2017 Season for Women's Soccer
December 18, 2017 | Women's Soccer
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team entered a new era in 2017 and began it with the program's finest season in nine years. From a five-goal outburst in the season opener to the 100th minute of the MAC Tournament championship match, the Falcons repeatedly produced special moments and outstanding efforts for first-year head coach Matt Fannon.
The 2017 Falcons featured a deep roster that was loaded with experience, and Fannon coupled that with the introduction of eight new players. The result was an offense that was one of just 36 teams to average two-or-more goals per game and a suffocating defense that averaged only ten shot attempts allowed per game.
BGSU also reaped the rewards of excellence in the classroom, as ten players were named to the Academic All-MAC team. The team also earned the United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award after posting a cumulative 3.55 grade point average during the 2016-17 academic year.
Below is a list of many of the incredible team and individual accomplishments from 2017, followed by an season-in-review interview with Coach Fannon:
Team
Individual
The 2017 Falcons featured a deep roster that was loaded with experience, and Fannon coupled that with the introduction of eight new players. The result was an offense that was one of just 36 teams to average two-or-more goals per game and a suffocating defense that averaged only ten shot attempts allowed per game.
BGSU also reaped the rewards of excellence in the classroom, as ten players were named to the Academic All-MAC team. The team also earned the United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award after posting a cumulative 3.55 grade point average during the 2016-17 academic year.
Below is a list of many of the incredible team and individual accomplishments from 2017, followed by an season-in-review interview with Coach Fannon:
Team
- Most wins since 2008 and second-most in school history (13)
- Most conference wins since 2008 and tied for third-most in school history (13)
- First MAC Tournament berth since 2008 and championship game appearance since 2007
- First-ever regular season win over eventual MAC regular season champion (3-1 at Kent State, Oct. 22)
- First MAC Tournament win over a #1 seed since 2004 (2-1 at Kent State, Nov. 3)
- First two-goal comeback win since 2003 (3-2 vs. Buffalo, Oct. 13)
- Best home record (7-2-1) since 2008, tied for second-most home wins in school history (8)
- Active streak of five straight home wins (Sept. 24-Oct. 29), two shy of school record
- Tied school record for road wins (6-4-1)
- Scored first in 12 of 21 games (9-2-1); posted four comeback victories
- School record for goals in one season (43) and record-tying scoring offense in MAC games (2.00/game)
- Second-best scoring defense in school history (26 goals allowed, 1.24/game)
- Third-most assists in school history (49), just four shy of school record
- Second-most points in school history (135); only second time with 100 in last 12 seasons (2008)
- Led MAC in goals, points, and assists
- Finished season eighth nationally in assists, 15th in points, and 27th in goals
- Fewest shots (217) and shots on goal (99) allowed in school history
- Matched school record with zero shots on goal allowed versus Akron (Miami, 2004)
- Eleven athletes named to Academic All-MAC team
- United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award
- First team All-MAC (3), second team All-MAC (1), MAC All-Freshman team (1), United Soccer Coaches third team All-Midwest Region (1)
- MAC Coach of the Year (Fannon) and Offensive Player of the Year (Fleak)
Individual
- First career point by eight players, first career goal by five players
- One of five sets of teammates nationally with 11 or more goals each (Hubert, 12; Fleak, 11)
- New school record for career shot attempts (Hubert and Fleak, 204)
- Reached third on BGSU career goals list (Hubert and Fleak, 27)
- Third-most points in one season, most since 2004 (Hubert and Fleak, 27)
- Fourth-most career points in school history (Fleak, 64)
- 10th and 11th hat tricks in school history (Fleak: at Oakland, vs. Buffalo)
- Most goals in one game since 2004, second-most in school history (Fleak, 4 at Oakland)
- Most goals in one season since 2004, second-most in school history (Hubert, 12)
- Fourth-fastest goal in school history, fastest since 2008 (Fleak, 2:34 into match vs. Miami)
- Second-fastest goal in a half in school history (Barnes, 0:22 into second half vs. Miami)
- School record for shot attempts (Hubert, 87)
- Active five-game goal streak, matching school record (Hubert)
- Active five-game point streak, tied for third-longest in school history (Hubert)
- Second-most game-winning goals in school history (Fleak and Winters, 4)
- Winters: four goals in 2017, all game-winners
- Top three for assists in MAC (Kennedy, 10; Schupbach, 8; Swindell, 6)
- Top ten in school history for career assists (Schupbach and Kennedy, 14)
- Matched school record for assists in a season (Kennedy, 10)
- Matched school record for assist streak (Kennedy, 5 games)
- School record for game-winning assists (Kennedy, 5)
- Fifth-best goals against average in school history (Cope, 1.26)
- Seventh-most single-season goalkeeper minutes in school history (Cope, 1780:28)
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