Bowling Green State University Athletics
Mwembia, Souahy Earn All-Ohio Honors
December 19, 2017 | Men's Soccer
Falcon Frenchmen named to second team
A pair of Bowling Green State University men's soccer standouts have earned All-Ohio honors from the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association. Senior Alexis Souahy and sophomore Anthony Mwembia each were named to the second team.
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Mwembia earns All-Ohio accolades for the second time in as many years with the Falcons. He was named to the first team in 2016. Souahy is on the All-Ohio Team for the first time.
Mwembia, who hails from Toulouse, France, was ranked 10th among MAC players on the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Conference Top-20 list, and earned MAC Player of the Week (Sept. 5) and TDS Team of the Week (Oct. 3) honors in 2017. Mwembia played every second of every match, recording 64 saves, a goals-against average of 1.04 and seven shutouts. He also had a saves percentage of .780.
Mwembia tied a school record with five consecutive shutouts to begin the year, making six saves against both Cleveland State and Drexel during that stretch. In BG's sixth game of the season, he finally allowed a goal, on a second-half penalty kick in a 1-0 loss vs. No. 6 Michigan State. That snapped his shutout streak at 502:49. The first goal he allowed from the run of play did not come until the seventh match of the year, vs. UC.
He made four saves and had the first assist of his career on the road at No. 1 Notre Dame, and also had four stops at No. 25 Ohio State. In that OSU game, for the second time in as many road matches against a Big Ten opponent, Mwembia allowed just one goal, and that goal came on a PK. He made five saves against Duquesne in a double-OT shutout victory, and had two more stops as BGSU battled West Virginia to a 0-0, double-OT draw.
Mwembia tied his career high with eight saves, including several spectacular stops, in the Falcons' OT match at No. 19 Akron. Through two seasons with the Falcons, he has 15 career shutouts in 35 matches..
Souahy, a native of Saint Etienne au Mont, France (Saint Joseph), played every minute of every match in 2017, and finished fourth on the team in scoring, with eight points. The center back tied for third on the team with three goals, and also had a pair of assists. He helped the Falcons to seven shutouts, including a school record-tying five in a row.
Souahy, a 2017 team captain, was named to the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team, and also was selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Great Lakes Region Third Team. He also was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week on Sept. 5. He had an assist on the game-winning goal in the season opener vs. IUPUI, and scored the final goal of BGSU's 3-0 win at Drexel. Two nights later, he again scored the final goal as BG won at Penn.
The senior had an assist on the tying goal at nationally-ranked Akron, as BG scored while playing two men down with under two minutes remaining in regulation. Then, he scored the GWG in the final home contest of his BGSU career, a win over Northern Illinois on Senior Night.
Souahy had 17 points on six goals and five assists in his BG career, and helped the Falcons' defense record 18 shutouts in that time. He started all 55 of BG's matches during his three-year career, and was on the field for all but 29 seconds during those three seasons.
Both Mwembia and Souahy have excelled in the classroom as well as on the field, as each player was named to the Academic All-MAC Team earlier this month.
2017 ALL-OHIO NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Position - Name, Class, School (Hometown)
GK - Joel Sundell, So., Wright State (Norrkoping, Sweden)
D - Joao Moutinho, Fr., Akron (Lisbon, Portugal)
D - Nate Shultz, Sr., Akron (Mayfield, OH)
D - Dan Bent, Jr., Wright State (Kent, England)
D - Corey Brown, Sr., Xavier (Nelson, New Zealand)
M - Alec Nagucki, Sr., Cleveland State (Medina, OH)
M - Rok Taneski, So., Dayton (Kranj, Slovenia)
MÂ - Abdi Mohamed, Jr., Ohio State (Westerville, OH)
MÂ - AJ Patterson, Sr., Wright State (Key Largo, FL)
F - Stuart Holthusen, Sr., Akron (Auckland, New Zealand)
FÂ - Sam Gainford, Sr., Akron (Liverpool, England)
SECOND TEAM
Position - Name, Class, School (Hometown)
GK - Anthony Mwembia, So., Bowling Green (Toulouse, France)
D - Niko DeVera, Sr., Akron (Camas, WA)
DÂ - Alexis Souahy, Sr., Bowling Green (Saint Etienne au Mont, France)
DÂ - Niall Logue, Sr., Ohio State (Derry, Ireland)
DÂ - Cameran Taylor, Jr., Xavier (Indianapolis, IN)
MÂ - Manuel Cordeiro, Sr., Akron (Porto, Portugal)
MÂ - Pau Belana, Sr., Akron (Barcelona,Spain)
MÂ - David Sanz, So., Cincinnati (Santander, Spain)
MÂ - Alvaro Navarro, Sr., Dayton (Navarra, Spain)
MÂ - Simen Hestnes, Jr., Xavier (Oslo, Norway)
FÂ - Noah Pio, Jr., Cleveland State (Windsor, Ontario)
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COMPLETE OCSA ALL-OHIO TEAMÂ - PDF
Mwembia earns All-Ohio accolades for the second time in as many years with the Falcons. He was named to the first team in 2016. Souahy is on the All-Ohio Team for the first time.
Mwembia, who hails from Toulouse, France, was ranked 10th among MAC players on the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Conference Top-20 list, and earned MAC Player of the Week (Sept. 5) and TDS Team of the Week (Oct. 3) honors in 2017. Mwembia played every second of every match, recording 64 saves, a goals-against average of 1.04 and seven shutouts. He also had a saves percentage of .780.
Mwembia tied a school record with five consecutive shutouts to begin the year, making six saves against both Cleveland State and Drexel during that stretch. In BG's sixth game of the season, he finally allowed a goal, on a second-half penalty kick in a 1-0 loss vs. No. 6 Michigan State. That snapped his shutout streak at 502:49. The first goal he allowed from the run of play did not come until the seventh match of the year, vs. UC.
He made four saves and had the first assist of his career on the road at No. 1 Notre Dame, and also had four stops at No. 25 Ohio State. In that OSU game, for the second time in as many road matches against a Big Ten opponent, Mwembia allowed just one goal, and that goal came on a PK. He made five saves against Duquesne in a double-OT shutout victory, and had two more stops as BGSU battled West Virginia to a 0-0, double-OT draw.
Mwembia tied his career high with eight saves, including several spectacular stops, in the Falcons' OT match at No. 19 Akron. Through two seasons with the Falcons, he has 15 career shutouts in 35 matches..
Souahy, a native of Saint Etienne au Mont, France (Saint Joseph), played every minute of every match in 2017, and finished fourth on the team in scoring, with eight points. The center back tied for third on the team with three goals, and also had a pair of assists. He helped the Falcons to seven shutouts, including a school record-tying five in a row.
Souahy, a 2017 team captain, was named to the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team, and also was selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Great Lakes Region Third Team. He also was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week on Sept. 5. He had an assist on the game-winning goal in the season opener vs. IUPUI, and scored the final goal of BGSU's 3-0 win at Drexel. Two nights later, he again scored the final goal as BG won at Penn.
The senior had an assist on the tying goal at nationally-ranked Akron, as BG scored while playing two men down with under two minutes remaining in regulation. Then, he scored the GWG in the final home contest of his BGSU career, a win over Northern Illinois on Senior Night.
Souahy had 17 points on six goals and five assists in his BG career, and helped the Falcons' defense record 18 shutouts in that time. He started all 55 of BG's matches during his three-year career, and was on the field for all but 29 seconds during those three seasons.
Both Mwembia and Souahy have excelled in the classroom as well as on the field, as each player was named to the Academic All-MAC Team earlier this month.
2017 ALL-OHIO NCAA MEN'S DIVISION I TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Position - Name, Class, School (Hometown)
GK - Joel Sundell, So., Wright State (Norrkoping, Sweden)
D - Joao Moutinho, Fr., Akron (Lisbon, Portugal)
D - Nate Shultz, Sr., Akron (Mayfield, OH)
D - Dan Bent, Jr., Wright State (Kent, England)
D - Corey Brown, Sr., Xavier (Nelson, New Zealand)
M - Alec Nagucki, Sr., Cleveland State (Medina, OH)
M - Rok Taneski, So., Dayton (Kranj, Slovenia)
MÂ - Abdi Mohamed, Jr., Ohio State (Westerville, OH)
MÂ - AJ Patterson, Sr., Wright State (Key Largo, FL)
F - Stuart Holthusen, Sr., Akron (Auckland, New Zealand)
FÂ - Sam Gainford, Sr., Akron (Liverpool, England)
SECOND TEAM
Position - Name, Class, School (Hometown)
GK - Anthony Mwembia, So., Bowling Green (Toulouse, France)
D - Niko DeVera, Sr., Akron (Camas, WA)
DÂ - Alexis Souahy, Sr., Bowling Green (Saint Etienne au Mont, France)
DÂ - Niall Logue, Sr., Ohio State (Derry, Ireland)
DÂ - Cameran Taylor, Jr., Xavier (Indianapolis, IN)
MÂ - Manuel Cordeiro, Sr., Akron (Porto, Portugal)
MÂ - Pau Belana, Sr., Akron (Barcelona,Spain)
MÂ - David Sanz, So., Cincinnati (Santander, Spain)
MÂ - Alvaro Navarro, Sr., Dayton (Navarra, Spain)
MÂ - Simen Hestnes, Jr., Xavier (Oslo, Norway)
FÂ - Noah Pio, Jr., Cleveland State (Windsor, Ontario)
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