Saturday, August 12
Bowling Green, OH
6:00 PM ET
Bowling Green State University
vs
Dayton
Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications
BGSU Men's Soccer: Falcons Host Dayton, Oakland
August 11, 2017 | Men's Soccer
The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team will play two exhibition matches in a three-day span, beginning Saturday evening (Aug. 12). Head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons will face the University of Dayton in a 6:00 p.m. start at Cochrane Stadium.
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2017 BGSU Men's Soccer Roster
2017 BGSU Men's Soccer Record Book
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Then, on Monday (Aug. 14), the Brown and Orange will meet Oakland University in another 6:00 p.m. start at Cochrane. Admission is free to all BGSUÂ home soccer action again in 2017.
Team scores will not be kept, and there will be no live stats or video of either contest. There will be Twitter updates available during both games at @BGSUmenssoccer.
The tentative schedule calls for each match to feature four 25-minute periods.
Nichols and assistant coaches Eric Reed and Zach Mason welcome back 13 letterwinners, including seven starters, from last year's team. The Falcons have won a total of 32 matches over the last three years.
Nichols and the Falcons had an overall record of 9-6-4 in 2016, and BGSU finished MAC regular-season play with a 2-0-3 league ledger. BG finished second in the conference, the program's best showing since the 2002 season, and the Falcons were undefeated at Cochrane Stadium for the first time since 1996.
Dayton is coming off of a 2016 season in which the Flyers had an overall record of 8-9-3. UD went 3-3-2 in Atlantic 10 Conference play, and head coach Dennis Currier's squad advanced to the A-10 Tournament semifinals, posting a victory over top-seeded Saint Louis along the way. The Flyers had nine seniors on the 2016 roster.
The Falcons and Flyers met last fall, battling to a 1-1 draw at Cochrane Stadium during the regular season.
Oakland finished the 2016 season with a 7-10-1 overall mark and a 5-4-0 record in Horizon League action. Coach Eric Pogue's Golden Grizzlies, after winning HL titles in both 2014 and '15, topped Green Bay in last season's quarterfinal round, but saw Wright State advance via penalty kicks in the 2016 semifinals.
The Falcons and Grizzlies met during the preseason last year, with BG freshmen combining for three goals on the evening.
For the Falcons, 15Â total players return from a season ago, led by the senior quartet of Prayag Jina, Brad Macomber, Keaton Reynolds and Alexis Souahy. The junior class includes Dominic Grida, Moe Mustafa, Peter Pugliese and Tate Robertson, and redshirt junior Billy Larsen joins that veteran group.
The six-member sophomore class features Chris Brennan, Mitchell Evans, Charlie Maciejewski, Robert Miller III, Anthony Mwembia and Tom Wrobel.
Nine of the 15 returnees started at least three games apiece last year. Macomber, Robertson and Souahy each started all 19 contests in the 2016 campaign, while Mwembia made 18 starts, Mustafa 16 and Brennan 12. Brennan is the Falcons' top returning scorer from a year ago. His 12 points included five goals in his inaugural season, while Miller scored eight points and Robertson and Souahy five apiece.
Nichols and his staff welcome 10 newcomers, including a pair of senior transfers in Aaron Davis and Theo Jamilloux. Jamilloux, a fifth-year senior goalkeeper, spent the last two seasons at the University of Louisville, while Davis, a Perrysburg native, most recently played at Lourdes University.
The group of eight Falcon freshmen includes two student-athletes each from the states of Ohio and Illinois as well as a duo from Ghana. Zach Buescher attended St. John's Jesuit in Toledo, while Vinny Worner was a high-school teammate of Brennan's at Copley.
Erik Horvath and Chris Sullivan continue the pipeline of BGSU men's soccer student-athletes from Naperville, Ill. Sullivan is the younger brother of Joe Sullivan, who wrapped up a stellar four-year Falcon career last fall.
Ebenezer Ackon and Amandy Ayima have journeyed from Ghana to Northwest Ohio to join the Falcon program, while Marshall Mast (Traverse City, Mich.) and Sam Pugliese (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) round out the BGSU newcomers. Pugliese is the younger brother of Peter, giving the Falcons their first pair of sibling teammates since Chris and Thomas McLean both donned the Orange and Brown for the 2009 and '10 seasons.
For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @BGSUmenssoccer, Instagram (bgsumenssoccer) and Snapchat (BGSU Men's Soccer) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
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LINKS
2017 BGSU Men's Soccer Schedule
2017 BGSU Men's Soccer Roster
2017 BGSU Men's Soccer Record Book
Join the Falcon Club Today!
Then, on Monday (Aug. 14), the Brown and Orange will meet Oakland University in another 6:00 p.m. start at Cochrane. Admission is free to all BGSUÂ home soccer action again in 2017.
Team scores will not be kept, and there will be no live stats or video of either contest. There will be Twitter updates available during both games at @BGSUmenssoccer.
The tentative schedule calls for each match to feature four 25-minute periods.
Nichols and assistant coaches Eric Reed and Zach Mason welcome back 13 letterwinners, including seven starters, from last year's team. The Falcons have won a total of 32 matches over the last three years.
Nichols and the Falcons had an overall record of 9-6-4 in 2016, and BGSU finished MAC regular-season play with a 2-0-3 league ledger. BG finished second in the conference, the program's best showing since the 2002 season, and the Falcons were undefeated at Cochrane Stadium for the first time since 1996.
Dayton is coming off of a 2016 season in which the Flyers had an overall record of 8-9-3. UD went 3-3-2 in Atlantic 10 Conference play, and head coach Dennis Currier's squad advanced to the A-10 Tournament semifinals, posting a victory over top-seeded Saint Louis along the way. The Flyers had nine seniors on the 2016 roster.
The Falcons and Flyers met last fall, battling to a 1-1 draw at Cochrane Stadium during the regular season.
Oakland finished the 2016 season with a 7-10-1 overall mark and a 5-4-0 record in Horizon League action. Coach Eric Pogue's Golden Grizzlies, after winning HL titles in both 2014 and '15, topped Green Bay in last season's quarterfinal round, but saw Wright State advance via penalty kicks in the 2016 semifinals.
The Falcons and Grizzlies met during the preseason last year, with BG freshmen combining for three goals on the evening.
For the Falcons, 15Â total players return from a season ago, led by the senior quartet of Prayag Jina, Brad Macomber, Keaton Reynolds and Alexis Souahy. The junior class includes Dominic Grida, Moe Mustafa, Peter Pugliese and Tate Robertson, and redshirt junior Billy Larsen joins that veteran group.
The six-member sophomore class features Chris Brennan, Mitchell Evans, Charlie Maciejewski, Robert Miller III, Anthony Mwembia and Tom Wrobel.
Nine of the 15 returnees started at least three games apiece last year. Macomber, Robertson and Souahy each started all 19 contests in the 2016 campaign, while Mwembia made 18 starts, Mustafa 16 and Brennan 12. Brennan is the Falcons' top returning scorer from a year ago. His 12 points included five goals in his inaugural season, while Miller scored eight points and Robertson and Souahy five apiece.
Nichols and his staff welcome 10 newcomers, including a pair of senior transfers in Aaron Davis and Theo Jamilloux. Jamilloux, a fifth-year senior goalkeeper, spent the last two seasons at the University of Louisville, while Davis, a Perrysburg native, most recently played at Lourdes University.
The group of eight Falcon freshmen includes two student-athletes each from the states of Ohio and Illinois as well as a duo from Ghana. Zach Buescher attended St. John's Jesuit in Toledo, while Vinny Worner was a high-school teammate of Brennan's at Copley.
Erik Horvath and Chris Sullivan continue the pipeline of BGSU men's soccer student-athletes from Naperville, Ill. Sullivan is the younger brother of Joe Sullivan, who wrapped up a stellar four-year Falcon career last fall.
Ebenezer Ackon and Amandy Ayima have journeyed from Ghana to Northwest Ohio to join the Falcon program, while Marshall Mast (Traverse City, Mich.) and Sam Pugliese (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) round out the BGSU newcomers. Pugliese is the younger brother of Peter, giving the Falcons their first pair of sibling teammates since Chris and Thomas McLean both donned the Orange and Brown for the 2009 and '10 seasons.
For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @BGSUmenssoccer, Instagram (bgsumenssoccer) and Snapchat (BGSU Men's Soccer) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
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