Butler Scores Two Late Goals to Ground Falcons, 2-0

Sunday, August 27

Indianapolis, IN

1:00PM

Bowling Green State University

2-1

Butler

2-1-1

Bowling Green

Butler

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

August 27, 2017 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

LINKS
BGSU-Butler Box Score (.pdf)
BGSU-Butler Box Score (enhanced)
BGSU-Morehead State Recap (Friday night 2-0 win)
Updated BGSU Statistics
MAC Women's Soccer Statistics
NCAA Women's Soccer Statistics
2017 BGSU Record Book
Michigan State Women's Soccer (next opponent)

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team fell for the first time in 2017 as they were defeated 2-0 by the Butler Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 27). The game was held at Butler's Sellick Bowl.

The Falcons were able to generate nine shots, but only two of them were on goal. Butler's Hannah Luedtke stopped one shot in the first half, while Leonie Doege took over for the final 45 minutes and also halted one BGSU effort. Victoria Cope once again played the entire 90 minutes in goal for the Falcons and kept the Bulldogs scoreless for 72 minutes. However, two goals in a three-minute span sealed the win for Butler.

COACH SAYS…
BGSU head coach Matt Fannon said, "We are disappointed with the result, which in itself says a lot about our team's intentions. We had chances to win this game. In the end, the long weekend, with one fewer day of rest than Butler, caught up with us."

STRONG DEFENSE
BGSU goalkeeper Victoria Cope has only played three career games, but she has already produced one of the longer shutout minutes streaks in BGSU history. Cope allowed a goal at the 37:30 mark of the opening contest at Oakland. After that, she did not allow a goal for 214:58, until Butler scored at the 72:28 mark of Sunday's contest. Cope has allowed three goals on ten shots in 270 minutes so far in 2017 for a 1.00 goals against average and a .700 save percentage.

STAT FILES
Senior Madison Schupbach took four shots at Butler and had one of the Falcons' two shots on goal. It was her first SOG of the season. Redshirt junior Erica Hubert attempted three shots and the other shot on goal. She is now second on the team with 11 total shots and five shots on goal in 2017.

SEASON TEAM STAT UPDATE
Goals-shots for/against: 7-45 / 3-31
Shot percentage for/against: .156 / .097
Shots on goal-Attempts for/against: 20-45 / 11-31
SOG percentage for/against: .444 / .355
Shots per game for/against: 15.0 / 10.3
Corner kicks for/against: 15 / 5

UP NEXT
Bowling Green will begin the home portion of their 2017 schedule at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1 when they host the Michigan State Spartans at Cochrane Stadium. Michigan State improved to 2-2 with a 3-2 win at Samford on Sunday. MSU has also defeated Niagara 2-0, while they have lost to Washington (4-0) and Butler (1-0). Spartan goalkeeper Reilley Ott has allowed seven goals (1.75/game) against 27 shots (.741 save %). Kristelle Yewah leads MSU with two goals; three others have one.

Falcon Outfitters will have a merchandise table available at the MSU game and all Friday women's soccer home games, where fans can purchase BGSU merchandise. Fans who cannot be in attendance can follow the game via live stats through BGSUFalcons.com and via live Twitter updates through @BGSUWSoccer.