Three Falcons Score in 4-1 Rout of Miami

Sunday, September 24

Bowling Green, OH

1:00PM

Bowling Green State University

6-3-0

Miami

0-9-0

MIAMI

Bowling Green

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

September 24, 2017 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

LINKS
BGSU-Miami Box Score (PDF)
BGSU-Miami Box Score (Enhanced)
Updated BGSU Statistics
MAC Women's Soccer Statistics
NCAA Women's Soccer Statistics
2017 BGSU Record Book
Western Michigan Women's Soccer (next opponent)

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team pierced the goal three times in the first half during an impressive 4-1 triumph over Miami on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 24). The Falcons' first Mid-American Conference victory of 2017 was held in front of 353 fans at Cochrane Stadium. Skylar Fleak led the way with five points, while Maureen Kennedy posted two assists and tied a BGSU record.

The Falcons quickly took the advantage. In the third minute, goalkeeper Victoria Cope sent a long pass to Maureen Kennedy, who dribbled past midfield and then sent a pass over the top to Fleak. Fleak went into the box for a one-on-one and beat Miami keeper Patricia Koutoulas for a 1-0 lead just 2:34 into the match. It was the foruth-fastest goal in BGSU history.

Miami evened the game in the 18th minute, but BGSU allowed the game to remain tied for only a few minutes. In the 20th minute, Fleak scored her second goal of the match off a set piece. Kennedy took a corner kick and found Fleak, who headed the ball past Koutoulas for the game-winner.

Bowling Green earned their final two goals in a 76-second span across the end of the first and beginning of the second halves. On the first, Kristin Tveit played Marissa Swindell behind the back line. Swindell slotted a shot through the lower corner in a one-on-one against Koutoulas for the 3-1 lead with just 54 seconds left in the opening half. The Falcons closed the scoring just 22 seconds into the second half. Fleak took a shot that Koutoulas deflected, but Barnes was there to clean it up for a 4-1 lead that held for the remainder of the contest.

NOTE OF THE DAY
Maureen Kennedy is now enshrined in the BGSU record book. Her assist on the opening goal increased her streak of consecutive matches with an assist to five. That ties the BGSU record set by Julie Trundle in 2002. It also gave her a streak of six consecutive games with at least one point, and that is just one game shy of tying the school record. Kennedy, just a sophomore, already has a goal and seven assists this season (nine points); in 28 career games, she is already up to five goals and 11 assists. She needs just three assists to tie the school record for a single season and two to move into the top ten in BGSU history for career assists.

SKY-HIGH
With two goals and an assist against Miami, Fleak added five more points to her season total. Fleak now has 20, more than halfway to the BGSU single-season record of 38. She has eight goals and four assists in 2017 and increases her career totals to 24 goals, nine assists and 57 points. Fleak is now tied with Julie Trundle for the fourth-most career points in BGSU history, and she is only four goals from a tie for second place for career goals. In 2017, she has at least one point in six of nine matches, at least one goal in four of nine, and twi multi-goal games.

STAT PACK
Marissa Swindell and Sophia Barnes each scored the first goal of their BGSU careers
The Falcons out-shot Miami 24-14 and had an 11-4 edge in shots on goal
Fleak (5) and Erica Hubert (4) led BGSU in shots; Swindell and Elisa Baeron had three each
Eight different Falcons had at least one shot on goal
Victoria Cope saved three shots in 68:27 of action
Kathleen Duwve played the final 21:33 in goal and faced no shots
BGSU earned more corner kicks (7) than fouls (6)
Fleak (7) and Kennedy (6) are BGSU's active leaders in game-winning shots and assists, respectively
BGSU's win over Miami is their first since 2008 (8-13-3 all-time)
BGSU's four goals are their most in a MAC match since 2010

UP NEXT
BGSU (6-3-0, 1-1-0 MAC) travels to Kalamazoo, Mich. next Friday (Sept. 29) for a match with the Western Michigan Broncos. WMU is 6-3-0 overall and 1-1 in MAC play after splitting games this weekend with Akron (W, 2-0) and Buffalo (L, 2-0). The Broncos were a MAC semifinalist in 2016 and the MAC tournament champions in 2015. Following that 4:00 p.m. game, the Falcons travel to DeKalb, Ill. for a 2:00 p.m. contest on Sunday against Northern Illinois.

Bowling Green's next match at Cochrane Stadium will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 8 against Central Michigan.

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