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Friday, August 17
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Falcons Open 2018 Season with Two Matches in Hawai'i
August 16, 2018 | Women's Soccer
BGSU faces Loyola Marymount, Hawai'i this weekend
FALCONS vs. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT – Friday, Aug. 17
4:30 p.m. HT (10:30 p.m. ET) | Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium | Honolulu, Hawai'i
FALCONS at HAWAI'I – Sunday, Aug. 19
5:00 p.m. HT (11:00 p.m. ET) | Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium | Honolulu, Hawai'i
MATCH DAY / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics.com | Twitter: @BGSUWSoccer | Video: None
• Links to any live audio/video/stats will be available on the women's soccer schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com on match day
• Twitter updates for all BGSU women's soccer action, both home and away, can be found at @BGSUWSoccer
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UP NEXT IN FALCON SOCCER
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team opens the regular-season portion of the 2018 schedule with a trip to Hawai'i. Head coach Matt Fannon and the Falcons will play a pair of matches in the Outrigger Soccer Kickoff, facing Loyola Marymount University on Friday (Aug. 17) and the University of Hawai'i on Sunday (Aug. 19). Friday's LMU match begins at 4:30 p.m. local time (10:30 p.m. Eastern Time), while Sunday's contest vs. host Hawai'i starts at 5:00 p.m. locally (11:00 p.m. ET) at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium.
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LINKS
This Week's BGSU Notes
2018 BGSU Women's Soccer Releases/Notes
2018 BGSU Women's Soccer... Schedule | Roster | Media Guide/Record Book
Falcons Picked to Finish Third in MAC
Scrimmage No. 1 Recap: BGSU-Detroit Mercy
Scrimmage No. 2 Recap: BGSU-WSU
Follow the Falcons via... Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Join the Falcon Club Today!
COACH FANNON INTERVIEW
BGSUÂ WOMEN'S SOCCER: THE VLOG
TURN AROUND (EVERY NOW & THEN I GET A LITTLE BIT LONELY & ...)
• The Falcons were the most improved team in the Mid-American Conference a year ago, with a four-game improvement over the 2016 season. BGSU's turnaround tied the team for 28th in the country in that department.
A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FALCONS
• Head coach Matt Fannon and his staff – assistant coaches Cian McDonald, Dan Ball and Erin Kielmeyer – welcome back 18 letterwinners, including seven starters, from last year's team. BGSU finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 13-7-1, and the Falcons placed second in the MAC's East Division
• The Falcons' total of 13 victories a year ago was the second-highest in school history, while BG's six conference wins represented the team's most since 2008.
• Fannon was voted the 2017 MAC Coach of the Year, and the Brown and Orange had four All-MAC Team selections. Two of those four return, as Erica Hubert was one of three Falcons to earn all-league first-team honors a season ago, while Alexis Fricke was named to the all-conference second team.
• Nikhita Jacob was named to the MAC's All-Freshman Team last November. Hubert, Fricke and Jacob are joined by returning starters Morgan Abbitt, Victoria Cope, Maureen Kennedy and Jennifer Reyes.
• Hubert led the team with 12 goals a year ago, as seven of the top-10 scorers return from a 2017 club that set the school single-season record for goals scored.
• Kennedy tied the BGSU single-season mark with 10 assists, while Cope and Kathleen Duwve combined to start all 21 matches in goal in '17.
• Fannon and Company welcome 10 newcomers to the 2018 roster. That group includes nine true freshmen as well as transfer Nikki Cox. Cox, who spent two seasons at UNC Wilmington, is a redshirt sophomore with three seasons of eligibility remaining.
THE 2018 CAPTAINS
• Seniors Morgan Abbitt and Erica Hubert and redshirt junior Victoria Cope are the captains of the 2018 Falcons.
FALCONS PICKED TO PLACE THIRD IN MAC
• The Falcons have been picked to place third in the MAC race in 2018. The preseason poll, the result of voting by the conference's 12 head coaches, was released by the league office on Wednesday (Aug. 15).
• The Falcons received two first-place votes in the poll, and BG's total of 114 points trailed only Kent State (134) and Ball State (119).
• In 2017, BGSU was picked to finish sixth (i.e., last) in the MAC's East Division in the preseason poll, but the Falcons proceeded to finish second in the East before advancing all the way to the championship match of the MAC Tournament.
• After eight years of two six-team divisions, the MAC has eliminated divisions for the sport of women's soccer beginning with the 2018-19 academic year.
SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE BROWN AND ORANGE FOR YOUR BROADCAST, WEB STREAM, ARTICLE OR MYSPACE PAGE
• The 2018 season marks the 22nd year of BGSU women's soccer. The Falcons have a winning percentage of .404 in MAC regular-season matches since the inception of the program in 1997, but BGSU ranks third among MAC schools with a .620 winning pct. in MAC Tournament matches.
• Matt Fannon, now in his second season at BG, is the fifth coach in the history of Falcon women's soccer. He joins Tom Piccirillo (1997-99), Andy Richards (2000-11), Kellie Evans (2012 - interim coach) and Lindsay Basalyga (2013-16) on that list.
• Fannon – the 2017 MAC Coach of the Year – led the Falcons to a second-place finish in the MAC's East Division a year ago. BGSU then advanced all the way to the championship game of the conference tournament.
• The trip to the final marked BGSU's sixth MAC Tournament championship-game appearance in program history. The Falcons are tied for second in the league in that category, as only Miami (seven trips to the final) and Western Michigan (six) have matched or bettered BG's total.
• BGSU qualified for the MAC Tournament just two times during the first five years of the program, before making the tourney in seven-straight seasons from 2002-08. The Falcons advanced to at least the semifinal round in six of those seven years.
• The Falcons have had a knack for pulling off upset victories in the MAC Tournament over the years. BGSU was seeded either seventh or eighth for the league tourney in 2000, 2003 and 2004, but advanced to the MAC Tournament's championship match in all three seasons, winning the title in the latter year.
• That 2004 MAC Tournament title was the first in program history. Then, in 2005, BGSU captured both the regular-season and tournament crowns, winning the league tourney title at Cochrane Stadium.
• After making the MAC Tournament in seven-straight years, BG then went eight years in a row (2009-16) without qualifying. The Falcons, as mentioned earlier, returned to the league tournament last season, downing Buffalo and upsetting top-seeded Kent State to advance to the final.
HUBERT WATCH
• Redshirt senior Erica Hubert has proven to be a potent offensive threat for the Falcons every time she takes the field. Hubert enters her final campaign in the Orange and Brown with a career total of 59 points, including 27 goals.
• Hubert enters the 2018 season tied for third on the BGSU list for career goals. Her next goal will tie her with Samantha Meister (2002-05) for second place on that chart.
• With 59 points, Hubert is ranked fifth on that school list. She needs five points to match her former teammate, Skylar Fleak (2014-17), for fourth place, and Hubert is just six points shy of third-place Jill Conover (1999-2002).
• Hubert has scored eight career match-winning goals, tying her for third on that BG list. She is just one behind second-place Corbie Yee (2005-08).
• Kristy Coppes (2001-04) owns all three school records, with 52 goals (including 14 match winners) and 111 points during her four years with the Falcons. The top-10 lists can be found on page 7 of these notes.
KENNEDY WATCH
• Junior Maureen Kennedy tied the school single-season record with 10 assists a year ago. She enters 2018 with a total of 14 career assists, tying her for 10th on that BGSU list.
THE OPPONENTS
• Loyola Marymount was picked to finish fifth in the West Coast Conference in 2018. Last season, the Lions finished 9-6-4 overall and 4-4-1 in WCC play. Emma Tyrnauer was named to the Preseason All-WCC Team. The BGSU match will be the Lions' true season opener, as LMU did not play any scrimmages.
• Hawai'i was picked to finish ninth in the Big West Conference in 2018, and Raisa Strom-Okimoto was named to the preseason all-conference team. The Rainbow Wahine return 11 letterwinners, including eight starters, from last year's team that finished 6-10-1 overall and 1-6-1 in league play. Hawai'i hosts Texas A&M Friday before meeting the Falcons two days later.
THE SERIES
BGSU trails Hawai'i, 1-0-0, in the all-time series between the teams. The only previous meeting was a 4-0 UH win in Honolulu on the opening weekend of the 2003 season.
• BGSU has never met Loyola Marymount in women's soccer.
UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS
Following the season-opening matches in Hawai'i, BGSU will return to Ohio to prepare for the home opener. The Falcons will meet Oakland on Saturday, Aug. 25, with the match set to begin at 2:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium. Admission to all BGSU soccer regular-season home matches is free.
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4:30 p.m. HT (10:30 p.m. ET) | Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium | Honolulu, Hawai'i
FALCONS at HAWAI'I – Sunday, Aug. 19
5:00 p.m. HT (11:00 p.m. ET) | Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium | Honolulu, Hawai'i
MATCH DAY / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics.com | Twitter: @BGSUWSoccer | Video: None
• Links to any live audio/video/stats will be available on the women's soccer schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com on match day
• Twitter updates for all BGSU women's soccer action, both home and away, can be found at @BGSUWSoccer
 –––––––
UP NEXT IN FALCON SOCCER
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team opens the regular-season portion of the 2018 schedule with a trip to Hawai'i. Head coach Matt Fannon and the Falcons will play a pair of matches in the Outrigger Soccer Kickoff, facing Loyola Marymount University on Friday (Aug. 17) and the University of Hawai'i on Sunday (Aug. 19). Friday's LMU match begins at 4:30 p.m. local time (10:30 p.m. Eastern Time), while Sunday's contest vs. host Hawai'i starts at 5:00 p.m. locally (11:00 p.m. ET) at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium.
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LINKS
This Week's BGSU Notes
2018 BGSU Women's Soccer Releases/Notes
2018 BGSU Women's Soccer... Schedule | Roster | Media Guide/Record Book
Falcons Picked to Finish Third in MAC
Scrimmage No. 1 Recap: BGSU-Detroit Mercy
Scrimmage No. 2 Recap: BGSU-WSU
Follow the Falcons via... Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Join the Falcon Club Today!
COACH FANNON INTERVIEW
BGSUÂ WOMEN'S SOCCER: THE VLOG
TURN AROUND (EVERY NOW & THEN I GET A LITTLE BIT LONELY & ...)
• The Falcons were the most improved team in the Mid-American Conference a year ago, with a four-game improvement over the 2016 season. BGSU's turnaround tied the team for 28th in the country in that department.
A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FALCONS
• Head coach Matt Fannon and his staff – assistant coaches Cian McDonald, Dan Ball and Erin Kielmeyer – welcome back 18 letterwinners, including seven starters, from last year's team. BGSU finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 13-7-1, and the Falcons placed second in the MAC's East Division
• The Falcons' total of 13 victories a year ago was the second-highest in school history, while BG's six conference wins represented the team's most since 2008.
• Fannon was voted the 2017 MAC Coach of the Year, and the Brown and Orange had four All-MAC Team selections. Two of those four return, as Erica Hubert was one of three Falcons to earn all-league first-team honors a season ago, while Alexis Fricke was named to the all-conference second team.
• Nikhita Jacob was named to the MAC's All-Freshman Team last November. Hubert, Fricke and Jacob are joined by returning starters Morgan Abbitt, Victoria Cope, Maureen Kennedy and Jennifer Reyes.
• Hubert led the team with 12 goals a year ago, as seven of the top-10 scorers return from a 2017 club that set the school single-season record for goals scored.
• Kennedy tied the BGSU single-season mark with 10 assists, while Cope and Kathleen Duwve combined to start all 21 matches in goal in '17.
• Fannon and Company welcome 10 newcomers to the 2018 roster. That group includes nine true freshmen as well as transfer Nikki Cox. Cox, who spent two seasons at UNC Wilmington, is a redshirt sophomore with three seasons of eligibility remaining.
THE 2018 CAPTAINS
• Seniors Morgan Abbitt and Erica Hubert and redshirt junior Victoria Cope are the captains of the 2018 Falcons.
FALCONS PICKED TO PLACE THIRD IN MAC
• The Falcons have been picked to place third in the MAC race in 2018. The preseason poll, the result of voting by the conference's 12 head coaches, was released by the league office on Wednesday (Aug. 15).
• The Falcons received two first-place votes in the poll, and BG's total of 114 points trailed only Kent State (134) and Ball State (119).
• In 2017, BGSU was picked to finish sixth (i.e., last) in the MAC's East Division in the preseason poll, but the Falcons proceeded to finish second in the East before advancing all the way to the championship match of the MAC Tournament.
• After eight years of two six-team divisions, the MAC has eliminated divisions for the sport of women's soccer beginning with the 2018-19 academic year.
SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE BROWN AND ORANGE FOR YOUR BROADCAST, WEB STREAM, ARTICLE OR MYSPACE PAGE
• The 2018 season marks the 22nd year of BGSU women's soccer. The Falcons have a winning percentage of .404 in MAC regular-season matches since the inception of the program in 1997, but BGSU ranks third among MAC schools with a .620 winning pct. in MAC Tournament matches.
• Matt Fannon, now in his second season at BG, is the fifth coach in the history of Falcon women's soccer. He joins Tom Piccirillo (1997-99), Andy Richards (2000-11), Kellie Evans (2012 - interim coach) and Lindsay Basalyga (2013-16) on that list.
• Fannon – the 2017 MAC Coach of the Year – led the Falcons to a second-place finish in the MAC's East Division a year ago. BGSU then advanced all the way to the championship game of the conference tournament.
• The trip to the final marked BGSU's sixth MAC Tournament championship-game appearance in program history. The Falcons are tied for second in the league in that category, as only Miami (seven trips to the final) and Western Michigan (six) have matched or bettered BG's total.
• BGSU qualified for the MAC Tournament just two times during the first five years of the program, before making the tourney in seven-straight seasons from 2002-08. The Falcons advanced to at least the semifinal round in six of those seven years.
• The Falcons have had a knack for pulling off upset victories in the MAC Tournament over the years. BGSU was seeded either seventh or eighth for the league tourney in 2000, 2003 and 2004, but advanced to the MAC Tournament's championship match in all three seasons, winning the title in the latter year.
• That 2004 MAC Tournament title was the first in program history. Then, in 2005, BGSU captured both the regular-season and tournament crowns, winning the league tourney title at Cochrane Stadium.
• After making the MAC Tournament in seven-straight years, BG then went eight years in a row (2009-16) without qualifying. The Falcons, as mentioned earlier, returned to the league tournament last season, downing Buffalo and upsetting top-seeded Kent State to advance to the final.
HUBERT WATCH
• Redshirt senior Erica Hubert has proven to be a potent offensive threat for the Falcons every time she takes the field. Hubert enters her final campaign in the Orange and Brown with a career total of 59 points, including 27 goals.
• Hubert enters the 2018 season tied for third on the BGSU list for career goals. Her next goal will tie her with Samantha Meister (2002-05) for second place on that chart.
• With 59 points, Hubert is ranked fifth on that school list. She needs five points to match her former teammate, Skylar Fleak (2014-17), for fourth place, and Hubert is just six points shy of third-place Jill Conover (1999-2002).
• Hubert has scored eight career match-winning goals, tying her for third on that BG list. She is just one behind second-place Corbie Yee (2005-08).
• Kristy Coppes (2001-04) owns all three school records, with 52 goals (including 14 match winners) and 111 points during her four years with the Falcons. The top-10 lists can be found on page 7 of these notes.
KENNEDY WATCH
• Junior Maureen Kennedy tied the school single-season record with 10 assists a year ago. She enters 2018 with a total of 14 career assists, tying her for 10th on that BGSU list.
THE OPPONENTS
• Loyola Marymount was picked to finish fifth in the West Coast Conference in 2018. Last season, the Lions finished 9-6-4 overall and 4-4-1 in WCC play. Emma Tyrnauer was named to the Preseason All-WCC Team. The BGSU match will be the Lions' true season opener, as LMU did not play any scrimmages.
• Hawai'i was picked to finish ninth in the Big West Conference in 2018, and Raisa Strom-Okimoto was named to the preseason all-conference team. The Rainbow Wahine return 11 letterwinners, including eight starters, from last year's team that finished 6-10-1 overall and 1-6-1 in league play. Hawai'i hosts Texas A&M Friday before meeting the Falcons two days later.
THE SERIES
BGSU trails Hawai'i, 1-0-0, in the all-time series between the teams. The only previous meeting was a 4-0 UH win in Honolulu on the opening weekend of the 2003 season.
• BGSU has never met Loyola Marymount in women's soccer.
UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS
Following the season-opening matches in Hawai'i, BGSU will return to Ohio to prepare for the home opener. The Falcons will meet Oakland on Saturday, Aug. 25, with the match set to begin at 2:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium. Admission to all BGSU soccer regular-season home matches is free.
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