Tuesday, October 22
Bowling Green, OH
7:00 PM
Bowling Green State University
8-5-1, 0-2-0
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Purdue Fort Wayne
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Purdue Fort Wayne
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Bowling Green
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Falcons Fire on All Cylinders in 4-0 Win over Mastodons
October 22, 2019 | Men's Soccer
Four different players score; defense keeps clean sheet
Four different players scored goals as the Bowling Green State University men's soccer shut down Purdue Fort Wayne, 4-0, Tuesday night (Oct. 22). The non-conference match was held at Cochrane Stadium.
The Falcons, now 8-5-1 on the year, scored twice in each half and outshot the Mastodons, 28-5, in the win. Sophomore Kale Nichols scored what would prove to be the winning goal with nearly 28 minutes gone, off of a seeing-eye pass by senior Charlie Maciejewski. Junior Chris Sullivan was involved in each of the next three BGSU goals, as he had a goal and two assists on the night.
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Junior Achille Robin headed home Sullivan's corner kick to double the lead with just under three minutes left in the opening half. Then, after a PFW foul just outside the 18-yard box, Sullivan scored on a free kick with eight minutes gone in the second period. Freshman Spencer Straka, in his BGSU debut, scored his first collegiate goal, with Sullivan and fellow junior Zach Buescher picking up assists on the play.
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A total of six players had at least one point in the win. Sullivan's four-point match was the first of his BGSU career.
Senior Anthony Mwembia made one save – a point-blank stop midway through the second half – to earn the clean sheet. At the other end of the field, Tor Erik Larsen had five saves for the Mastodons.
The Falcons scored four goals for the second-straight home match. Straka led all players with five shot attempts, while no fewer than five other Falcons had at least three shots on the night.
POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS
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FALCON NOTES
• The Falcons are now 8-5-1 on the season, with at least five matches remaining. BG won a total of six matches last year.
• BGSU tied a season high with four goals. The Falcons fired a season-high 28 total shots, and the Falcons nine shots on goal fell just one shy of the team's 2019 best in that category.
• Four different Falcons found the back of the net for the second-straight home match. BGSU was playing at home for the first time in nearly a month, since a 4-1 win over Canisius back on Sept. 28.
• BGSU has had two games of four or more goals in a season for the first time since 2014.
• Juniors Achille Robin and Chris Sullivan, sophomore Kale Nichols and freshman Spencer Straka all scored on Tuesday night.
• Robin has scored at least one point in three consecutive home games. He had goals vs. both Cincinnati (Sept. 21) and Purdue Fort Wayne and an assist in the Canisius match.
• Nichols has scored a point in three-straight home games as well, and in four of the Falcons' five home matches. Nichols had goals vs. UC and PFW, and assists against Ohio State (Sept. 13) and Canisus.
• Sullivan has scored a goal in three consecutive home matches, and has a total of nine points in those three contests. He found the back of the net vs. Cincinnati, then had a goal and an assist vs. Canisius. On Tuesday, Sullivan had the first four-point match of his BGSU career.
• Overall, Sullivan has scored a point in five of the last six games and six of the last eight contests. Sullivan has 13 points in that eight-match span.
• On the season, Sullivan now has totals of six goals, seven assists and 19 points. He leads the Falcons in all three categories.
• Nichols and Robin each now have three goals on the season. Robins has nine points and Nichols eight on the year.
• Nichols scored his second game-winning goal of the year, tying him with Brennan for the team lead.
• Straka scored his first collegiate goal in his first collegiate match. He played 43 minutes and led all players with five shot attempts.
• Junior Zach Buescher picked up his first point of the year with an assist on Straka's goal.
• Senior Charlie Maciejewski recorded his second assist, and his second game-winning assist, of the season. Maciejewski, who had the primary helper on the Nichols goal Tuesday night, now has four points on the season.
• Freshman Michael Montemurri came off the field for the first time since his collegiate debut since Wisconsin on Sept. 6. With BG leading by four goals on Tuesday night, Montemurri was subbed out with roughly 20 minutes to go.
• Sophomore Jensen Lukacsko left the match with 9:03 remaining. It marked the first time he has been on the bench all season. Lukacsko played the first 1,273 minutes of the 2019 campaign.
• Only Robin has now played every second of every match this fall.
• BGSU's final three goals came in a span of just over 22 minutes.
• A total of 16 different Falcons saw the playing field on Tuesday night. Buescher, Robin, Sullivan and seniors Anthony Mwembia and Tom Wrobel each played all 90 minutes.
• Junior Erik Horvath made his season debut, wore the captain's armband and saw 10 minutes of time.Â
• Freshman Nathan Masters made his first collegiate start and played a career-high 54 minutes. He recorded two shots in the win.
• Five freshman saw the pitch in Masters, Montemurri, Straka, Colin Iverson and Eli Shope.
• Iverson made his Cochrane Stadium debut, and played for the first time since BG's 3-0 win over Northwestern on Sept. 8. He saw 20 minutes of action vs. the Mastodons.
• Mwembia and the Falcon back line picked up their seventh clean sheet of the season, allowing just one shot on goal.
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FIRST-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 22' | Freshman Nathan Masters took the ball to the end line and played a left-side cross to junior Vinny Worner, but Worner's shot from the center of the box sailed high.
• 25' | Fellow junior Achille Robin found himself open and fired a shot from about 40 yards out, but it went straight toward PFW 'keeper Tor Erik Larsen.
• 28' | GOAL | Senior Charlie Maciejewski threaded a pass through multiple defenders in the box, finding a wide-open Kale Nichols. The sophomore took a touch to settle the ball, then quickly fired a shot from just outside the six-yard box on the right side, slotting it past Larsen and into the far side of the net.
• 33' | On a counterattack, some BG give-and-go action resulted in a Vinny Worner shot that went over the goal.
• 37' | Freshman Spencer Straka, who had made his collegiate debut roughly one minute earlier, immediately made his presence felt. Straka hit a low cross to sophomore Matt Walters near the top of the 18-yard box. Walters quickly hit a shot, but it was blocked.
• 42' | Junior Chris Sullivan found Straka with a pass, and Straka and Walters each hit shots that were blocked by PFW defenders. The Walters effort was deflected over the end line for a corner kick.
• 43' | GOAL | Off of that Sullivan corner, Robin ran onto the ball, lunged forward and headed it into the near side of the net.
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SECOND-HALF HIGHLIGHTSÂ
• 48' | Junior Zach Buescher played a ball forward to Maciejewski. The senior, streaking into the right side of the box, reached the ball near the end line and hit a hard shot. He put that shot on frame, but Larsen was able to make the save.
• 54' | GOAL | After a foul on the Mastodons just outside the penalty area, Sullivan took the ensuing free kick. The junior's hard, curving shot found the far-side netting, giving the Brown and Orange a three-goal lead.
• 62' | Off of a right-side cross, Straka headed a ball just wide.
• 65' | Arguably the visitors' best chance of the match came when Mathias Mikalsen hit a hard shot from the left side of the box. Senior goalkeeper Anthony Mwembia was able to make a point-blank save on the play.
• 65' | GOAL | Less than 35 seconds after that save, the Falcons scored at the other end of the field. Buescher played a nifty through ball to Sullivan. Sullivan took a few touches as he neared the penalty area, drawing several defenders to him. The junior then slid a pass to his left, into the path of the onrushing Straka. The freshman made no mistake, hitting a shot that resulted in his first career goal as a Falcon.
• 69' | Masters fired a shot off of a corner kick, but it sailed high.ell over the goal off of a BG corner kick.Â
• 73' | Sullivan received a pass from Robin and hit a scorcher of a shot. Larsen, however, made a great leaping save, tipping the ball over the crossbar.
• 89' | As the clock ticked down toward the one-minute mark, the visitors made one last foray into the BG end. A Purdue Fort Wayne player laid the ball into the path of Alex Frank, who blasted a shot from approximately 10 yards out. But, that effort sailed over the bar for the last shot of the match.
WHAT'S NEXT?
• The Falcons return to Mid-American Conference play this weekend. BGSU hosts West Virginia on Saturday (Oct. 26), with first touch now set for 5:00 p.m. Admission is free to all home BGSU soccer action.
• Then, the Brown and Orange will return to the road for the next two contests, beginning with the final MAC road match of the season, at Western Michigan on Saturday, Nov. 2. That contest will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the WMU Soccer Complex.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on twitter (BGSUmenssoccer), Instagram, (bgsumenssoccer), and Facebook (BGMensSoccer) as well as right here on the web at BGSUFalcons.com.
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The Falcons, now 8-5-1 on the year, scored twice in each half and outshot the Mastodons, 28-5, in the win. Sophomore Kale Nichols scored what would prove to be the winning goal with nearly 28 minutes gone, off of a seeing-eye pass by senior Charlie Maciejewski. Junior Chris Sullivan was involved in each of the next three BGSU goals, as he had a goal and two assists on the night.
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Junior Achille Robin headed home Sullivan's corner kick to double the lead with just under three minutes left in the opening half. Then, after a PFW foul just outside the 18-yard box, Sullivan scored on a free kick with eight minutes gone in the second period. Freshman Spencer Straka, in his BGSU debut, scored his first collegiate goal, with Sullivan and fellow junior Zach Buescher picking up assists on the play.
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A total of six players had at least one point in the win. Sullivan's four-point match was the first of his BGSU career.
Senior Anthony Mwembia made one save – a point-blank stop midway through the second half – to earn the clean sheet. At the other end of the field, Tor Erik Larsen had five saves for the Mastodons.
The Falcons scored four goals for the second-straight home match. Straka led all players with five shot attempts, while no fewer than five other Falcons had at least three shots on the night.
POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS
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FALCON NOTES
• The Falcons are now 8-5-1 on the season, with at least five matches remaining. BG won a total of six matches last year.
• BGSU tied a season high with four goals. The Falcons fired a season-high 28 total shots, and the Falcons nine shots on goal fell just one shy of the team's 2019 best in that category.
• Four different Falcons found the back of the net for the second-straight home match. BGSU was playing at home for the first time in nearly a month, since a 4-1 win over Canisius back on Sept. 28.
• BGSU has had two games of four or more goals in a season for the first time since 2014.
• Juniors Achille Robin and Chris Sullivan, sophomore Kale Nichols and freshman Spencer Straka all scored on Tuesday night.
• Robin has scored at least one point in three consecutive home games. He had goals vs. both Cincinnati (Sept. 21) and Purdue Fort Wayne and an assist in the Canisius match.
• Nichols has scored a point in three-straight home games as well, and in four of the Falcons' five home matches. Nichols had goals vs. UC and PFW, and assists against Ohio State (Sept. 13) and Canisus.
• Sullivan has scored a goal in three consecutive home matches, and has a total of nine points in those three contests. He found the back of the net vs. Cincinnati, then had a goal and an assist vs. Canisius. On Tuesday, Sullivan had the first four-point match of his BGSU career.
• Overall, Sullivan has scored a point in five of the last six games and six of the last eight contests. Sullivan has 13 points in that eight-match span.
• On the season, Sullivan now has totals of six goals, seven assists and 19 points. He leads the Falcons in all three categories.
• Nichols and Robin each now have three goals on the season. Robins has nine points and Nichols eight on the year.
• Nichols scored his second game-winning goal of the year, tying him with Brennan for the team lead.
• Straka scored his first collegiate goal in his first collegiate match. He played 43 minutes and led all players with five shot attempts.
• Junior Zach Buescher picked up his first point of the year with an assist on Straka's goal.
• Senior Charlie Maciejewski recorded his second assist, and his second game-winning assist, of the season. Maciejewski, who had the primary helper on the Nichols goal Tuesday night, now has four points on the season.
• Freshman Michael Montemurri came off the field for the first time since his collegiate debut since Wisconsin on Sept. 6. With BG leading by four goals on Tuesday night, Montemurri was subbed out with roughly 20 minutes to go.
• Sophomore Jensen Lukacsko left the match with 9:03 remaining. It marked the first time he has been on the bench all season. Lukacsko played the first 1,273 minutes of the 2019 campaign.
• Only Robin has now played every second of every match this fall.
• BGSU's final three goals came in a span of just over 22 minutes.
• A total of 16 different Falcons saw the playing field on Tuesday night. Buescher, Robin, Sullivan and seniors Anthony Mwembia and Tom Wrobel each played all 90 minutes.
• Junior Erik Horvath made his season debut, wore the captain's armband and saw 10 minutes of time.Â
• Freshman Nathan Masters made his first collegiate start and played a career-high 54 minutes. He recorded two shots in the win.
• Five freshman saw the pitch in Masters, Montemurri, Straka, Colin Iverson and Eli Shope.
• Iverson made his Cochrane Stadium debut, and played for the first time since BG's 3-0 win over Northwestern on Sept. 8. He saw 20 minutes of action vs. the Mastodons.
• Mwembia and the Falcon back line picked up their seventh clean sheet of the season, allowing just one shot on goal.
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‼️LIVE LOOK‼️ 📸 Kale Nichols slots it home to put the Falcons in the lead!! #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/nvEi1eedFs
— BGSU Men's Soccer (@BGSUmenssoccer) October 22, 2019
‼️GOAL 📸‼️ Here's a look at the goal from Achille Robin late in the first half off a corner from Chris Sullivan 👀 #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/fxvKw4Y0BJ
— BGSU Men's Soccer (@BGSUmenssoccer) October 22, 2019
FIRST-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 22' | Freshman Nathan Masters took the ball to the end line and played a left-side cross to junior Vinny Worner, but Worner's shot from the center of the box sailed high.
• 25' | Fellow junior Achille Robin found himself open and fired a shot from about 40 yards out, but it went straight toward PFW 'keeper Tor Erik Larsen.
• 28' | GOAL | Senior Charlie Maciejewski threaded a pass through multiple defenders in the box, finding a wide-open Kale Nichols. The sophomore took a touch to settle the ball, then quickly fired a shot from just outside the six-yard box on the right side, slotting it past Larsen and into the far side of the net.
• 33' | On a counterattack, some BG give-and-go action resulted in a Vinny Worner shot that went over the goal.
• 37' | Freshman Spencer Straka, who had made his collegiate debut roughly one minute earlier, immediately made his presence felt. Straka hit a low cross to sophomore Matt Walters near the top of the 18-yard box. Walters quickly hit a shot, but it was blocked.
• 42' | Junior Chris Sullivan found Straka with a pass, and Straka and Walters each hit shots that were blocked by PFW defenders. The Walters effort was deflected over the end line for a corner kick.
• 43' | GOAL | Off of that Sullivan corner, Robin ran onto the ball, lunged forward and headed it into the near side of the net.
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‼️GOAL 📸‼️ Chris Sullivan bends it into the far post to add a third to the Falcons lead #AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/68xumsCRmJ
— BGSU Men's Soccer (@BGSUmenssoccer) October 23, 2019
‼️GOAL 📸‼️ SPENCER STRAKA MAKES IT 4 ON HIS DEBUT #AyZiggy #HaveADay pic.twitter.com/4hNsfOQtdX
— BGSU Men's Soccer (@BGSUmenssoccer) October 23, 2019
SECOND-HALF HIGHLIGHTSÂ
• 48' | Junior Zach Buescher played a ball forward to Maciejewski. The senior, streaking into the right side of the box, reached the ball near the end line and hit a hard shot. He put that shot on frame, but Larsen was able to make the save.
• 54' | GOAL | After a foul on the Mastodons just outside the penalty area, Sullivan took the ensuing free kick. The junior's hard, curving shot found the far-side netting, giving the Brown and Orange a three-goal lead.
• 62' | Off of a right-side cross, Straka headed a ball just wide.
• 65' | Arguably the visitors' best chance of the match came when Mathias Mikalsen hit a hard shot from the left side of the box. Senior goalkeeper Anthony Mwembia was able to make a point-blank save on the play.
• 65' | GOAL | Less than 35 seconds after that save, the Falcons scored at the other end of the field. Buescher played a nifty through ball to Sullivan. Sullivan took a few touches as he neared the penalty area, drawing several defenders to him. The junior then slid a pass to his left, into the path of the onrushing Straka. The freshman made no mistake, hitting a shot that resulted in his first career goal as a Falcon.
• 69' | Masters fired a shot off of a corner kick, but it sailed high.ell over the goal off of a BG corner kick.Â
• 73' | Sullivan received a pass from Robin and hit a scorcher of a shot. Larsen, however, made a great leaping save, tipping the ball over the crossbar.
• 89' | As the clock ticked down toward the one-minute mark, the visitors made one last foray into the BG end. A Purdue Fort Wayne player laid the ball into the path of Alex Frank, who blasted a shot from approximately 10 yards out. But, that effort sailed over the bar for the last shot of the match.
WHAT'S NEXT?
• The Falcons return to Mid-American Conference play this weekend. BGSU hosts West Virginia on Saturday (Oct. 26), with first touch now set for 5:00 p.m. Admission is free to all home BGSU soccer action.
• Then, the Brown and Orange will return to the road for the next two contests, beginning with the final MAC road match of the season, at Western Michigan on Saturday, Nov. 2. That contest will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the WMU Soccer Complex.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on twitter (BGSUmenssoccer), Instagram, (bgsumenssoccer), and Facebook (BGMensSoccer) as well as right here on the web at BGSUFalcons.com.
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Team Stats
PFW
BGSU
Goals
0
4
Shots
5
28
Shots on Goal
1
9
Saves
5
1
Corners
3
5
Fouls
3
9
Scoring Plays
Kale Nichols (1)
Assisted By: Charlie Maciejewski
GOAL by BGSU Nichols, Kale Assist by Maciejewski, Charlie.
27:53
Achille Robin (1)
Assisted By: Chris Sullivan
GOAL by BGSU Robin, Achille Assist by Sullivan, Chris.
42:08
Chris Sullivan (1)
GOAL by BGSU Sullivan, Chris.
53:12
Spencer Straka (1)
Assisted By: Chris Sullivan , Zach Buescher
GOAL by BGSU Straka, Spencer Assist by Sullivan, Chris and Buescher, Zach.
64:45
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
2
Shots
5
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
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