Falcons Explode for Seven-Goal Road Win

Thursday, October 24

DeKalb, IL

7:00 PM CT (8:00 PM ET)

Bowling Green State University

10-5-2, 8-1-0

Northern Illinois

2-12-2, 0-8-1

Bowling Green

Northern Illinois

Sarah Allen scored two goals in a second-half span of 1:17 at NIU

Photo by: Isaiah Vazquez/BGSU Athletics

October 24, 2019 | Women's Soccer

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Allen's brace breaks it open in a dismantling in DeKalb

By: DeKALB, Ill. (BGSU Athletic Communications)

The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team scored early and often on Thursday night (Oct. 24), rolling along to a 7-0 win over Northern Illinois University. The Mid-American Conference match was held at the NIU Soccer Complex.

With the win, the Falcons (10-5-2, 8-1-0 MAC) remain in first place in the conference standings. BGSU is three points ahead of second-place Ball State with two regular-season matches remaining.

Additionally, the Falcons have locked down a home game in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round. BG will face an opponent to be determined in quarterfinal-round action on Sunday, Nov. 3, at Cochrane Stadium. BG can finish no worse than second in the regular-season standings.

Senior Hannah Dolfuss and redshirt junior Nikki Cox scored first-half goals, staking the Falcons to an early lead. Then, BGSU blew the game wide open early in the second half. Sophomore Sarah Allen scored her first goal of the season, then added her second just 77 seconds later.

Senior Chelsee Washington gave the Falcons a five-goal lead, scoring BG's third goal in a span of 5:23. Freshman Kennedy White and sophomore Lynsey Spotts also found the back of the net in the victory.

The Falcons dominated all facets of Thursday's match. BGSU outshot the Huskies, 27-1, and the Falcons had a 12-0 lead in shots on goal and an 11-2 advantage in corner kicks. The Falcons had possession of the ball for roughly 71 percent of the match.

A total of 22 Falcons saw action in the win, and 10 of those players had a goal and/or an assist.

In addition to the seven goals, the Falcons had three additional shots that hit either the post or the crossbar.

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QUOTING COACH MATT FANNON
"Obviously, we did well tonight. For the most part our movement and intensity were good, and we took our chances well."

NOTE OF THE NIGHT: OFFENSIVE OUTPUT
• The Falcons' offensive output on Thursday night set or tied numerous records...
• BGSU tied the school record for goals in a MAC match, and the Falcons set a new record for goals in a conference road match. BG also posted a 7-0 victory over Western Michigan on Oct. 25, 2002, but that victory came at Cochrane Stadium.
• The previous BGSU record for most goals in a conference road match was set last year, as the Falcons defeated Buffalo, 5-0, in Western New York (Oct. 21, 2018).
• BG tied the school record for most goals in a half, scoring five times in the second half on Thursday night. It marked the highest output in a half in a MAC match in school history.
• The Falcons had scored five goals in a half on four occasions, all between 1997 and 2001. BG turned the trick three times vs. Youngstown State (including twice in the same match, a 10-1 win on Oct. 3, 2001) and once vs. Robert Morris.
• Thursday marked the first time in school history that BGSU scored five goals in a half on the road.

BONUS NOTE OF THE NIGHT: AN EMPHATIC RESPONSE
• BGSU has a record of 20-2-1 against MAC opponents (in both regular-season and tournament matches) since the start of the 2018 season.
• Following each of those two losses, the Falcons have bounced back in a big way. In games after a MAC loss in the last two years, BG is now 2-0-0, and the Falcons have outscored opponents, 12-0.
• Last year, BG's lone loss in 14 matches against the MAC came at Akron (1-0; Oct. 18, 2018). Three days later, the Falcons went to Buffalo and picked up a 5-0 win, clinching the MAC regular-season title in the process.
• BG suffered another 1-0 loss on Sunday (Oct. 20), this time at home and this time in double overtime. After dropping that match to Ball State, the Falcons responded with the 7-0 win over the Huskies.

FIRST-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 3' | BGSU won a corner kick, but that corner went through the box untouched, and the Huskies were able to clear the ball away.
• 5' | The home team earned a corner kick, but BGSU senior Kathleen Duwve grabbed the low line drive out of the air.
• 6' | After a quick outlet pass by Duwve, the Falcons began a quick counterattack, and redshirt junior Nikki Cox took the ball into the penalty area, working against a defender on the right side. Cox got a shot off, but the ball was saved by NIU goalkeeper Julia Lentz.
• 7' | BG won the ball right back, and junior Sophia Barnes took a pass on the left side of the box, cut back to her right and hit a shot, but Lentz was able to snag the ball on the short hop.
• 8' | GOAL | Senior Hannah Dolfuss got her head on a right-side cross by sophomore Mackenzie Reuber. Her shot caromed off of the far (right) post and in. Lentz grabbed the ball after the carom, but it had already crossed the goal line.
• 10' | With BG steaming forward, sophomore Sarah Allen received a pass as she headed into the box. Allen chipped the ball over Lentz, but it sailed over the crossbar.
• 17' | CROSSBAR | Nikki Cox got her foot on a right-side cross in the center of the 18-yard box. Cox blooped her effort over Lentz, but the ball hit the top-left corner of the goal, where the post meets the crossbar.
• 17' | GOAL | Less than a minute later, Nikki Cox got another chance. Senior Maureen Kennedy played a long diagonal ball into the box. The ball glanced off of an NIU defender into the path of Cox, who blasted a shot into the upper half of the goal to double BG's lead.
• 20' | After taking a pass from junior Nikhita Jacob, freshman Lena Kovar hit a hard shot from distance. The dipping shot definitely had some pace behind it, but Lentz was able to make the save.
• 24' | With BGSU dominating the possession time, Reuber had a go at goal from outside the box. Her shot was grabbed by Lentz just wide of the right goalpost.
• 32' | Freshman Katie Cox entered the match and not long after, hit a hard shot that sailed wide right.
• 39' | With the Falcons heading toward the Huskies' defensive third, a Northern defender committed a foul approximately 30 yards from goal. Kennedy took the ensuing free kick, hitting a low shot that glanced off of a Huskie and went out of play for a corner kick.
• 40' | That corner kick resulted in a flurry in the box. A shot by Katie Cox was blocked by a defender on the goal line for a team save.
• 42' | Another BG corner was blocked by the defense. Sophomore Ruby Linton hit a turnaround shot that was knocked out for yet another corner. Off of BG's third corner kick in a span of under two minutes, freshman Makenzie Ortman got her head on the ball, but the shot was off target.

SECOND-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 51' | After a foul by BG near midfield, a Huskie free kick bounced twice on the turf, getting past a host of players before Duwve grabbed it.
• 53' | Senior Chelsee Washington played a ball forward to Allen on the right side. Allen cut the ball back to elude a defender in the box, and hit a short cross to Nikki Cox. But, Cox's one-time effort sailed over the bar.
• 54' | GOAL | Allen scored after a low right-side cross was deflected in the box, pouncing on the ball and poking it home.
• 55' | GOAL | Allen took a pass from Washington, weaved her way through traffic on the right side of the box and hit a shot from about 10 yards out that proved to be her second goal in a 67-second span.
• 57' | Washington found Allen again, and this time a Huskie backliner knocked the ball way for a corner kick. Off of that corner, Washington put a header on goal, forcing Lentz into a diving save at the left post.
• 59' | GOAL | Washington made it a five-goal Falcon lead, as this time, her header off of a Kennedy corner found the back of the net. It was BG's third goal in a span of 5:23.
• 70' | GOAL | Freshman Kennedy White hit a shot from a difficult angle on the right side of the box, putting the ball just under the crossbar. Sophomore Zoe Hudson picked up an assist on White's goal.
• 74' | BGSU just missed connections on a low cross by freshman Jasmijn Dijsselhof that rolled just wide of the far post.
• 76' | CROSSBAR | The Huskies attempted to clear the ball out of the box, but Katie Cox hit a quick turnaround shot from just outside the 18. The shot hit the crossbar and deflected into the air, and a follow-up header by a BG teammate went wide.
• 81' | POST | White blasted a low shot from approximately 22 yards out. The ball struck the right goalpost and bounded away.
• 85' | Off of a BG corner kick, freshman Lauren Milner raced into the six-yard box and got her head on the ball. Milner's shot went back across the goalmouth, just wide of the far post.
• 87' | A shot by Linton was blocked, but the Falcons put the rebound into the net. However, BG was offside on the play.
• 88' | GOAL | Linton brought the ball down the center of the park and picked out fellow soph Lynsey Spotts on her right. Spotts took one touch, settling the ball as she entered the penalty area, and hit a shot that found the near side of the net.

STATISTICS
• BGSU had a 27-1 advantage in total shot attempts. Washington and Nikki Cox led the way with four shots apiece, and Washington put three shots on goal. Allen, Linton and White all had three shot attempts and Ortman two.
• The Falcons had a 12-0 lead in shots on goal and an 11-2 edge in corner kicks.
• As mentioned, 10 different players had at least one point on the night. Allen led the way with two goals, while Washington had a three-point game with a goal and an assist. Kennedy had a pair of assists in the victory.
• Neither Duwve nor fellow senior Monica Florez were called upon to make a save for the visiting team. Florez, making her first appearance of the 2019 season, played the final 20:59 between the posts.
• Julia Lentz had four saves for the Huskies, and NIU was also credited with a team save, as a defender blocked a Katie Cox shot on the goal line.
• BG had a 13-1 advantage in shots in the first half and a 14-0 lead in that category in the second.
• A total of 22 players saw action for the Falcons. Each of those 22 players saw at least 15 minutes of time, with no Falcon playing more than 76 minutes.

FALCON TEAM NOTES
• The Falcons, as mentioned, have clinched a home game for the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament. Each of the top-four teams in the final regular-season standings will host a quarterfinal, and BG can finish no lower than second place in the conference.
• BGSU now has an overall record of 37-17-6 since Matt Fannon was named head coach prior to the 2017 season. BGSU has a record of 24-6-1 in MAC regular-season matches in that time.
• In the last 23 matches (both regular-season and tournament) vs. MAC foes, the Falcons have lost just twice. BGSU is 20-2-1 against the MAC since the start of the 2018 season.
• During that time, BGSU is now 2-0-0 in matches after a MAC loss, having outscored the opponents, 12-0, in those two games.
• With seven goals, BGSU more than doubled the previous season high. The Falcons had scored three goals on five occasions, including four times in MAC play, prior to Thursday night.
• The Falcons are now 34-1-1 when scoring at least two goals in a match in the Fannon Era.
• BGSU is now 8-1-0 in MAC road matches since the start of the 2018 season, and the Falcons have outscored the opponents, 28-5, in those nine games.
• BG has scored at least two goals in eight of those nine matches.
• The Falcons have scored a total of 20 goals in the last five MAC road games, dating to the final road match of last season (the win at Buffalo).

FALCON PLAYER NOTES
• Sophomore Sarah Allen had the first two-goal match of her collegiate career. She now has career totals of four goals and 10 points as a Falcon.
• Allen scored her two goals just 1:17 apart on Thursday night. It marked the third-fastest back-to-back goals by an individual in school history, and the fastest ever in a MAC match. That list is as follows...
>>>>> 0:17 – Tracy Gleixner at Detroit (Oct. 27, 1998)
>>>>> 1:10 – Kristy Coppes vs. Detroit (Sept. 4, 2002)
>>>>> 1:17 – Sarah Allen at Northern Illinois (Oct. 24, 2019)
>>>>> 1:21 – Meagan Moran at Toledo (Nov. 1, 2007)
• Allen has scored three of her four career goals against NIU. She scored her first collegiate goal late in the first half of BG's 3-0 win over the Huskies at Cochrane Stadium last season.
• Redshirt junior Nikki Cox's goal was her seventh of the season. She is tied for the BG lead in that category, and now has a team-high 18 points on the season.
• Four different Falcons have at least 16 points this year to date (more on that later).
• Cox now has career totals of 15 goals and 37 points in 39 matches with the Falcons. She is tied for 12th in school history in career goals, in just her second season with the Falcons.
• Senior Hannah Dolfuss scored the third goal of her career in Thursday's win. All three have come this season, and in fact, all three have come this month. Dolfuss also found the net in MAC wins against Ohio (Oct. 6) and Miami (Oct. 18).
• Dolfuss scored the first game-winning goal of her career on Thursday night.
• On Thursday, Allen became the 10th different player to score a goal this season, while Dolfuss became the eighth different Falcon with a GWG.
• Senior Kathleen Duwve picked up the 28th victory of her BGSU career, moving her past Alexa Arsenault (27 wins from 2007-10) into sole possession of third place in school history. Duwve ranks fifth or higher on all of BGSU's career goalkeeping lists.
• Duwve has a goals-against average of 1.15 this season, and a GAA of just 0.76 in MAC matches.
• Fellow senior 'keeper Monica Florez made her first appearance of 2019, playing the final 20:59 between the posts. Florez has now played in two career matches and has a GAA of 0.00.
• Sophomore Zoe Hudson picked up the first point of her career with an assist on BG's sixth goal of the night. And, fellow soph Ruby Linton had her first career point with an assist on BG's seventh goal.
• Hudson and Linton become the 15th and 16th players, respectively, to score at least one point this season to date.
• Senior Maureen Kennedy tied her career high with two assists at NIU. It marked the fourth multiple-assist game of her Falcon career.
• Kennedy now has 31 career assists, and is just two shy of the school record. Julie Trundle (33 from 2002-05) holds that record.
• Kennedy now has 61 career points at BGSU. She is sixth on that school list.
• Kennedy, one of 10 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, has had at least one point in seven of the last eight matches, with 12 points (three goals and six assists) in that time.
• Sophomore Mackenzie Reuber picked up an assist on Dolfuss's goal that opened the scoring. For Reuber, it was her third assist this season and the fourth of her career.
• Reuber now has three career game-winning assists, including two this fall.
• Fellow soph Lynsey Spotts scored her second goal of the season and the second of her career. She has five points as a Falcon, with all five coming in 2019.
• Senior Chelsee Washington had her third three-point night of the season. She now has eight career matches of three points or more.
• Washington scored the 18th goal of her BGSU career in the NIU match, moving her into a tie for ninth place in school history.
• She picked up her 21st career assist, and is now tied for fifth in BG history on that list. And, with 57 career points, Washington is now tied for seventh on that school chart.
• Washington has scored at least one point in five of the last six games, and has a total of 11 points in that time.
• Freshman Kennedy White scored her seventh goal of the season. She is tied with Nikki Cox for the team lead in that department.
• Cox, as mentioned earlier, leads the Falcons with 18 points this season. while Kennedy and Washington each have 17 and White 16.
• The 2019 season marks only the third time in school history that four Falcons have scored 15 or more points. On each of the other two occasions, that BG team won the MAC championship. Both the 2005 team (Samantha Meister 22, Britt Anderson 17, Julie Trundle 16 and Corbie Yee 15) and the 2018 squad (Erica Hubert 36, Washington 27, Kennedy 20 and Nikki Cox 19) had a quartet of 15-point scorers.
• For the first time since August 30, freshman Audrey Shea spent time on the BG bench. Shea was injured in the Xavier match (Aug. 25) and missed the Valparaiso contest five days later. She returned to the starting lineup for the Dayton match of Sept. 5, and was on the field for every second of 13-straight matches. She played the first 70 minutes of Thursday's win at NIU before being subbed out of the contest.

WHAT'S NEXT?
• The Falcons return to the road for a Sunday (Oct. 27) match at Western Michigan. BGSU will meet the Broncos in a 1:00 p.m. start at the WMU Soccer Complex.
• Then, BG will wrap up regular-season play with a contest at Toledo next Thursday (Oct. 31). That match will begin at 3:00 p.m. in the Glass City.
• The Falcons, as mentioned, have clinched a home game in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament, and will meet an opponent to be determined on Sunday, Nov. 3, at Cochrane Stadium.

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