Falcons Clinch a Share of MAC Regular-Season Crown

Sunday, October 27

Kalamazoo, MI

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

11-5-2, 9-1-0MAC

Western Michigan

7-9-1, 5-4-1MAC

Bowling Green

Western Michigan

Photo by: Larry Clapper

October 27, 2019 | Women's Soccer

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White's first-half goal lifts BG to 1-0 win at Western

By: KALAMAZOO, Mich. (BGSU Athletic Communications)

Freshman Kennedy White's first-half goal proved to be all the offense that the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team would need on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 27), as the Falcons posted a 1-0 win over Western Michigan University. The Mid-American Conference match was held at the WMU Soccer Complex.

With the victory, the Falcons (11-5-2, 9-1-0 MAC) have clinched a tie for the MAC regular-season title. With one game left in the regular season, BGSU is three points ahead of second-place Ball State.

White's goal in the 36th minute was her team-leading eighth of the season. Sophomore Mackenzie Reuber, like White a Michigan native, assisted on the goal. Reuber had the primary assist on the game-winning goal for the second-straight match.

BGSU outshot the Broncos by a 16-5 count in Sunday's win. Senior Kathleen Duwve made three saves en route to her fourth complete-match shutout of the season.

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QUOTING COACH MATT FANNON
"We were excellent again today. We deserved more than one goal, but our target was three points, so we are all very happy to leave with them."

NOTE OF THE DAY: A SHARE OF THE TITLE
• BGSU, as mentioned, has clinched a share of the MAC regular-season title. The Falcons are three points ahead of Ball State with one game to go (teams earn three points for a win and one for a tie).
• The Falcons wrap up the regular-season slate at Toledo on Thursday (Oct. 31), while BSU is at Miami.
• With a BGSU win or tie vs. the Rockets, the Falcons would be outright regular-season champions.
• In the event of a Ball State win AND a BGSU loss on Thursday, the teams would tie for the regular-season crown, but Ball State would earn the No. 1 seed for the MAC Tournament.

BONUS NOTE OF THE DAY: BG (ROAD) WARRIORS
• With Sunday's win at WMU, BGSU improves to a perfect 5-0-0 in MAC road matches this season to date.
• The Falcons are now 9-1-0 in conference road contests since the start of the 2018 season, and BG has outscored the opponents, 29-5, in those 10 games.
• The Falcons have scored a total of 21 goals in the last six MAC road games, dating to the final road match of last season (the win at Buffalo).

FIRST-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 13' | BGSU's first shot attempt of the day came from sophomore Sarah Allen, but the shot sailed high.
• 14' | Senior goalkeeper Kathleen Duwve made a great leaping save on a shot by Bailey Korhorn that was ticketed for the upper right corner.
• 16' | Another shot by Allen was blocked out for a BG corner, and off of that corner by senior Maureen Kennedy, senior Chelsee Washington put a header on frame. But, WMU 'keeper Maggie Rogers made the save.
• 30' | Duwve made another save, this time on a left-footed effort by Hannah Kahn. With a half hour gone, the Falcons had a 5-2 advantage in total shot attempts, but WMU had a 2-1 lead in shots on goal.
• 36' | GOAL | Freshman Kennedy White gave the Falcons a one-goal advantage, as her ball from the side glance off of the post and went in. Sophomore Mackenzie Reuber assisted on White's team-leading eighth goal of the year.
• 38' | WMU's Grace Labadie had a pair of shots within a 45-second span, but Duwve saved the first, and the second was off the mark.
• 39' | Senior Kristin Tveit put a shot on target, but Rogers made the stop.
• 40' | Just over a minute later, a Tveit shot was blocked out for a corner, but as that corner by freshman Jasmijn Dijsselhof was taken, the Falcons were called for a foul.
• 43' | White nearly doubled the Falcons lead with 2:13 left in the half, but was denied as her shot was blocked by a defender for a 'team save' for the hosts.

SECOND-HALF HIGHLIGHTS
• 47' | Nikki Cox had the first shot attempt of the second half, but Rogers was able to save her effort.
• 67' | Moments after checking back into the match, freshman Lena Kovar saw a shot go over the bar.
• 71' | WMU won back-to-back corner kicks as the clock ticked under 20 minutes, but nothing came of either corner.
• 75' | Washington got her head on another Kennedy corner kick, but the shot was wide.
• 85' | Nikki Cox put another shot on frame, but Rogers came up with the stop with 5:04 on the clock.

STATISTICS
• The Falcons had a 16-5 lead in total shot attempts and a 6-3 advantage in shots on goal. Sarah Allen, Nikki Cox and Chelsee Washington all had three shots on the day, with Cox putting two of her efforts on target.
• Kathleen Duwve made three saves to earn the shutout. Duwve, Washington and defenders Maureen Kennedy and Audrey Shea played all 90 minutes of the match.
• At the other end of the field, Maggie Rogers had four stops for the Broncos, who also had one 'team save' in the match.
• WMU had seven corner kicks to BGSU's six.

WHAT'S NEXT?
• The Falcons 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.
• Then, BGSU will return to Cochrane Stadium as the MAC Tournament gets underway next weekend. The Falcons will host a league tourney quarterfinal-round match next Sunday (Nov. 3) against an opponent to be determined. That contest will begin at 1:00 p.m. at Cochrane.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• For more information on the women's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @bgsuwsoc), Instagram (bgsuwsoc) and Facebook (bgsuwsoc) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.