BGSU Battles Buffalo in Friday's MAC Tournament Semifinal Round

FALCONS vs. BUFFALO – Friday, Nov. 8
MAC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL
4:00 p.m. | Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
• Video/Web Stream: WBGU-TV (YouTube)
• Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com | Twitter: @bgsuwsoc

MATCH DAY / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Links to any live audio/video/stats will be available on the women's soccer schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com on match day

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UP NEXT IN FALCON SOCCER
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team, after winning a Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal matchup, will host the remainder of the league tourney this weekend. Head coach Matt Fannon and the Falcons, the number-one seed for the MAC Tournament for the second consecutive year, will face the fourth-seeded University at Buffalo on Friday (Nov. 8), with first touch scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium.

• The BGSU-UB matchup is the first game of the day, as sixth-seeded Ohio University will face seventh-seeded Eastern Michigan University in Friday's second contest, scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start.

• The two semifinal-round survivors will return to the Cochrane Stadium pitch on Sunday (Nov. 10) for the MAC Tournament's championship match. That contest will begin at 1:00 p.m., with the winner earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.

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TICKETS
Ticket prices for this weekend's MAC Tournament are as follows...
   • All-tournament pass ..................... $10.00
   • Adult tickets .................... $6.00 per day
   • Youth tickets (age 12 & under) ... $2.00 per day
   • College students ........................ Free ^
   ^ students must present MAC institution ID

There is no presale -- tickets will only be available at the Cochrane Stadium gate.

MATT FANNON INTERVIEW (Nov. 6, 2019)

FIVE FASCINATING FALCON FACTS
• BGSU won the MAC regular-season title for the second consecutive year. The Falcons posted a 3-1 win at Toledo last Thursday (Oct. 31) to clinch the outright crown, with a 10-1-0 league record for the second-straight season. BGSU has captured the regular-season title for the third time in the history of the program.

• The 2005 Falcons won the first MAC regular-season championship in program history, finishing with a then program-best 9-2-0 league mark. Last season, the Falcons went 10-1-0 in the MAC to set new school records for conference wins and winning percentage. Both the '05 and '18 teams, like the 2019 club, won outright league titles.

• With another 10-1-0 league ledger this season, BGSU has become the first program in MAC history to win 10 conference games in back-to-back seasons.

• BGSU opened MAC Tournament play with a 4-1 win over Central Michigan at Cochrane Stadium on Sunday (Nov. 3). In that win, the Falcons tied the school record for goals in a league tournament match. BG also found the net four times in a 4-1 win over Western Michigan in the 2004 tourney's semifinal round.

• BG now has an overall record of 40-17-6 since Matt Fannon was named head coach prior to the 2017 season. The Falcons are 26-6-1 in MAC regular-season matches in Fannon's first three years at the helm, and BG enters the UB match with a record of 5-1-1 in league tourney games in Fannon's tenure.

(Note: For many, many [many] more fun Falcon facts, click on the PDF version of these notes near the top of the page)

THE FALCONS ARE...
• 40-17-6 overall since Matt Fannon became head coach prior to the 2017 season;
• 26-6-1 in MAC regular-season matches in that time;
• 23-2-1 against the MAC (both regular-season and tournament matches) since the start of the 2018 campaign;
• a perfect 2-0-0 in matches after a MAC loss during that span. BGSU has outscored the opponents, 12-0, in those two games;
• 36-1-1 when scoring at least two goals in a match in the Fannon Era.
• 18-2-1 in all home matches (both regular-season and tournament) against MAC opposition since Fannon came to BG; and
• 10-1-0 in MAC road matches since the start of the 2018 season. BGSU has outscored the opponents, 32-6, in those 10 games.

THE OPPONENT
• Buffalo enters Friday's BGSU match with an overall record of 9-7-3, and the Bulls finished MAC play with a 5-4-2 record. UB is coming off of back-to-back double-overtime matches vs. Akron. The teams battled to a 1-1 draw in Akron to end the regular season, and they wound up tied for fourth in the MAC standings. Three days later, the host Bulls picked up a 2-1 win over the Zips in the tourney quarterfinals. After starting MAC play with a 1-3-0 record, the Bulls have gone 5-1-2 in the last eight matches. UB is 6-2-1 at home and 3-5-2 on the road this year to date. In MAC play, the Bulls went 3-2-0 in Western New York and 2-2-2 away from home. Marcy Barberic leads the team with five goals and 13 points, while Kaitlyn Walsh and Kara Daly have four goals and 10 points each. In goal, Emily Kelly has started every match and has 80 saves and a GAA of 1.01 this season. Coach Shawn Burke's Bulls went 11-8-0 overall and 5-6-0 in the MAC last fall.

THE SERIES
• BGSU leads Buffalo, 16-8-1, in the all-time series, and the Falcons captured a narrow 2-1 victory at Cochrane earlier this season, with goals from Maureen Kennedy and Nikki Cox. Last season, BGSU picked up a 5-0 road victory late in the season, and the Falcons have a four-game series winning streak after a pair of come-from-behind victories at Cochrane Stadium in 2017, including a 3-1 win in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals that year. BG is 11-4-0 at home, 4-4-1 on the road and 1-0-0 in neutral-site matchups vs. UB through the years.

DOWN THE ROAD...
• The BGSU-UB survivor will advance to Sunday's (Nov. 10) MAC Tournament championship match to face either Eastern Michigan or Ohio. The championship will start at 1:00 p.m. at Cochrane, and will be streamed via ESPN3/+.

• Sunday's winner earns the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.

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