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Cleaning Out the Notebook: One Last Look at 2018
August 19, 2019 | Women's Soccer
(Enjoy this non-comprehensive look back at the 2018 BGSU Women's Soccer championship season, or just skim through to see if your own personal favorite moment is included)
THE SEASON
• The Falcons traveled all the way to Hawai'i to begin the season, but scored just one goal in the two matches there, returning home with a record of 0-1-1.
• BGSU blanked Oakland, 3-0, in the home opener (Aug. 25), but dropped a 1-0, double-overtime decision to Xavier at Cochrane Stadium the next time out (Sept. 6).
• That Xavier match also marked the first time the Falcons were held without a goal at Cochrane in nearly two years, since Sept. 25, 2016.
• After a loss at No. 15 Northwestern and a draw vs. DePaul, the Falcons had a record of 1-3-2 record, before BG ended the non-conference campaign with a 6-0 win over Youngstown State (Sept. 16). That YSU match began a winning streak that lasted over a month.Â
• Chelsee Washington set the tone for the entire Mid-American Conference schedule, scoring on a free kick just 1:50 into the league opener at Miami (Sept. 21).Â
• Two days later, Washington and the Falcons again got on the board early at Ball State. Washington scored at the 3:09 mark, then added a second goal late in the first half, before Erica Hubert put an exclamation point on a 3-0 win.
• After the Miami-BSU weekend, Washington became the first MAC player ever to be named the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's National Player of the Week.
• The Falcons got two goals, from Mackenzie Reuber and Maureen Kennedy, in the first 15-plus minutes of the Northern Illinois match (Sept. 28), en route to a 3-0 win at home. Then, BG saved the scoring for late in the next match, with a pair of second-half goals to top Western Michigan in a matchup of the MAC's lone remaining unbeaten teams (Sept. 30). Washington scored in the 78th minute before Hubert recorded the clincher in the final minute.
• With the win over Western, the Falcons were off to a 4-0-0 start in the MAC for the first time in program history. Only the 2000 team had won as many as three consecutive games to begin the conference schedule.
• And, in the WMU match, BGSU tied the school record for consecutive shutouts, with five.
• Two Hubert goals, sandwiched around a golazo of a header by Sophia Barnes, gave the Falcons another win at Central Michigan (Oct. 4). The Chippewas, however, scored with under four minutes remaining to snap BGSU's shutout streak. The Falcons went a total of 538:07 without allowing a goal, the second-longest streak in program history. Kathleen Duwve was in between the posts for 448:07 of that time, the second-longest shutout streak by an individual in BGSU history.
• For the first time in six MAC games, BGSU played in a one-goal match. That match, however, went the way of the Falcons, as Nikki Cox scored early in the second half for a 1-0 win over Eastern Michigan at Cochrane (Oct. 7).
• The next weekend, BGSU jumped on top early in a 3-1 win over preseason MAC favorite Kent State (Oct. 12). Washington scored less than three minutes into the match.Â
• Two days later, Washington scored just over seven minutes into the match as BGSU downed Ohio, 3-1. The win was BGSU's school-record ninth in a row, and extended the Falcons' unbeaten streak to 10 matches (9-0-1), the second-longest streak in program history. And, it moved the Falcons to 8-0-0 in the MAC, by far the best conference start in school history.
• During that nine-match winning streak, the Falcons outscored the opponents, 26-3. In fact, two Falcons – Washington (9) and Hubert (8) – each single-handedly outscored the opposition during that time, while Cox had three goals to match the foes' total.
• The winning streak came to an end when Akron scored with just 1:41 remaining in the second half for a 1-0 win over the Falcons (Oct. 18). BGSU outshot the Zips, 25-7, and UA had a 'team save' while two BG shots hit the crossbar.
• When the Zips scored late in that match (Oct. 18), it marked the first time the Falcons had trained since the Northwestern contest of Sept. 9. BG had played a total of 1008:19 – nearly 17 hours of match time – without being behind on the scoreboard.
• BG bounced back in a big way, scoring early and often en route to a 5-0 win at Buffalo (Oct. 21). BGSU clinched the MAC's regular-season championship with the win. Hubert had a monster game, figuring in the scoring of all five goals. She played a total of 49 minutes, and had the second hat trick of her BGSU career, assisting on BG's other two goals. The goal total was BG's highest output in a MAC road game in program history. Senior Laura Bozzelli's first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winning goal in the MAC regular-season championship-clinching match.
• It was just the second regular-season championship in the 22-year history of the program.
• BGSU picked up a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Toledo to end the regular season (Oct. 25). After trailing for a total of 1:41 during the first 10-plus home matches, the Falcons were behind for 57:34 of the Toledo match. Freshman Sarah Allen scored midway through the second half to tie the game, and after Washington was pulled down in the box, Kennedy's PK with just under nine minutes to go gave BG the win.
TOURNAMENT TIME
• Cox, who had scored the lone goal in the regular-season win over Eastern Michigan at Cochrane, found the back of the net twice within the game's first 13 minutes in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round (Oct. 28). The Falcons withstood a lengthy weather delay and an EMU comeback bid for a 2-1 win. Then, in the semifinal round, a perfectly-placed shot by senior Jennifer Reyes midway through the second half gave BG a 1-0 win over Ohio (Nov. 2).
• The MAC Tournament's championship match saw the Falcons get on the board vs. Ball State (Nov. 4) on a Kennedy PK in the first half, but the visitors equalized in the second period.
• Then, despite a surreal Falcon flurry early in the first overtime and a BGSU shot off the goalpost in each of the two OT sessions, the Falcons and Cardinals played through 20 scoreless minutes of overtime.
• The match went to penalty kicks, with the second-seeded Cardinals shooting first. After each team scored in the opening round, BSU goalkeeper Tristin Stuteville made a save in the second round to give the Cards the lead.
• And, when Sammi Corcoran scored for the visitors, the Falcons faced a 3-1 deficit. Hubert stepped up and converted her PK attempt, but BSU's Kerrigan Johnson began the fourth round with a successful PK.
• Cox buried her shot for the Falcons, but BG trailed, 4-3, after four rounds. BSU's Jenna Dombrowski stepped to the spot, with both teams and the crowd surrounding the field knowing a successful kick would give the Cardinals a championship. Duwve, however, kept her team's season alive with a diving save of Dombrowski's effort.
• Senior tri-captain Morgan Abbitt went next, with BGSU needing a successful kick to extend the match. Abbitt calmly tucked her shot into the corner to tie the score and force a sixth round.
• When BSU's Tatiana Mason rolled her shot wide of the left goalpost, the Falcons suddenly had the momentum, and fifth-year senior Elisa Baeron strode to the spot with a chance to win a MAC Championship for her club.
• Baeron, who arrived at BGSU mere months after the Falcons had completed a winless 2013 season, fired her shot into the back of the net to give her team the title and spark a wild celebration on the Cochrane Field turf.
• Baeron was named the MAC Tournament MVP, while Reyes, Cox and sophomore Nikhita Jacob joined her on the all-tournament team.
• The season came to an end with a 4-1 loss at No. 14 Penn State in the NCAA Championships. Hubert scored the first NCAA Tournament goal in program history, with Cox picking up the assist.
• Bozzelli had scored what appeared to be the tying goal in the 11th minute, just after PSU had opened the scoring, but Bozzelli's goal was nullified due to an offside call.
BGSU'S MAC TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The Falcons have won the MAC Tournament title three times in program history. The 2004 BGSU team – seeded eighth for the tournament – reeled off three-straight upsets, outscoring opponents by a combined 8-1, en route to the first championship in program history.
• The next season (2005), head coach Andy Richards and the Falcons won both the regular-season and league tourney crowns. The '05 team was the only BGSU squad to win the regular-season title until 2018.
• BGSU now has a record of 15-7-6 in the MAC Tournament through the years. BG's win total in the tourney is the fourth-highest in the conference, and BG's tournament winning percentage of .642 ranks third among league schools.
• The Falcons have seen six MAC Tournament matches require penalty kicks over the years. On five of those six occasions, BGSU was the team that moved on, meaning that the Falcons have survived and advanced 20 times in 28 league tourney tilts.
• The Falcons are now 7-1-3 in home matches in the MAC Tournament, and BGSU converted more PKs than the opponent in each of those three ties at Cochrane Stadium.
• Through the 2018 season, BGSU is 10-1-1 in the quarterfinal round, 6-3-2 in the semifinals and 1-3-3 in the championship.
• BG has a record of 3-0-3 as the number-one seed in the tournament, winning/advancing in all six of those matches (three each in 2005 and '18).
• BGSU's seven appearances in the tourney title game ties Western Michigan for the most in MAC history.
THANKS, SENIORS!
• Coach Matt Fannon and the Falcons had nine seniors on the 2018 roster. One of them, Morgann Williams, missed the bulk of the season due to injury, but the other eight – Morgan Abbitt, Elisa Baeron, Laura Bozzelli, Victoria Cope, Alexis Fricke, Erica Hubert, Jennifer Reyes and Marissa Swindell – were on the field together for the final moments of the Penn State match.
• Three of those seniors – fifth-year Falcons Baeron, Hubert and Reyes – joined the BGSU program mere months after the team finished a winless 2013 season. That trio and their teammates helped the Brown and Orange to a total of 27 wins over their final two seasons.
WINNING SZN
• The 2018 team tied the school single-season record for wins, with 14, and BGSU set new records for fewest losses (five) and highest winning percentage (.705) in a season.
• The Falcons went 10-1-0 in MAC regular-season action, the best conference record in program history.
• Since Matt Fannon was named head coach prior to the 2017 season, the Falcons have gone 27-12-4 overall. That mark includes records of 16-5-1 in MAC regular-season matches and 20-6-2 in all games vs. conference foes.
• In 1280 total minutes against conference foes on the season season, BG led for an eye-popping 758:31, and the Falcons were behind for a total of 59:15.
BGSU outscored MAC opponents, 31-7, in 14 regular-season and tourney matches vs. conference competition last fall. The Falcons scored at least two goals in 10 of those 14 matches, and never allowed more than one goal in a match vs. a MAC opponent.
AWARDS APLENTY
• A school-record five BGSU players were named to the All-MAC First Team, and the Falcons garnered three of the league's four specialty awards.
• Fannon was named MAC Coach of the Year for the second time in as many seasons, while Hubert was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year and Kennedy took home MAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors. Hubert, Kennedy, Abbitt, Duwve and Washington all were named to the all-conference first team.
• Additionally, first-year Falcon Sarah Allen was named to the MAC's All-Freshman Team.
• BGSU's total of five first-team selections shattered the program's previous records. The Falcons' previous best was three first-team members and four total all-league selections, and both of those records were set in 2017.
• The Falcons had five All-MAC First-Team members in 2018  after having a total of 10 in the first 21 years of the program. BGSU has had eight All-MAC First-Team recipients in Fannon's two years at the helm, after having seven in the first two decades of women's soccer.
• A school-record five Falcons – the same quintet that comprised nearly half of the All-MAC First Team – were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team. Hubert became the first player in BGSU history to make the all-region first team.
• BG had never had more than two players named to the all-region team in a season. In fact, the Falcons had five all-region selections in 2018 after garnering a total of four in the first 21 years of the program.
• A school-record 12 Falcons were named to the Academic all-MAC Team. Baeron was named to the named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), becoming just the second player in program history to earn Academic All-America® honors from CoSIDA.
• BG landed five players on the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio Team, with all five (Abbitt, Duwve, Hubert, Kennedy and Washington) all named to the first team.
• In addition, Abbitt, Duwve, Kennedy and Washington all were named to the OCSA's Academic All-Ohio Team. All four Falcons were first-team selections.
• BGSU's total of five All-Ohio First-Team selections shattered the program's previous records, and the Falcons were the only program to have five All-Ohio Team members in 2018.Â
• BG tied for the lead with four Academic All-Ohio Team honorees, and the Falcons were the only program to have four first-team selections.
A FEW MORE FALCON NOTES (in no particular order)
• The Falcons' total of 43 goals in 2018 tied the school record, which was set the previous year.
• In the Fannon Era, the Falcons are a perfect 25-0-0 when scoring at least two goals, and BG is 2-12-4 when being held to fewer than two goals.
• After scoring the first goal of the match just once in the first five contests of the 2018 season, the Falcons scored first in 14 of the last 16 matches.
• BGSU was 13-0-2 when scoring first in 2018, and the Falcons are 1-5-1 when the opponent scoreed first.
• Washington scored the first goal of the match on no fewer than six occasions during the Falcons' school-record nine-match winning streak. Five of those goals came within the first 20 minutes of the match, and on four occasions, she gave BG the lead less than eight minutes into the match.
• The 2018 Falcons broke the school records for most home wins in a season and most consecutive victories at home.
• BGSU went 10-1-2 at Cochrane, including two wins and a tie in the MAC Tournament. The old record for home wins in a season was held by the 2008 team, which went 8-1-1.
• And, BG won nine-straight matches at Cochrane in 2018, breaking the mark of seven set by that 2008 team. That streak was snapped in the league tourney title game, but the Falcons will take an 11-match home unbeaten streak into the 2019 season.
• That 11-match home unbeaten streak ties the school record. The Falcons also went 9-0-2 at Cochrane Stadium from Sept. 12, 2008, to Sept. 6 of the following year.
• In 2019, Fannon and his staff welcome back 17 letterwinners, including six starters, from the MAC Championship squad. The regular season begins on Thursday evening, Aug. 22, when BG takes on Kentucky, and the home opener is set for Friday, Aug. 30, vs. Valparaiso.
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THE SEASON
• The Falcons traveled all the way to Hawai'i to begin the season, but scored just one goal in the two matches there, returning home with a record of 0-1-1.
• BGSU blanked Oakland, 3-0, in the home opener (Aug. 25), but dropped a 1-0, double-overtime decision to Xavier at Cochrane Stadium the next time out (Sept. 6).
• That Xavier match also marked the first time the Falcons were held without a goal at Cochrane in nearly two years, since Sept. 25, 2016.
• After a loss at No. 15 Northwestern and a draw vs. DePaul, the Falcons had a record of 1-3-2 record, before BG ended the non-conference campaign with a 6-0 win over Youngstown State (Sept. 16). That YSU match began a winning streak that lasted over a month.Â
• Chelsee Washington set the tone for the entire Mid-American Conference schedule, scoring on a free kick just 1:50 into the league opener at Miami (Sept. 21).Â
• Two days later, Washington and the Falcons again got on the board early at Ball State. Washington scored at the 3:09 mark, then added a second goal late in the first half, before Erica Hubert put an exclamation point on a 3-0 win.
• After the Miami-BSU weekend, Washington became the first MAC player ever to be named the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's National Player of the Week.
• The Falcons got two goals, from Mackenzie Reuber and Maureen Kennedy, in the first 15-plus minutes of the Northern Illinois match (Sept. 28), en route to a 3-0 win at home. Then, BG saved the scoring for late in the next match, with a pair of second-half goals to top Western Michigan in a matchup of the MAC's lone remaining unbeaten teams (Sept. 30). Washington scored in the 78th minute before Hubert recorded the clincher in the final minute.
• With the win over Western, the Falcons were off to a 4-0-0 start in the MAC for the first time in program history. Only the 2000 team had won as many as three consecutive games to begin the conference schedule.
• And, in the WMU match, BGSU tied the school record for consecutive shutouts, with five.
• Two Hubert goals, sandwiched around a golazo of a header by Sophia Barnes, gave the Falcons another win at Central Michigan (Oct. 4). The Chippewas, however, scored with under four minutes remaining to snap BGSU's shutout streak. The Falcons went a total of 538:07 without allowing a goal, the second-longest streak in program history. Kathleen Duwve was in between the posts for 448:07 of that time, the second-longest shutout streak by an individual in BGSU history.
• For the first time in six MAC games, BGSU played in a one-goal match. That match, however, went the way of the Falcons, as Nikki Cox scored early in the second half for a 1-0 win over Eastern Michigan at Cochrane (Oct. 7).
• The next weekend, BGSU jumped on top early in a 3-1 win over preseason MAC favorite Kent State (Oct. 12). Washington scored less than three minutes into the match.Â
• Two days later, Washington scored just over seven minutes into the match as BGSU downed Ohio, 3-1. The win was BGSU's school-record ninth in a row, and extended the Falcons' unbeaten streak to 10 matches (9-0-1), the second-longest streak in program history. And, it moved the Falcons to 8-0-0 in the MAC, by far the best conference start in school history.
• During that nine-match winning streak, the Falcons outscored the opponents, 26-3. In fact, two Falcons – Washington (9) and Hubert (8) – each single-handedly outscored the opposition during that time, while Cox had three goals to match the foes' total.
• The winning streak came to an end when Akron scored with just 1:41 remaining in the second half for a 1-0 win over the Falcons (Oct. 18). BGSU outshot the Zips, 25-7, and UA had a 'team save' while two BG shots hit the crossbar.
• When the Zips scored late in that match (Oct. 18), it marked the first time the Falcons had trained since the Northwestern contest of Sept. 9. BG had played a total of 1008:19 – nearly 17 hours of match time – without being behind on the scoreboard.
• BG bounced back in a big way, scoring early and often en route to a 5-0 win at Buffalo (Oct. 21). BGSU clinched the MAC's regular-season championship with the win. Hubert had a monster game, figuring in the scoring of all five goals. She played a total of 49 minutes, and had the second hat trick of her BGSU career, assisting on BG's other two goals. The goal total was BG's highest output in a MAC road game in program history. Senior Laura Bozzelli's first collegiate goal proved to be the game-winning goal in the MAC regular-season championship-clinching match.
• It was just the second regular-season championship in the 22-year history of the program.
• BGSU picked up a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Toledo to end the regular season (Oct. 25). After trailing for a total of 1:41 during the first 10-plus home matches, the Falcons were behind for 57:34 of the Toledo match. Freshman Sarah Allen scored midway through the second half to tie the game, and after Washington was pulled down in the box, Kennedy's PK with just under nine minutes to go gave BG the win.
TOURNAMENT TIME
• Cox, who had scored the lone goal in the regular-season win over Eastern Michigan at Cochrane, found the back of the net twice within the game's first 13 minutes in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round (Oct. 28). The Falcons withstood a lengthy weather delay and an EMU comeback bid for a 2-1 win. Then, in the semifinal round, a perfectly-placed shot by senior Jennifer Reyes midway through the second half gave BG a 1-0 win over Ohio (Nov. 2).
• The MAC Tournament's championship match saw the Falcons get on the board vs. Ball State (Nov. 4) on a Kennedy PK in the first half, but the visitors equalized in the second period.
• Then, despite a surreal Falcon flurry early in the first overtime and a BGSU shot off the goalpost in each of the two OT sessions, the Falcons and Cardinals played through 20 scoreless minutes of overtime.
• The match went to penalty kicks, with the second-seeded Cardinals shooting first. After each team scored in the opening round, BSU goalkeeper Tristin Stuteville made a save in the second round to give the Cards the lead.
• And, when Sammi Corcoran scored for the visitors, the Falcons faced a 3-1 deficit. Hubert stepped up and converted her PK attempt, but BSU's Kerrigan Johnson began the fourth round with a successful PK.
• Cox buried her shot for the Falcons, but BG trailed, 4-3, after four rounds. BSU's Jenna Dombrowski stepped to the spot, with both teams and the crowd surrounding the field knowing a successful kick would give the Cardinals a championship. Duwve, however, kept her team's season alive with a diving save of Dombrowski's effort.
• Senior tri-captain Morgan Abbitt went next, with BGSU needing a successful kick to extend the match. Abbitt calmly tucked her shot into the corner to tie the score and force a sixth round.
• When BSU's Tatiana Mason rolled her shot wide of the left goalpost, the Falcons suddenly had the momentum, and fifth-year senior Elisa Baeron strode to the spot with a chance to win a MAC Championship for her club.
• Baeron, who arrived at BGSU mere months after the Falcons had completed a winless 2013 season, fired her shot into the back of the net to give her team the title and spark a wild celebration on the Cochrane Field turf.
• Baeron was named the MAC Tournament MVP, while Reyes, Cox and sophomore Nikhita Jacob joined her on the all-tournament team.
• The season came to an end with a 4-1 loss at No. 14 Penn State in the NCAA Championships. Hubert scored the first NCAA Tournament goal in program history, with Cox picking up the assist.
• Bozzelli had scored what appeared to be the tying goal in the 11th minute, just after PSU had opened the scoring, but Bozzelli's goal was nullified due to an offside call.
BGSU'S MAC TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The Falcons have won the MAC Tournament title three times in program history. The 2004 BGSU team – seeded eighth for the tournament – reeled off three-straight upsets, outscoring opponents by a combined 8-1, en route to the first championship in program history.
• The next season (2005), head coach Andy Richards and the Falcons won both the regular-season and league tourney crowns. The '05 team was the only BGSU squad to win the regular-season title until 2018.
• BGSU now has a record of 15-7-6 in the MAC Tournament through the years. BG's win total in the tourney is the fourth-highest in the conference, and BG's tournament winning percentage of .642 ranks third among league schools.
• The Falcons have seen six MAC Tournament matches require penalty kicks over the years. On five of those six occasions, BGSU was the team that moved on, meaning that the Falcons have survived and advanced 20 times in 28 league tourney tilts.
• The Falcons are now 7-1-3 in home matches in the MAC Tournament, and BGSU converted more PKs than the opponent in each of those three ties at Cochrane Stadium.
• Through the 2018 season, BGSU is 10-1-1 in the quarterfinal round, 6-3-2 in the semifinals and 1-3-3 in the championship.
• BG has a record of 3-0-3 as the number-one seed in the tournament, winning/advancing in all six of those matches (three each in 2005 and '18).
• BGSU's seven appearances in the tourney title game ties Western Michigan for the most in MAC history.
THANKS, SENIORS!
• Coach Matt Fannon and the Falcons had nine seniors on the 2018 roster. One of them, Morgann Williams, missed the bulk of the season due to injury, but the other eight – Morgan Abbitt, Elisa Baeron, Laura Bozzelli, Victoria Cope, Alexis Fricke, Erica Hubert, Jennifer Reyes and Marissa Swindell – were on the field together for the final moments of the Penn State match.
• Three of those seniors – fifth-year Falcons Baeron, Hubert and Reyes – joined the BGSU program mere months after the team finished a winless 2013 season. That trio and their teammates helped the Brown and Orange to a total of 27 wins over their final two seasons.
WINNING SZN
• The 2018 team tied the school single-season record for wins, with 14, and BGSU set new records for fewest losses (five) and highest winning percentage (.705) in a season.
• The Falcons went 10-1-0 in MAC regular-season action, the best conference record in program history.
• Since Matt Fannon was named head coach prior to the 2017 season, the Falcons have gone 27-12-4 overall. That mark includes records of 16-5-1 in MAC regular-season matches and 20-6-2 in all games vs. conference foes.
• In 1280 total minutes against conference foes on the season season, BG led for an eye-popping 758:31, and the Falcons were behind for a total of 59:15.
BGSU outscored MAC opponents, 31-7, in 14 regular-season and tourney matches vs. conference competition last fall. The Falcons scored at least two goals in 10 of those 14 matches, and never allowed more than one goal in a match vs. a MAC opponent.
AWARDS APLENTY
• A school-record five BGSU players were named to the All-MAC First Team, and the Falcons garnered three of the league's four specialty awards.
• Fannon was named MAC Coach of the Year for the second time in as many seasons, while Hubert was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year and Kennedy took home MAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors. Hubert, Kennedy, Abbitt, Duwve and Washington all were named to the all-conference first team.
• Additionally, first-year Falcon Sarah Allen was named to the MAC's All-Freshman Team.
• BGSU's total of five first-team selections shattered the program's previous records. The Falcons' previous best was three first-team members and four total all-league selections, and both of those records were set in 2017.
• The Falcons had five All-MAC First-Team members in 2018  after having a total of 10 in the first 21 years of the program. BGSU has had eight All-MAC First-Team recipients in Fannon's two years at the helm, after having seven in the first two decades of women's soccer.
• A school-record five Falcons – the same quintet that comprised nearly half of the All-MAC First Team – were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team. Hubert became the first player in BGSU history to make the all-region first team.
• BG had never had more than two players named to the all-region team in a season. In fact, the Falcons had five all-region selections in 2018 after garnering a total of four in the first 21 years of the program.
• A school-record 12 Falcons were named to the Academic all-MAC Team. Baeron was named to the named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), becoming just the second player in program history to earn Academic All-America® honors from CoSIDA.
• BG landed five players on the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio Team, with all five (Abbitt, Duwve, Hubert, Kennedy and Washington) all named to the first team.
• In addition, Abbitt, Duwve, Kennedy and Washington all were named to the OCSA's Academic All-Ohio Team. All four Falcons were first-team selections.
• BGSU's total of five All-Ohio First-Team selections shattered the program's previous records, and the Falcons were the only program to have five All-Ohio Team members in 2018.Â
• BG tied for the lead with four Academic All-Ohio Team honorees, and the Falcons were the only program to have four first-team selections.
A FEW MORE FALCON NOTES (in no particular order)
• The Falcons' total of 43 goals in 2018 tied the school record, which was set the previous year.
• In the Fannon Era, the Falcons are a perfect 25-0-0 when scoring at least two goals, and BG is 2-12-4 when being held to fewer than two goals.
• After scoring the first goal of the match just once in the first five contests of the 2018 season, the Falcons scored first in 14 of the last 16 matches.
• BGSU was 13-0-2 when scoring first in 2018, and the Falcons are 1-5-1 when the opponent scoreed first.
• Washington scored the first goal of the match on no fewer than six occasions during the Falcons' school-record nine-match winning streak. Five of those goals came within the first 20 minutes of the match, and on four occasions, she gave BG the lead less than eight minutes into the match.
• The 2018 Falcons broke the school records for most home wins in a season and most consecutive victories at home.
• BGSU went 10-1-2 at Cochrane, including two wins and a tie in the MAC Tournament. The old record for home wins in a season was held by the 2008 team, which went 8-1-1.
• And, BG won nine-straight matches at Cochrane in 2018, breaking the mark of seven set by that 2008 team. That streak was snapped in the league tourney title game, but the Falcons will take an 11-match home unbeaten streak into the 2019 season.
• That 11-match home unbeaten streak ties the school record. The Falcons also went 9-0-2 at Cochrane Stadium from Sept. 12, 2008, to Sept. 6 of the following year.
• In 2019, Fannon and his staff welcome back 17 letterwinners, including six starters, from the MAC Championship squad. The regular season begins on Thursday evening, Aug. 22, when BG takes on Kentucky, and the home opener is set for Friday, Aug. 30, vs. Valparaiso.
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