Bearcats Stun Falcons, 4-3

The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team dropped a high-scoring affair to the University of Cincinnati 4-3 in overtime on Friday (Sept. 21) night. The wild non-conference affair was held at Cochrane Stadium.

In a game that could have gone either way and very nearly did, UC got a pair of late goals for the win. The Bearcats' Darryn Commissiong scored on a counterattack with just 49 seconds left in regulation to tie the game, and Donovan Segree scored on a rebound of his own free kick just 1:54 into overtime.

The Falcons got goals from juniors Achille Robin and Chris Sullivan and sophomore Kale Nichols, while senior Chris Brennan had assists on each of the last two BG goals.

The match was tied at the half before Nichols' header gave BG the lead in the 58th minute. The Falcons had several chances to take a two-goal lead, but were unable to do so, and Commissiong's 90th-minute strike tied the contest before Segree scored the winner.

ERIC NICHOLS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW

THE GOALS
• 4' | The Bearcats got on the board early, on a give-and-go play between Darryn Commissiong and Shevon Stewart. Stewart received a return pass from Commissiong as he entered the right side of the penalty area, and he fired a low shot into the far corner of the goal.
• 15' | As the Falcons pressured the Bearcats in BG's offensive end, a UC defender slipped and junior Chris Sullivan pounced. He took the ball, went around the Bearcat player and was tripped as he entered the penalty area. A penalty kick was awarded, and junior Achille Robin stepped up and converted that PK to tie the score.
• 28' | The Falcons took the lead on Sullivan's goal. Senior Chris Brennan's nifty seeing-eye through-ball put sophomore Matt Walters into the box on the right side. Walters headed toward goal and hit a hard shot. UC goalkeeper Noah Lawrence was able to block the Walters shot, but Sullivan knifed through several Bearcat players to chest the ball into the net.
• 36' | The Bearcats knotted the score on a Creggton Charlton goal. Charlton hit a shot from the top of the box that hit the left post. A BG defender attempted to quickly clear the rebound, but the ball went directly back to Charlton. This time, the UC striker fired a shot toward the other side of the net, and it went just inside the right post.
• 58' | A long throw by Brennan sailed into the box, over a host of players from both teams. The ball bounced, and sophomore Kale Nichols quickly headed it over Lawrence and a defender and into the upper-left corner of the goal.
• 90' | BG cleared the ball out of the defensive end as the clock ticked down to the one-minute mark. Brennan attempted to beat a UC player one-on-one just over midfield, but was knocked to the ground as the Bearcats won the ball back. A long ball sailed into the box, where Aerin West played a quick pass to Commissiong. Commissiong's seeing-eye shot, taken from the 18-yard line, rolled through several players in the box and found the back of the net.
• 92' | A foul was called on the Falcons just outside the penalty area, and Donovan Segree took the ensuing free kick. Segree fired a shot that was blocked by the BG wall, but the ball bounded directly back to Segree, who hit a low shot that went under the wall and into the lower-right-hand corner of the goal, giving the 'Cats the victory.

NOTES AND NUMBERS
• The Falcons' total of three goals tied a season high. BG also scored three times in a shutout win at Northwestern just under two weeks ago (Sept. 8).
• Saturday marked the Falcons' second overtime contest of the season. BGSU and Duquesne went to extra time in the season opener in Pittsburgh on Aug. 30, battling to a 1-1 draw.
• Junior Chris Sullivan picked up his third goal of the season, tying senior Chris Brennan for the team lead in that category.he's now tied Chris Brennan for the team lead in the category. Sullivan now has eight points on the year.
• Brennan had two assists vs. the Bearcats, giving him four on the season. He now has a team-high total of 10 points on the year, and has scored at least one point in six-straight matches.
• Sophomore Kale Nichols scored his first career goal as a Falcon. Nichols now has three points on the season and in his BG career.
• Junior Achille Robin's goal on Saturday night was his second of the season, placing him third on the team behind Brennan and Sullivan (three goals each). Robin, in his second season with the Falcons, has three career goals.
• Anthony Mwembia made three saves on the night. Mwembia, along with defenders Robin, Michael Montemurri all played the entire match.
• The Bearcats edged BG in shots, 20-18, and the teams each had seven shots on goal. The Falcons' 18 shots and seven SOG marked the second-highest totals of the young season.
• It was the usual suspects again for the Falcons as the team started its same lineup for the fourth straight contest. The back line, as mentioned, played the entire match along with junior Zach Buescher and sophs Jensen Lukacsko and Kale Nichols.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• 3' | GOAL | UC's Shevon Stewart tucked a shot inside the far post.
• 14' |GOAL | BGSU's Achille Robin picked his spot on a clinical PK finish.
• 17'| GOAL | Chris Sullivan trundled a rebound home to give BG the lead.
• 36'| GOAL | Creggton Charlton scored on a rebound of his own shot to tie the match.
• 44' | BGSU goalkeeper Mwembia made an excellent save at point-blank range right in front of the BG goal.
• 52' | Sophomore Jensen Lukacsko hit a dangerous shot for BG outside of the box that was deflected off of the back of a UC defender.
• 58'| GOAL | Kale Nichols headed home a Chris Brennan throw-in.
• 62' | Brennan earned a free kick just outside the box, and hit a hard shot that was blocked over the line for a BG corner kick.
• 80' | BG very nearly doubled the lead as the clock ticked down toward the 10-minute mark. A fantastic give-and-go sequence between Brennan and Matt Walters saw Brennan put the sophomore into the box behind the UC defense. WIth Lawrence forced to charge off of his line to cut down the angle, Walters hit a shot toward the near post, but put his effort wide.
• 81'| BG almost immediately won the ball back off of the ensuing goal kick. Soph Ike Swiger took the ball to the UC end line and crossed it into the box. Sullivan dummied the ball beautifully, and it rolled to an open Brennan just inside the 18-yard line. The senior captain hit a hard one-timer, but the blistering shot whizzed just over the crossbar.
• 90' | GOAL | Darryn Commissiong scored on a UC counterattack after a BG counterattack. The tying goal came with just 49 seconds on the clock.
• 92' | GOAL | Donovan Segree scored on a rebound of his own shot.

DOWN THE ROAD...
• The Falcons will travel to Lexington, Ky., to face nationally-ranked Kentucky on Tuesday (Sept. 24), in a 7:30 p.m. start. Then, the Brown and Orange will return to Cochrane to face Canisius next Saturday (Sept. 28). That contest will begin at 7:00 p.m.
• Following the Canisius matchup, the Falcons will hit the road for the next four matches, meeting Detroit Mercy (Oct. 1), IUPUI (Oct. 8), Akron (Oct. 12) and SIUE (Oct. 19).

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