Nationally-Ranked Wildcats Stop Falcons, 2-0

Tuesday, September 24

Lexington, KY

7:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

4-3-1, 0-0-0

Kentucky

4-1-2, 1-0-1

Bowling Green

Kentucky

Photo by: Eddie Justice, UK Athletics

September 24, 2019 | Men's Soccer

Box Score Final Stats

BGSU returns home to face Canisius this weekend

By: LEXINGTON, Ky. (BGSU Athletic Communications)

A pair of second-half goals lifted the University of Kentucky to a 2-0 win over the Bowling Green State University men's soccer team Tuesday night (Sept. 24). The loss drops the Falcons to 4-3-1 on the season, and it marks BGSU's first setback on the road this year.

UK's Daniel Evans volleyed a ball into the net off of a corner kick in the 48th minute to give the hosts the lead for good. Khalil Elmedkhar then scored the second goal of the night for the Wildcats on a counterattack, slotting a ball inside the far post to make it a 2-0 match roughly 13 minutes later.

Kentucky goalkeeper Enrique Facusse and the Wildcat back line allowed just three shots on the night and two on goal. Freshman Michael Montemurri recorded both shots on goal for the Falcons, with both coming in the final 10 minutes of the match.

NEWS, NOTES AND NUMBERS
• Kentucky was ranked No. 23 in the nation in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll, released earlier on Tuesday, and the Wildcats are No. 18 in this week's College Soccer News poll.
• The Falcons scored the opening goal in each of the season's first six matches, but the opposition has gotten on the board first in each of the last two contests. BGSU is 4-1-1 when scoring first and 0-2-0 when allowing the game's first goal.
• As mentioned, Tuesday night's match was BGSU's first road loss of the season. The Falcons are now 2-1-1 in true road matches and 3-1-1 in all contests played away from home.
• BG started the same lineup for the fifth consecutive match. The Falcons had six players play all 90 minutes with the back line of Michael Montemurri, Tom Wrobel, Achille Robin going the distance along with Zach Buescher, Jensen Lukacsko and goalkeeper Anthony Mwembia.
• Lukacsko, Robin and Mwembia have played every minute of every match this season.
• Freshman Abdi Faqi made his second appearance of the season for the Falcons, playing 19 minutes off the bench.
• Mwembia faced 12 shots on the night, but was credited with just one save.
• Bowling Green had four corner kicks to Kentucky's two, while the Wildcats committed 12 fouls to BGSU's nine.
• Tuesday night marked the first match that Chris Brennan and Chris Sullivan were held without a shot, according to the final stats.
• For Brennan, the UK match snapped his point-scoring streak at six matches.
• The Falcons were held scoreless for the first time this season and the first time since last year's 2-0 setback to Western Michigan in the MAC Tournament semifinals.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• 8' | UK hits a powerful dipping shot from distance, but Anthony Mwembia parries it and grabs it on the bounce. It was the first shot of the game for either side.
• 23' | The Wildcats get the first corner kick of the night, but a header off of that corner is well off the mark.
• 29' | Zach Buescher is fouled over midfield, and Charlie Maciejewski puts his free kick into the box, but Achille Robin just can't quite control it on the left side and it's out for a goal kick.
• 49' | GOAL | Daniel Evans scores on a volley from the left side of the box after a corner kick had been deflected in the air.
• 55' | A cross/shot by Chris Sullivan from the right side sails past the far post.
• 58' | A corner kick by Bowling Green results in a Matt Walters shot that is blocked by a UK defender.
• 62' | GOAL The Wildcats score on a counterattack to make it 2-0.
• 68' | Chris Brennan takes a pass from Robin toward the goal, but the assistant referee's flag is raise, indicating an offside call.
• 84' | Michael Montemurri redirects Jensen Lukacsko's diagonal ball toward the right goalpost, forcing the UK goalkeeper to tip the ball out of bounds with a diving effort.
• 88' | Tom Wrobel's free kick is headed toward the right side of the goal by Michael Montemurri but the Wildcat goalkeeper makes the save.

DOWN THE ROAD
• The Falcons come back home to face Canisius this Saturday (Sept. 28) at 7:00 p.m., as part of a busy weekend at Cochrane Stadium.
• BGSU will then hit the road for the first four matches of October, facing Detroit Mercy (Oct. 1), IUPUI (Oct. 8), Akron (Oct. 12), and SIUE (Oct. 19).

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on twitter (BGSUmenssoccer), Instagram, (bgsumenssoccer), and Facebook (BGMensSoccer) as well as right here on the web at BGSUFalcons.com.