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Bowling Green State University Athletics
1997 Results
March 20, 2020 | Women's Soccer
Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Soccer
1997 BGSU Women's Soccer
Schedule/ Final Results
(6-12-0 overall, 1-6-0 MAC)
Preseason Scrimmages
Aug. 22 - Siena Heights at BGSU
Canceled.Aug. 25 - at BGSU 1, Findlay 0
Freshman Ashley Enser (Toledo, Ohio/Sylvania Northview) scored on a penalty kick early in the second half as the Falcon women's soccer team downed Findlay, 1-0, in a scrimmage Monday at BG's Mickey Cochrane Field.
The scrimmage marked the first-ever competition for the Falcon women's soccer team. BGSU opens the regular season Friday (Aug. 29) at Kent. The regular-season home opener is set for Sunday (Aug. 31), when the Brown and Orange will face Louisville in a 2:00 p.m. start.
Enser, a back, scored with just under five minutes gone in the second stanza after a Falcon teammate was tripped in the penalty box. Freshmen Kit Gazely (Lakewood, Ohio/Magnificat) and Lynette Lasanen (West Carrollton, Ohio/West Carrollton) shared the shutout in goal, combining for five saves. Each goalie played 45 minutes in the win.
Freshman Kerry McKee (Fairfield, Ohio/Fairfield) led BG with three total shots, including two on goal. The Falcons were outshot by the Oilers, 11-10, and both teams totalled five shots on goal. BGSU junior Krista Shamblin (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Bernard), a transfer from Lincoln Memorial University, hit the crossbar with a pair of shots. One of those shots was deflected by UF goalie Erin Lane before bounding off the bar.
A total of eight freshmen were in the 11-player starting lineup for the Falcons.
Regular-Season Matches
Aug. 29 - BGSU 1, at Kent 0 (OT)
Freshman Kerry McKee scored the Falcons' first-ever goal in overtime, giving BGSU the win. Sophomore Emily Graham and freshman Janice Mentrup drew assists on the play. Although BGSU and Kent are both MAC members, this meeting did not count in the conference standings.Aug. 31 - Louisville 1, at BGSU 0
The Louisville Cardinals spoiled the first home contest in school history, scoring a late goal en route to a 1-0 win at Cochrane Field. With under 10 minutes remaining in the second half, UL senior Karen Garland sent a crossing attempt into the box from the right side. As Falcon defender Mackenzie Williams and Cardinal forward Christie Altree both raced for the ball, the cross caromed off Williams and into the net past goalkeeper Kit Gazley. Gazley, who played the entire contest, made six saves on the afternoon. BGSU held a 15-12 lead in total shots, but the home team could manage just three shots on goal.Sept. 3 - at Dayton 5, BGSU 0
The host Flyers hit the Falcons with an early goal barrage, and BG never recovered. UD scored with just 35 seconds gone in the match, and had added two more tallies by the 9:22 mark. The Falcons were outshot by the hosts, 35-8, and UD enjoyed a 13-4 advantage in shots on goal. Freshman Kit Gazley, the second of three BG goalies used, made five saves and allowed one goal in 62:13 of action.Sept. 6 - at Ohio State 3, BGSU 0
The Falcons again could not get untracked offensively, falling to the host Buckeyes. BG 'keeper Kit Gazley made 11 saves in the net.Sept. 7 - at BGSU 5, Saint Francis (PA) 0
Five different Falcon freshmen scored goals as BG broke a three-match losing streak. The Brown and Orange scored four times in the first half before adding a single tally in the second stanza. Janice Mentrup got the scoring started with an unassisted marker, her first collegiate score, exactly 14 minutes into the match. Late in the first half, BG scored three times in a span of 11:16. Stephanie Heller scored at 33:25, heading in a cross by freshman Rachel Clark. Sophomore Emily Graham also drew an assist on the play. Just 48 seconds later, Paige Suhay scored on a long shot from outside the penalty area. Another frosh, Jamie Eshleman, scored with just 19 seconds remaining in the half, with Mentrup drawing an assist. Heller, Suhay and Eshleman all scored for the first time as collegians. Michelle Lisy's unassisted goal, her first collegiate marker, with just over nine minutes remaining in the match closed out the scoring. Freshmen Kit Gazley and Lynette Lasanen shared the shutout in goal. Each 'keeper played 45 minutes and made two saves.Sept. 12 - at Indiana 6, BGSU 1
BG scored first, on a goal by Krista Shamblin at 7:09, and the Falcons were tied with the Hoosiers at the half, but IU broke through for five second-half goals en route to the win. The hosts outshot BG, 44-2, including a 19-1 margin in shots on goal.Sept. 14 - Northern Illinois 6, at BGSU 0 *
The fifth-year NIU program gave the Falcons a rude welcome to Mid-American Conference play, handing BG a six-goal loss at Cochrane Field. The Huskies broke a scoreless tie in the game's 25th minute, and NIU scored four goals in a 12-minute span covering the last nine minutes of the first stanza and the first three minutes of the second. The visitors outshot BG, 29-16, and had a 14-3 shots-on-goal margin.Sept. 20 - at Toledo 3, BGSU 2 *
The Falcons, playing before the biggest crowd in the school's brief history, gave Toledo a battle before falling, 3-2, at UT's Glass Bowl Stadium. The Falcons played the third-year Rockets to a scoreless first half. Lynette Lasanen made three saves in that first half. Kit Gazley replaced Lasanen to start the second half, and had a rude welcome. UT's first two shots on goal in the second stanza found the net, and the Blue and Gold took a 2-0 lead with 37:05 left in the match. Gazley began to settle down, and the Falcon offense began to show signs of life. The Brown and Orange got on the scoreboard at the 70:38 mark, when freshman Autumn Harris' free kick from the right side found freshman Stephanie Heller just inside the penalty box on the left side. Heller's one-timer got past UT 'keeper Tanya Muncer. Seven minutes later, the Rockets extended the margin to two goals once again, converting on a 2-on-0 breakaway. BG again cut the margin to a single goal with 7:13 left in the contest. After BG's Janice Mentrup was pulled down in the box, a penalty kick was awarded, and freshman Ashley Enser converted. The Rockets held a 28-12 advantage in shots, including a 10-6 edge in shots on goal. Gazley made four saves in her 45 minutes of action. The crowd of 2,385 was the largest in the (eight-match) history of BGSU women's soccer.Sept. 28 - at Eastern Michigan 1, BGSU 0 *
The Falcons dropped a close contest to the Eagles. The Brown and Orange, for the second-straight match, battled a veteran conference program to a scoreless tie at halftime. BGSU freshman goalie Lynette Lasanen made four saves in the first 45 minutes of play. The third-year Eagles outshot BGSU, 15-4, in the first half, including a 4-2 margin in shots on goal. In the second stanza, EMU scored with five-and-a-half minutes gone, and that marker proved to be enough. BG had four shots on goal in the second half, including two in a last-second flurry off a Stefanie Sizemore free kick. Her shot was stopped by the EMU goalie, who failed to control the rebound, and several Falcons attempted to poke the ball into the net as the clock wound down. EMU held a total-shots advantage of 28-10, and the Eagles had 10 shots on goal to the Falcons' six. Lasanen made a career-high nine saves in going the distance for her first complete match. Offensively, junior Krista Shamblin, coming off the bench after starting the season's first eight matches, led BG with two shots on goal and four total shot attempts.Oct. 1 - at West Virginia 4, BGSU 0
The Falcons hung tough on the road, but a pair of goals early in the second half salted away the win for the host Mountaineers. BG battled the regionally-ranked hosted to a scoreless tie for the first 35 minutes. The Falcons had several good scoring chances, but could not convert. A WVU rebound goal at the 35:34 mark was the only scoring of the half. The Mountaineers scored at the 60:04 mark, and added another tally just two minutes later. The final goal came with just under six minutes left. Lynette Lasanen made a career-best 13 saves, which also set a school standard. The Falcons had 14 total shot attempts (including seven by Emily Graham), with four shots on goal. WVU had 17 shots on goal among 28 total attempts.Oct. 5 - at Western Michigan 4, BGSU 2 *
The Falcons stunned the host Broncos with a pair of goals in the first six minutes. BG began the scoring at the 3:52 mark. From the left side, Janice Mentrup served a ball into the box, and, when the WMU goalie came off the line, Autumn Harris swooped in to tuck the ball into the right side of the net. In addition to Mentrup, Stefanie Sizemore drew an assist on Harris' first career goal. The assist was the first point of Sizemore's career. Just over two minutes later, Kerry McKee picked the pocket of a WMU back and went in on a 2-on-2 break with Stephanie Heller. McKee's short pass at the top of the box found Heller all alone on the left side, and she tucked the ball into the lower right corner, giving BG a two-goal lead at the 6:00 mark. Heller's goal was her team-leading third of the year, while the assist was the first of McKee's career. The two BG goals came on the first two shots of the match. The Broncos - and sophomore Jenna Schlee, in particular - wasted little time in coming back. Schlee tallied a hat trick in a span of 7:42, giving the Broncos a 3-2 lead at the midway point of the first half. After the opening five-goal flurry, there was just one more tally on the afternoon. The Broncos extended the margin to two with a goal early in the second half. The Falcons outshot the hosts, 19-18, and BGSU held a 9-8 edge in shots on goal. Lasanen made four saves for the visitors. Michelle Lisy, who saw some time at forward in the first half, played the final 6:34 in goal for the Falcons and did not face a shot.Oct. 11 - at Miami 3, BGSU 2 *
Miami broke a 2-2 tie with just over 10 minutes left, and made the goal hold up. After the RedHawks, like BG a first-year program, scored twice in the first 20 minutes, the match was scoreless until late in the half. With just 45 seconds left before the break, Christa Garver dropped the ball to Michelle Lisy. Lisy's through ball found Paige Suhay at the edge of the penalty box for a one-timer. Suhay's blast found the top of the net to cut the MU lead to a goal at the intermission. BG scored the equalizer with 15 minutes gone in the second half. Stephanie Heller picked the pocket of a RedHawk and slipped the ball left to Kerry McKee. McKee's pass found Krista Shamblin heading toward goal, and Shamblin's flick beat the MU 'keeper to knot the score before MU tallied the late goal. The hosts outshot BG by a 19-14 margin, and Miami held a 10-7 edge in shots on goal. Lynette Lasanen made seven saves in net for the Brown and Orange.Oct. 17 - at BGSU 2, Kent 0 *
Kerry McKee and Jamie Eshleman scored goals, and Kit Gazley and Lynette Lasanen combined to post a shutout in goal as the Falcons broke a seven-match losing streak. The Falcons, who kept the ball in the Kent end of the field for most of the match, got on the board at the 10:25 mark, when Paige Suhayıs pass found McKee on a semi-breakaway. McKee tucked a shot just inside the left post, past KSU goalkeeper Cherie Brusky. With just 22 seconds gone in the second half, Michelle Lisy's centering ball from the left side found Eshleman in the penalty box. Eshleman's header completed the scoring. Janice Mentrup drew the second assist on the play. Gazley and Lasanen each played 45 minutes in net, with Gazley earning the win. BGSU outshot the visitors, 33-8, including a 17-3 margin in shots on goal. Brusky made a total of 15 stops in the Kent goal, while Falcon 'keepers combined for three (all by Lasanen). All 20 players on the BGSU roster saw action in the win, the school's first-ever Mid-American Conference victory. BGSU beat Kent in the season-opener for both first-year teams (Aug. 29), but that match did not count in the conference standings.Oct. 24 - at BGSU 2, Buffalo 1
The Falcons scored a pair of first-half goals en route to the win over Buffalo. At the 17:20 mark, Stefanie Sizemore threaded a pass across the penalty box to a wide-open Michelle Lisy. Lisy one-timed the ball home for a 1-0 BG lead. Emily Graham also drew an assist on the play. Just before the half, the Falcons struck again, with Sizemore and Graham again playing key roles. After a give-and-go with Stephanie Heller, Sizemore lifted a cross from the left side of the box to the waiting noggin of Graham, who headed in her first career goal at the 43:05 mark. Both Sizemore and Heller drew assists on the play. UB cut the margin in half with just under 16 minutes remaining in the match, but the Falcon defense preserved the lead. Kit Gazley went all the way in goal, making eight saves. BGSU outshot the Bulls, 20-19, but UB held a 9-6 edge in shots on goal.Oct. 26 - Ohio 4, at BGSU 0 *
BGSU and Ohio battled to a scoreless tie for the first 64 minutes in a driving rain Sunday, but the Bobcats exploded for four goals en route to the win. OU's four goals came on four-straight shot attempts and were tallied in a span of 9:57. The Bobcats held a 19-6 lead in total shots, and a 10-1 margin in shots on goal. Gazley made six saves in net.Oct. 29 - Michigan State 2, at BGSU 1
The Spartans built a two-goal lead before the match was 20 minutes old, and BGSU - despite a Janice Mentrup goal early in the second half - could not recover. Mentrup scored with just over three minutes gone in the second stanza, with Stefanie Sizemore and Michelle Lisy drawing the assists. BGSU was held to just two shots on goal, and could not gain the equalizer. MSU had 10 shots on goal, and the visitors held a 19-8 advantage in total shot attempts. Kit Gazley had eight saves for BG in goal. The teams combined for a whopping 60 fouls on the afternoon.Oct. 31 - BGSU 3, at Robert Morris 1
After a sluggish first half, the Falcons exploded offensively in the second stanza for a 3-1 win. The host Colonials took a 1-0 lead with less than 16 minutes gone, but the Falcons equalized on a Krista Shamblin goal at the 37:18 mark. Jamie Eshleman and Janice Mentrup drew assists on the play, which tied the contest heading into the break. The Falcons kept the ball in the RMC end of the field for nearly the entire second half, outshooting the hosts by a 23-5 margin in that stanza. BG could not get the tiebreaking goal, however, until the 71:41 mark. Shamblin was hauled down in the box, and converted the resulting penalty kick for a 2-1 BG lead. The multiple-goal match was the first ever by a Falcon player. Eight minutes later, Shamblin again made history, becoming the first member of the Brown and Orange to record a hat trick. Her third goal of the contest sealed the Colonials' fate, with Stefanie Sizemore and Emily Graham assisting on the goal. Kit Gazley made a total of four saves in earning the win. For the match, the Falcon outshot RMC by a 38-9 margin, and BG held a 12-5 edge in shots on goal.Nov. 2 - at BGSU 7, Youngstown State 2
The Brown and Orange exploded for five first-half goals and coasted to a 7-2 win at Cochrane Field. A number of records fell, with Kerry McKee involved in several cases. Two days after Krista Shamblin set a school record with six points in a match, McKee did her one better. McKee was involved in five of the seven goals, with a pair of goals and three assists for seven points on the day. McKee's three assists set a school record which was matched by Paige Suhay. Suhay also assisted on three markers vs. the Penguins. Stefanie Sizemore got the offensive explosion started with her first collegiate goal at the 19:45 mark. McKee's assist on the play was a harbinger of things to come. Five minutes later, the two hooked up again, with McKee scoring off a Sizemore feed. Michelle Lisy also drew an assist on the play. The Falcons set a school record with three goals in a span of 2:09, beginning with McKee's second goal at the 34:25 mark. Sizemore again had the primary assist, with Suhay garnering the secondary helper for her first point of the day. Suhay scored a goal of her own just 1:19 later, with Janice Mentrup and Emily McCracken earning the assists off a short corner kick play. McCracken's assist was the first point of her career. Just 50 seconds later, another Falcon registered her first career points, as Rachel Short headed in a Suhay cross for a 5-0 BG lead. McKee set another school standard with five points in the first half, while Sizemore and Suhay each had four. Kit Gazley made four saves in net in the first half. Just two of BG's original starting 11 took the field to begin the second half, and Youngstown tallied a pair of goals to narrow the Falcon lead to three. Shamblin tallied her fourth goal in three days, however, ending any YSU hopes of a comeback. Emily Graham and McKee assisted on the play. Four minutes later, with just 3:02 remaining in the match, Stephanie Heller registered her fourth marker of the season, with McKee and Suhay each drawing assists number three on the afternoon. Lynette Lasanen played the final 45 minutes in goal, making three saves.* MAC match All times are local to site
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