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Bowling Green State University Athletics
1998 Results
March 20, 2020 | Women's Soccer
Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Soccer
1998 BGSU Women's Soccer Results
(8-11-1 overall, 4-5-1 MAC)
Sept. 1 - BGSU 2, at Valparaiso 1
The Falcons, after trailing at halftime, rallied for the win, with the team's only two juniors accounting for both goals. Michelle Lisy tied the contest, then classmate Mackenzie Williams got the eventual match-winner. The goal by Williams marked the first points of her career. Sophomore Janice Mentrup assisted on Williams' tally. Freshman Sarah Gawel earned the win in net, making nine saves. The BGSU starting lineup consisted of six freshmen, four sophomores and one junior (Lisy), while a pair of frosh and another junior (Williams) came off the bench in the match.Sept. 5 - at BGSU 3, Western Illinois 0
Falcon Classic
The Falcons moved to 2-0-0 on the young season by scoring three goals in a span of 4:41 early in the second stanza. Beth Wechsler got BG on the board at 46:37, with assists from Stephanie Heller and Michelle Lisy. At the 50:13 mark, Autumn Harris converted off a goalmouth scramble, and Cari Combs found the back of the net just 1:05 later. Freshmen Sarah Gawel and Sarah Marchant combined for the shutout, with Gawel being forced to make the only BG save of the match. BGSU outshot the visitors, 34-4, and held a 14-1 margin in shots on goal. The Falcons took a school-record 17 corner kicks in the match. In the second match of the tournament, Central Michigan posted a 2-1 win over Robert Morris.Sept. 6 - at BGSU 9, Robert Morris 2
Falcon Classic
BGSU exploded for five goals in the first half, and outscored the visiting Colonials by a 4-2 margin in the second stanza. For the second-straight match, all 25 players on the BGSU roster saw action, and most of the starters did not play at all after the intermission. BGSU set a school record for goals in a match, and three players -- senior Krista Shamblin and freshmen Tracy Gleixner and Erin Incorvaia -- had two goals apiece. Autumn Harris, Desiree Erb and Annmarie Aparo also found the back of the net, while Leah Rosner and Mandy Smith each had a pair of assists on the day. Goalkeepers Sarah Marchant and Sarah Gawel split time in the net, with Marchant getting the win. She did not face a single shot on goal in her 45 minutes of work. BGSU outshot the visitors, 35-10, including a 21-3 margin in the first half. In the other match of the day, Central Michigan bested Western Illinois, 4-0. Both BG and CMU went 2-0-0 in the tournament, but the Falcons captured the tourney title by virtue of a better goal differential in the tourney. Four BG players -- Cari Combs, Gleixner, Mentrup and Beth Wechsler -- were named to the all- tournament squad.Sept. 9 - West Virginia 6, at BGSU 0
West Virginia's Rena Lippa was more than the Falcons could handle, tallying a hat trick to help the Mountaineers to a 6-0 win at Cochrane Field. The loss was the Falcons' first after a school-best 3-0 start. The Mountaineers led by just one goal at halftime, but the visitors broke the match wide open in the second half. Lippa scored just 1:53 after the intermission, and Tonia Deligiannis converted a penalty kick at the 52:32 mark to get WVU rolling. Megan Sheehy scored two goals. WVU outshot the hosts by a 30-10 margin, and the Mountaineers held a commanding 21-2 edge in shots on goal. Freshman Beth Wechsler had half of BG's total shot attempts. In goal, Sarah Gawel and Sarah Marchant combined for 15 stops, nine by Gawel in 67:50.Sept. 13 - Dayton 3, at BGSU 2 (OT)
Tara Albert's goal at the 102:30 mark gave the visitors the win, but the contest was very different from the teams' meeting a year ago. The Falcons controlled the early play and took a 1-0 lead into the intermission. Freshman Tracy Gleixner scored her team-leading third goal of the season at the 6:55 mark. Classmate Cari Combs drew the assist. The Flyers equalized just 2:57 into the second half, but BGSU regained the lead at the 67:15 mark, when sophomore Stephanie Heller scored from the right side. Heller's shot, taken from a seemingly impossible angle, was assisted by Combs and Michelle Hoyng. The Flyers tied the match at 81:10. UD outshot BG, 21-15, but the Falcons had the first four shots of the overtime. Albert's goal was UD's first shot of the extra session. Dayton also held advantages in shots on goal (11-5) and corner kicks (8-3). Sarah Gawel made eight stops, including a spectacular save late in regulation, for the Brown and Orange. A year ago, the Flyers scored three times in the first 10 minutes en route to a 5-0 whitewashing of BGSU.Sept. 17 - BGSU 2, at Toledo 1
A pair of freshmen led the way offensively as the Falcons posted a 2-1 road win over the arch-rival Rockets. With the win in the MAC opener, the Brown and Orange equalled the team's conference victory total for all of last season. With just 6:21 gone, UT scored on the Rockets' first shot of the match. Freshman Beth Wechsler tied the contest with a 30-yard blast at the 30:10 mark. Classmate Michelle Hoyng drew an assist. Both teams had several good scoring chances over the next 50 minutes. BG goalie Gawel stopped back-to-back shots from close range late in the first half, and she made a stop on a breakaway in the second stanza. For BG, Janice Mentrup's shot late in the first half beat the UT goalie, but a defender cleared the ball off the line. Cari Combs hit the post with a shot in the second half. The Falcons finally broke the 1-1 deadlock when Krista Shamblin played a through ball to freshman Desiree Erb. Erb went in all alone and beat the keeper to the far side at the 81:45 mark. BGSU outshot Toledo, 20-12, including a 12-7 edge in shots on goal. Gawel made six saves in gaining her second win. BGSU improved to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in MAC action.Sept. 20 - at Eastern Michigan 5, BGSU 2
The Falcons fell into a first-half hole and could not quite dig themselves all the way out. EMU scored three goals within a span of 6:37 just before the intermission. BG fought back with second-half goals from Michelle Lisy and Krista Shamblin to cut the deficit to a single tally midway through the half. But, the host Eagles scored a pair of late goals to seal the Falcons' fate. EMU held a 21-8 shot advantage and committed 16 fouls to BGSU's six.Sept. 25 - at BGSU 2, Buffalo 1
The Brown and Orange, behind some late heroics from freshman Tracy Gleixner, recorded a 2-1 victory over UB. After a scoreless first half, the home team got on the board first, as Stephanie Heller slammed home a shot from the top of the penalty box. Cari Combs, who crossed the ball from the right side, and Michelle Lisy, who played it back to Heller, drew assists. BG led, 1-0, at the 60:13 mark. For a long time, it appeared as though Heller's goal would be enough for the win, but the Bulls struck late. With just 2:57 remaining, UB's Caryn Davis headed home a corner kick. Julie Listrani, who took the kick, drew the lone assist. The Falcons scored the match-winner, off the foot of Gleixner, with Heller and Krista Shamblin drawing the assists. Heller and Gleixner came in on a 2-on-1, and UB goalie Jaime Adams was forced to commit. Heller's pass found a wide-open Gleixner, who tucked the ball into the far corner of the empty net with just 1:33 remaining. The goal was Gleixner's team-leading fourth of the year. The host Falcons held a 16-10 advantage in shot attempts, including an 8-5 edge in shots on goal. Sarah Gawel made four saves in net, while Adams made six stops for the visitors. With the conference win, the Falcons doubled the team's MAC win total for all of 1997, and BGSU needs just one more win to match the overall total accumulated last fall.Sept. 27 - at BGSU 1, Kent 1 (2 OT)
Despite holding a 24-5 edge in shots, the Falcons battled to a 1-1 tie. The home team got on the board first, as Krista Shamblin drove home a shot off a scramble in the penalty box, Shamblin one-timed the ball across her body into the upper left (far) corner of the net at the 13:53 mark. Neither team could score until the 54:44 mark, when KSU's Megan Zidek sent Kelly Haggard in on a semi-breakaway. BGSU goalie Michelle Lisy, seeing her first action of the season in the net, slowed Haggard's shot, which bounced behind her. Lisy made a diving stab at the rebound, but the ball had already bounded into the net. BGSU held a 14-3 advantage in shots on goal for the match, and the Falcons had eight total shots in the overtime to the Flashes' one. Lisy made two saves in goal, while Kent's Angie Snow made 13 stops.Oct. 1 - at BGSU 4, Central Michigan 3
BGSU remained unbeaten in the last three matches with a 4-3 victory over CMU. The home team got on the board early, as Michelle Lisy converted a cross from Michelle Hoyng at the 2:58 mark. Tracy Gleixner also assisted on the goal, the only scoring of the first half. The teams exploded for three goals apiece in the second stanza. After CMU tied the contest at 47:40, Ashley Enser converted a penalty kick at the 56:34 mark. Enser's PK came after Cari Combs was hauled down as she made a run from the left side of the box. Again, CMU tied the score less than three minutes later, but Lisy struck for her second goal of the match at 63:30. Lisy rammed home a corner kick by Beth Wechsler. Gleixner scored her team-leading fifth goal of the year when she stole a ball deep in the CMU end and one-timed a shot past Chippewa goalkeeper Beth Quiney. The visitors scored with just 25 seconds remaining. Sarah Marchant played her first complete contest in goal, making three saves. With six victories on the season, the second-year Falcons have matched last year's win total. BGSU went 6-12-0 overall in 1997. The Brown and Orange, after going 1-6-0 in MAC play last fall, have recorded 10 points (3-1-1 record) through five league matches.Oct. 4 - Western Michigan 4, at BGSU 2
Despite outshooting the visiting Broncos, 22-8, the Falcons fell by two goals. BG took an early lead on a Tracy Gleixner tally, her sixth of the year. Janice Mentrup assisted on the goal. WMU scored two goals before halftime, and added a third early in the second stanza, but Mentrup cut the Western lead in half with a header off of a corner-kick piece. Beth Wechsler and Krista Shamblin drew assists. In a span of three minutes late in the contest, three things happened, all of which favored the visitors: Mentrup and Wechsler each hit the crossbar with shots, but in between, WMU scored on an own goal. A Bronco cross was deflected into the air by a sliding Falcon defender. The spinning ball bounced right into the net to seal the Falcons' fate. Sarah Marchant (65:04, 3 GA) and Michelle Lisy split time in goal for the Falcons, with Marchant making the only save. The Falcons held a 7-5 edge in shots on goal and a 5-2 margin in corner kicks.Oct. 9 - Northern Illinois 4, at BGSU 2
The Falcons put forth a spirited effort, but fell to the defending MAC champions. NIU got on the board in the first 16:20 with two goals that came just under four minutes apart. The Falcons rallied, however, cutting the deficit in half when Beth Wechsler converted a Tracy Gleixner cross at 27:42. Janice Mentrup drew the second assist on the goal. Gleixner and Wechsler hooked up again just eight minutes later, with Gleixner getting the goal (her school- record seventh of the year). Mandy Smith had the second assist on the play. The Huskies, however, put two shots past Sarah Gawel in a span of 1:24 early in the second half. NIU held a 22-12 shots edge which included a 12-9 advantage in shots on goal. Gawel made eight saves in net for BG, while Smith played the final 28 seconds as an "11th attacker." The match was a stark contrast to last year's 6-0 NIU win in BG's first-ever MAC contest.Oct. 12 - at Oakland 7, BGSU 1
BGSU's trip to Rochester, Mich., resulted in a lopsided loss to the Golden Grizzlies. The hosts outshot BG just 22-17, but put over half of their 13 shots on goal past the 'keepers. OU's Ashley McGhee, after assisting on the first goal of the match, scored the next four goals herself. McGhee's four goals and the Golden Grizzlies' seven goals are BG opponent records. For the Brown and Orange, Leah Rosner scored her first collegiate goal to avert the shutout in the late going. Jamie Eshleman and Mackenzie Williams assisted on the goal. All 22 Falcons that made the trip saw action in the match.Oct. 16 - BGSU 2, at Marshall 0
The Falcons returned to winning ways with a whitewashing of Marshall. Tracy Gleixner's eighth goal of the year gave the Brown and Orange a lead with 13:02 gone. Beth Wechsler drew an assist on the goal. Janice Mentrup completed the scoring at the 61:17 mark. Michelle Lisy made two saves in goal, earning her first shutout, and the first complete-match shutout by a BGSU goalie in school history.Oct. 18 - at Ohio 2, BGSU 0
The Falcons surrendered a pair of second-half goals to fall to OU. The shutout loss marked just the second time this year that BG failed to find the back of the net. OU's first goal came at the 56:48 mark, while the second came at 82:02. Michelle Lisy and Sarah Gawel each saw time in net.Oct. 21 - at Michigan State 5, BGSU 1
A late Spartan flurry resulted in a road loss for the Falcons. The match was scoreless for nearly 69 minutes, until Stephanie Heller gave the Brown and Orange a brief lead. MSU's Jessica Moorman tied the contest just 2:08 later, and Moorman would score a hat trick in a span of just 10:13. The hosts scored all five goals in just 18:28. Michelle Lisy made a total of nine saves in net, as the Falcons were outshot by a 26-6 count.Oct. 27 - at Detroit 6, BGSU 4
Another record-setting day by Tracy Gleixner was not enough for the Falcons to overcome the host Titans. The Falcon freshman tied a school record with three goals, all coming in the first half. Gleixner moved her season total to 11 goals, increasing her single-season mark. She scored the first goal of the match at 13:29, and, after UDM tallied twice, scored twice more within a 17-second span. The Titans scored with just three seconds left in the first half to knot the contest at 3-3. Autumn Harris gave the visitors a brief 4-3 lead, but UDM scored three more times for the win. Michelle Lisy and Sarah Marchant each played 45 minutes in goal for the Falcons. Detroit's Gwen Kilfoy scored four goals, becoming the second player to have a four-goal match vs. the Brown and Orange in 1998 (and in school history).Oct. 30 - Miami 2, at BGSU 1 (OT)
The Falcons ended the regular-season with a home loss to the RedHawks. The loss dropped the Brown and Orange to sixth place in the final regular-season standings, and set up a Tuesday (Nov. 3) MAC Tournament Quarterfinal match at third-seeded Eastern Michigan. That match is tentatively set to start at 2:00 p.m. In the Miami contest, the visitors needed just 54 seconds to get on the board. The contest stayed at 1-0 until Tracy Gleixner scored her team-leading (and school-record) 12th goal of the year at the 54:35 mark. Fellow Falcon frosh Cari Combs and Beth Wechsler drew assists on the goal. The RedHawks, however, ended the contest at the 97:17 mark. BGSU lost despite outshooting MU by a whopping 24-4 margin, including a 12-3 lead in shots on goal. Michelle Lisy made two saves in net for the hosts.Nov. 3 - BGSU 1, at Eastern Michigan 0
MAC Tournament Quarterfinal
The sixth-seeded Falcons pulled the upset, downing host EMU by a 1-0 final to advance to the semifinals of the MAC Tournament. The contest was scoreless for almost 72 minutes, before Autumn Harris played a through ball to Cari Combs, who was all alone and streaking down the left side of the field. The freshman went in one-on-one and neatly tucked a ball into the lower right corner past the EMU 'keeper. The Falcons, despite facing a total of 23 shots, did not let the third-seeded Eagles find the back of the net. Michelle Lisy made 13 saves, including an acrobatic tip over the bar of an EMU shot with under two minutes remaining.Northern Illinois 2, BGSU 1
MAC Tournament Semifinal at Athens, Ohio
The Falcons put up a fight, but dropped a 2-1 decision to Northern Illinois University in the semifinal round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Friday (Nov. 6). The match was held in Athens, Ohio.
The Falcons, seeded sixth for the MAC Tournament, got on the board first. Freshman Leah Rosner, making just her second career start, opened the scoring with her second career goal, at the 28:19 mark. Another freshman, Michelle Hoyng, assisted on the goal. For Hoyng, the assist was her team-high seventh of the season.
The score remained 1-0 until fewer than nine minutes remained in regulation. NIU, the defending MAC Tournament champions and the second seed for the 1998 tourney, equalized on a corner-kick piece. The kick, taken by senior Anne Mucci, found junior Anna Marinaccio, who headed the ball past BGSU goalkeeper Michelle Lisy. That goal came at 81:38.
The teams headed to overtime, and played nearly 28 minutes before NIU freshman Becca Bleyer gave her team the lead with an unassisted marker. The Falcons could not score in the remaining 2:02 (for MAC Tournament matches, the first 30-minute overtime session is NOT sudden death), and the Huskies advanced to the championship round.
The Huskies outshot BGSU by a 27-9 margin. Lisy, a junior, made 10 saves in the Falcon net. NIU's Stefanie Maurer stopped seven Falcon shots.
The Falcons saw the 1998 season come to an end with a final record of 8-11-1. BGSU, picked to finish ninth in the MAC in the coaches' preseason poll, had defeated third-seeded Eastern Michigan, 1-0, in Tuesday's (Nov. 3) quarterfinal round to advance to the semifinals.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2, BGSU 1 (OT) MAC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL AT ATHENS, OHIO
Scoring
BGSU 1 0 0 0 = 1
NIU 0 1 0 1 = 2
Team-Scorer (Assists) Time
BGSU-Leah Rosner (Michelle Hoyng) 28:19
NIU-Anna Marinaccio (Anne Mucci) 81:38
NIU-Becca Bleyer (unassisted) 117:58
Shots: NIU 27, BGSU 9
Shots on Goal: NIU 12, BGSU 8
Saves: Lisy (BG) 10, Maurer (NIU) 7
Corner Kicks: NIU 12, BGSU 2
Fouls: NIU 10, BGSU 5
Yellow Cards: NIU 2 (Megan Anderson, Renay DeNicolo),
BGSU 2 (Janice Mentrup, Desiree Erb)
98-11-06 / Disclaimer
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