Falcons Work Overtime to Top CMU, Run Winning Streak to Five

Sunday, October 17

Mount Pleasant, MI

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

7-5-3, 6-1-1

Central Michigan

7-7-0, 4-4-0

Bowling Green

Central Michigan

Ruby Linton was fouled in the penalty area in OT, leading to the winning goal at CMU

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

October 17, 2021 | Women's Soccer

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Wolfbauer's PK lifts BGSU to 1-0 road victory

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Madi Wolfbauer's walk-off penalty kick lifted the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team to a 1-0 win over Central Michigan University on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 17). The Mid-American Conference overtime match was held at the CMU Soccer Complex.

The win was the fifth-straight victory for the Falcons (7-5-3, 6-1-1 MAC), who remain tied for second place in the conference standings. Lili Berg made four saves to earn her second consecutive shutout and her fifth clean sheet in eight MAC matches.

The winning goal came when pressure by Ruby Linton led to a turnover in the Chippewas' (7-7-0, 4-4-0 MAC) defensive end of the field. Nikki Cox ran onto the ball and played a pass to Linton. Linton took the ball into the penalty box on the left side, and was tripped as she looked to cut the ball back. A PK was awarded, and Wolfbauer made no mistake, blasting her shot into the corner of the net.

Cox hit the crossbar with a shot in the fourth minute of the match.

Wolfbauer has scored at least one goal in all five contests during BGSU's current winning streak, tying the school record for most consecutive matches with a goal.

Allison LaPoint made two saves for the Chippewas.

Through Sunday's matches, BGSU remains tied for second place with Kent State in the MAC standings. Both the Falcons and Golden Flashes have 19 points, trailing league-leading Ohio by a single point.

NOTE OF THE DAY
• Madi Wolfbauer now has five game-winning goals this season, the second-highest total in school history. BGSU Hall-of-Famer Kristy Coppes had six winners in 2004.

FALCONS REACT
"The ladies battled really hard on a windy day in Michigan. We started the game brightly, and looked very good for the first 20 minutes. Central came into it and did a nice job of disrupting our rhythm, causing us problems. We defended really well as a team again today, and created a great chance in overtime when Ruby beat her player 1v1 in the box and was fouled for the penalty. And, it was a great finish from Madi to win the game. We were not at our best today, and hats off to CMU. They were very good! But, we worked hard and found a way to win, which is the sign of a good team!" -- head coach Jimmy Walker

STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• The Chippewas had slim advantages of 13-12 in total shot attempts and 5-3 in shots on goal. CMU had six corner kicks to just one for the Falcons.
• Madi Wolfbauer now has team-leading totals of 10 goals and 21 points. She has recorded five of BGSU's seven game-winning goals on the season.
• Wolfbauer now has 15 goals and 31 points in 23 career matches as a Falcon.
• Wolfbauer, as mentioned, has scored at least one goal in five consecutive matches, tying the school record. That record was set by Samantha Meister in October of 2002 (Oct. 11-25, 2002) and matched by Erica Hubert late in the 2017 season (Oct. 22-Nov. 5, 2017).
• Lili Berg made four saves en route to her fifth complete-match shutout of the season. In 23 career starts at BG, she has kept nine clean sheets and combined on three other shutouts.
• BGSU now has an overall record of 54-24-11 since the start of the 2017 season. The Falcons are 37-8-2 in MAC regular-season matches and 44-9-4 in all games vs. conference foes in that time.
• And, since the beginning of the 2018 campaign, the Falcons are now 41-17-10 overall, 31-4-1 in MAC regular-season action and 36-4-3 in all games vs. league opposition.
• The Falcons are a perfect 4-0-0 in MAC road matches this season, outscoring those four opponents (Western Michigan, Kent State, Ball State and CMU) by a combined 8-2.
• BGSU is now 1-0-3 in overtime matches this season.

AROUND THE MAC
Sunday's Results
Bowling Green 1, at Central Michigan 0 (OT)
Ohio 1, Miami 0
Toledo 1, at Eastern Michigan 1 (2-OT)
at Northern Illinois 1, Buffalo 1 (2-OT)
at Kent State 3, Ball State 0
at Western Michigan 2, Akron 0

MAC STANDINGS
School (Overall) MAC Pts.
1. Ohio (10-3-2) 6-0-2 20
2. Bowling Green (7-5-3) 6-1-1 19
   Kent State (10-4-1) 6-1-1 19
4. Buffalo (10-3-2) 4-2-2 14
5. Toledo (9-4-3) 4-3-1 13
6. Central Mich. (7-7-0) 4-4-0 12
   Miami (7-6-3) 4-4-0 12
8. Ball State (4-8-2) 2-4-2   8
9. Western Mich. (4-11-0) 2-6-0   6
10. Eastern Mich. (2-10-3) 1-5-2   5
   Northern Ill. (4-10-2) 1-5-2   5
12. Akron (3-12-1) 1-6-1   4

UP NEXT
• The Falcons will face MAC preseason favorite Buffalo on Thursday evening (Oct. 21), with that match scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start at Cochrane Stadium.
• Then, the Falcons will head to Akron to meet the Zips next Sunday (Oct. 24), before ending the regular season by hosting Toledo on Thursday, Oct. 28.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
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