Buckeyes Strike Late to Down Falcons

Thursday, August 26

Columbus, OH

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

0-3-0, 0-0-0

RV Ohio State

2-1-0, 0-0-0

Bowling Green

Ohio State

Photo by: Marcus Ernst, OSU Athletics

August 26, 2021 | Women's Soccer

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By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Athletics

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Host Ohio State University scored the go-ahead goal with just over 12 minutes left in the second half, and the Buckeyes went on to a 3-1 win over the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team Thursday night (Aug. 26). The non-conference match was held at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Kayla Fischer scored a pair of goals for the Buckeyes (2-1-0), and assisted on Chloe Delyser's winning marker.

After a scoreless first half, Fischer got the hosts on the board in the 55th minute. But, sophomore Lacee Bethea quickly answered for the Falcons (0-2-0), tying the score just 2:05 after Fischer's goal. Junior Katie Cox assisted on the Bethea goal.

The match remained tied until just 12:10 remained in regulation, when Delyser scored what proved to be the winning goal. Fischer provided some insurance just 20 seconds later.

Lil Berg made four saves in goal for the third consecutive match. Bailey Kolinski had two stops for the home side.

NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• For the second time in a five-day span, Lacee Bethea scored a goal on the road against a Big Ten Conference team. Bethea scored just 50 seconds into Sunday's match at Michigan, before finding the net against the Buckeyes on Thursday.
• Bethea now has three career goals, with all three coming on the road. She scored in her collegiate debut, BGSU's season-opening win at Akron in March of 2021.

QUOTING COACH WALKER
"We currently feel like it's Groundhog Day. As was the case in the game at Michigan, we held one of the best teams in the country to a 1-1 draw until very late in the game. We competed and held our own for large portions of the game tonight."

"What we are finding with the Power Five Conference teams is that they are so athletic and they wear you down over time. Our concentration levels start to drop off as we get tired. Credit to Ohio State; they had a couple of moments of brilliance, and that was the difference in the game."

"We are competing well and making life very difficult for our opponents. I felt we deserved more out of the game. We have a very challenging schedule, but we love it, and it's going to make us better!"

STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• OSU's Kayla Fischer, as mentioned, was involved in the scoring of all three of her team's goals, with two goals and an assist.
• Chloe Delyser had a goal and an assist for the hosts.
• Lacee Bethea, as mentioned, scored a goal for the second-straight game, and now has three goals in just 11 matches in her BGSU career.
• Katie Cox had the lone assist on the Bethea goal. Cox now has 12 career points on five goals and two assists as a Falcon.
• Lili Berg, who transferred to BGSU from Ohio State, now has 12 saves this season. She had 16 saves in eight matches in the spring.
• Despite the loss, BGSU has an overall record of 47-22-8 since the start of the 2017 season. The Falcons are 31-7-1 in MAC regular-season matches and 38-8-3 in all games vs. conference foes in that time.
• And, since the beginning of the 2018 campaign, the Falcons are now 34-15-7 overall, 25-3-0 in MAC regular-season action and 30-3-2 in all games vs. league opposition.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons return to Northwest Ohio to open the home portion of the 2021 regular-season schedule. BGSU will host Oakland on Sunday (Aug. 29) at Cochrane Stadium. First touch is set for 2:00 p.m. and admission is free.
• Sunday will be Dog Day at Cochrane, with fans encouraged to bring their four-legged canine friends to the match.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• For more information on the women's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @BGSUWSoccer), Instagram (bgsuwsoccer) and Facebook (bgsuwsoccer) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.