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Mackenzie Reuber & the Falcons play one final home game on Sunday, & admission is free
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Falcons Host WMU in Sunday's MAC Tournament Quarterfinal
October 29, 2022 | Women's Soccer
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BGSU vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN – Sunday, Oct. 30
MAC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINAL
1:00 p.m. | Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
• Video/Web Stream: ESPN+ •
• Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com | Twitter: @bgsuwsoc •
FIRST TOUCH
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team takes the Cochrane Stadium pitch for one final time in 2022, hosting a Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal-round match on Sunday (Oct. 30). Head coach Jimmy Walker and the Falcons, the number-three seed for the tournament, will host sixth-seeded Western Michigan University. First touch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., and admission is free.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Sunday's WMU matchup will be streamed via ESPN+. Live stats, as well as periodic Twitter updates (@BGSUwsoc), will be available as well.
• Links to live audio/video/stats for all 2022 matches can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com (on the women's soccer schedule page and at the top of the main page) on game day.
THE FALCONS AND THE MAC TOURNAMENT
• BGSU enters the WMU match with an all-time record of 20-7-7 in MAC Tournament matches. The Falcons' .691 winning percentage is the highest among all MAC schools, and BG's total of 20 MAC Tournament victories ranks second in the conference (Miami has 21).
• The 2022 season marks the first time the Falcons have ever been the number-three seed for the MAC Tournament. BGSU has been the number-one seed six times, including in five-straight seasons from 2017-21, and the Falcons have been the fourth seed on four occasions. BG was the sixth seed once, the seventh seed once and the eighth seed twice.
• Entering the 2022 tourney, BGSU has advanced to the MAC Tournament final a league-record 10 times.
• BGSU qualified for the MAC Tournament just twice during the first five years of the program, before making the tourney in seven-straight seasons from 2002-08. The Falcons advanced to at least the semifinal round in six of those seven years.
• In 2004, the Falcons – seeded eighth – won the first MAC Tournament crown in program history. Each of BGSU's other five MAC Tournament titles came when the Falcons were a number-one seed.
• After making the MAC Tournament in seven-straight seasons (including the 2005 season when BG won the title), the Falcons then went eight years in a row (2009-16) without qualifying. The Falcons returned to the league tournament in 2017, advancing to the final, then captured the tourney crown in 2018, 2019, 2020(-21) and last fall.
• BGSU is 12-1-4 at home, 5-3-1 on the road and 3-3-2 in neutral-site matches in the MAC Tournament. The Falcons are 10-1-1 in the quarterfinal round, 7-3-2 in the semifinals and 3-3-4 in championship-match appearances.
• Seven of BGSU's MAC Tournament matches have required penalty kicks, and the Falcons advanced past the opponent in six of those seven matches, meaning that BG has survived and advanced in 26 of 34 league tourney contests.
THE FALCONS VS. WMU IN THE MAC TOURNAMENT
• BGSU enters Sunday's match with a record of 3-1-0 vs. Western Michigan in the MAC Tournament, including a 1-0-0 mark at Cochrane Stadium, an 0-1-0 record on the road and a 2-0-0 record in neutral-site matches.
• BGSU picked up a 2-1 win over Western in the semifinal round in Buffalo in 2000. The Broncos' lone tourney win over BG was a 4-1 triiumph in Kalamazoo in the 2003 championship. The Falcons turned the tables with a 4-1 win the next year, in semifinal round action in Athens, Ohio.
• The most recent meeting, and the lone prior meeting at Cochrane, was a 2-0 BGSU win in the quarterfinal round of the 2008 league tourney.
FASCINATING FALCON FACTS & FIGURES
• BGSU enters the WMU match with an overall record of 8-5-4, and the Falcons went 6-2-3 in MAC play to finish third in the conference. Last week, BG topped Miami, 1-0, at Cochrane Stadium before going on the road and throttling Eastern Michigan by a 7-1 final.
• Then, on Thursday (Oct. 27) BGSU got a goal from Ellie Pool with 2:12 on the clock, before Brynn Gardner scored just 51 seconds later, giving the Falcons a 2-1 win at Northern Illinois
• The Falcons are unbeaten (3-0-1) in the last four matches, and BG is 5-1-1 over the last three-plus weeks. In that seven-game span, BG has outscored the opponents, 18-3.
• BGSU went 2-3-1 in non-conference play. Those six opponents – Michigan State, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Detroit Mercy, Valparaiso and Xavier – have a combined record of 58-25-22 (.657) and went 36-10-12 (.724) in conference. Both MSU (Big Ten) and Valpo (MVC) won their league regular-season titles, with Xavier (Big East) earning the second seed and Cincinnati (AAC) the third seed for their respective conference tournaments.
• BG's three non-league losses came to teams (MSU, Tennessee and Xavier) with a combined record of 37-7-10 (.778).
• In league play, the Falcons outscored opponents, 24-9.
• Senior Kennedy White leads the Falcons with 12 goals and 26 points this fall. White, who had 10 goals as a freshman in 2019, is just the third player in BGSU history with multiple seasons of double-digit goals.
• The total of 12 goals ties White for third on the BGSU single-season list.
• White had a hat trick in the Falcons' win at Akron (Oct. 6), and is now tied for second in school history with nine career game-winning goals. She has four of BGSU's eight winners this season.
White had nine goals in BGSU's 11 MAC matches. She leads the MAC in both goals and points, both overall and in conference games.
• With 27 career goals, White has moved into a tie for fourth place on that BGSU career list. And, with 63 career points, White is eighth on that school career chart.
• Brynn Gardner and Maya Dean have 17 and 14 points, respectively. Gardner had a goal and an assist in Thursday's comeback win at NIU, and now has five goals and a team-leading seven assists this fall. The MAC Freshman-of-the-Year candidate is second on the club in goals.
• Dean has four goals and six assists. She was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week Tuesday (Oct. 25), earning that honor for the second time in three weeks. Dean scored the GWG vs. Miami and had a goal and an assist at Eastern.
• Lacee Bethea, Abby Koly and Mackenzie Reuber all have five points this season, while Alaina Uncapher has four.
• Senior Lili Berg has started all 17 matches in goal, and has 67 saves and a 0.93 goals-against average. Berg has been part of 23 shutouts in 46 career starts with the Falcons.
• Berg has allowed just two goals over her last seven games.
• A total of 15 different players have started at least one match for the Falcons this season. Six Falcons – Berg, Dean, Reuber, White, Katie Cox and Lexi Czerwien – have started all 17 matches to date.
• Entering the WMU match, Reuber has appeared in a total of 90 games as a Falcon, tying her for the school career record for matches played. If she takes the field at any point on Sunday, Reuber will pass Julie Trundle (90 matches played from 2002-05) and will own the record outright.
• A total of 23 players have seen action for the Falcons this fall, with no fewer than 18 of them having played in at least 10 matches to date.
• Entering the WMU match, the Falcons have an overall record of 25-13-8 since Walker took the helm, and BGSU is 22-5-4 against MAC teams in that time. Since the beginning of the 2018 campaign, BGSU is 53-24-14 overall, 39-7-4 in MAC regular-season action and 46-7-6 in all games vs. league opposition.
THE OPPONENT
• Western Michigan has an overall record of 5-8-5, and the Broncos went 5-4-2 in the MAC to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. Western won two of the last three matches, including a 3-2 win at Toledo on Thursday (Oct. 27) to clinch a league tourney berth. Jenna Blackburn leads the Broncos with 12 points, while Reagan Wisser has 11. Both players enter Sunday's action with five goals on the season. Hannah Sargent has started 17 of this season's 18 matches in goal, and has 74 saves, two shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.49 for first-year coach Lewis Robinson. Last year, the Broncos went 6-12-0 overall and 4-7-0 in the MAC.
THE SERIES
• BGSU trails Western Michigan, 17-10-2, in the series,and the teams battled to a 2-2 draw in Kalamazoo in this year's regular-season meeting (Sept. 25). Kennedy White scored both BGSU goals in that match, after she recorded the game-winning goal in each of the prior two meetings, a 1-0 win three years ago (Oct. 27, 2019) and a 2-0 triumph last fall (Sept. 23, 2021). BG has a four-match unbeaten streak vs. the Broncos, including a 2-0 win in the teams' last meeting at Cochrane, four years ago (Sept. 30, 2018). That 2018 win snapped a nine-match series winning streak for the Broncos. BGSU is 5-6-1 at home, 3-11-1 on the road and 2-0-0 in neutral-site matchups with Western.
UP NEXT
• The BGSU-WMU survivor will head to Buffalo, N.Y., to meet second-seeded Ball State in Thursday's (Nov. 3) MAC Tournament semifinal round. That match, the second semifinal of the evening, will begin at 7:30 p.m.
• The league tourney championship match will take place in Buffalo on Sunday, Nov. 6, with first touch set for 1:00 p.m.
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.
MAC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINAL
1:00 p.m. | Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
• Video/Web Stream: ESPN+ •
• Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com | Twitter: @bgsuwsoc •
FIRST TOUCH
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team takes the Cochrane Stadium pitch for one final time in 2022, hosting a Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal-round match on Sunday (Oct. 30). Head coach Jimmy Walker and the Falcons, the number-three seed for the tournament, will host sixth-seeded Western Michigan University. First touch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m., and admission is free.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Sunday's WMU matchup will be streamed via ESPN+. Live stats, as well as periodic Twitter updates (@BGSUwsoc), will be available as well.
• Links to live audio/video/stats for all 2022 matches can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com (on the women's soccer schedule page and at the top of the main page) on game day.
THE FALCONS AND THE MAC TOURNAMENT
• BGSU enters the WMU match with an all-time record of 20-7-7 in MAC Tournament matches. The Falcons' .691 winning percentage is the highest among all MAC schools, and BG's total of 20 MAC Tournament victories ranks second in the conference (Miami has 21).
• The 2022 season marks the first time the Falcons have ever been the number-three seed for the MAC Tournament. BGSU has been the number-one seed six times, including in five-straight seasons from 2017-21, and the Falcons have been the fourth seed on four occasions. BG was the sixth seed once, the seventh seed once and the eighth seed twice.
• Entering the 2022 tourney, BGSU has advanced to the MAC Tournament final a league-record 10 times.
• BGSU qualified for the MAC Tournament just twice during the first five years of the program, before making the tourney in seven-straight seasons from 2002-08. The Falcons advanced to at least the semifinal round in six of those seven years.
• In 2004, the Falcons – seeded eighth – won the first MAC Tournament crown in program history. Each of BGSU's other five MAC Tournament titles came when the Falcons were a number-one seed.
• After making the MAC Tournament in seven-straight seasons (including the 2005 season when BG won the title), the Falcons then went eight years in a row (2009-16) without qualifying. The Falcons returned to the league tournament in 2017, advancing to the final, then captured the tourney crown in 2018, 2019, 2020(-21) and last fall.
• BGSU is 12-1-4 at home, 5-3-1 on the road and 3-3-2 in neutral-site matches in the MAC Tournament. The Falcons are 10-1-1 in the quarterfinal round, 7-3-2 in the semifinals and 3-3-4 in championship-match appearances.
• Seven of BGSU's MAC Tournament matches have required penalty kicks, and the Falcons advanced past the opponent in six of those seven matches, meaning that BG has survived and advanced in 26 of 34 league tourney contests.
THE FALCONS VS. WMU IN THE MAC TOURNAMENT
• BGSU enters Sunday's match with a record of 3-1-0 vs. Western Michigan in the MAC Tournament, including a 1-0-0 mark at Cochrane Stadium, an 0-1-0 record on the road and a 2-0-0 record in neutral-site matches.
• BGSU picked up a 2-1 win over Western in the semifinal round in Buffalo in 2000. The Broncos' lone tourney win over BG was a 4-1 triiumph in Kalamazoo in the 2003 championship. The Falcons turned the tables with a 4-1 win the next year, in semifinal round action in Athens, Ohio.
• The most recent meeting, and the lone prior meeting at Cochrane, was a 2-0 BGSU win in the quarterfinal round of the 2008 league tourney.
FASCINATING FALCON FACTS & FIGURES
• BGSU enters the WMU match with an overall record of 8-5-4, and the Falcons went 6-2-3 in MAC play to finish third in the conference. Last week, BG topped Miami, 1-0, at Cochrane Stadium before going on the road and throttling Eastern Michigan by a 7-1 final.
• Then, on Thursday (Oct. 27) BGSU got a goal from Ellie Pool with 2:12 on the clock, before Brynn Gardner scored just 51 seconds later, giving the Falcons a 2-1 win at Northern Illinois
• The Falcons are unbeaten (3-0-1) in the last four matches, and BG is 5-1-1 over the last three-plus weeks. In that seven-game span, BG has outscored the opponents, 18-3.
• BGSU went 2-3-1 in non-conference play. Those six opponents – Michigan State, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Detroit Mercy, Valparaiso and Xavier – have a combined record of 58-25-22 (.657) and went 36-10-12 (.724) in conference. Both MSU (Big Ten) and Valpo (MVC) won their league regular-season titles, with Xavier (Big East) earning the second seed and Cincinnati (AAC) the third seed for their respective conference tournaments.
• BG's three non-league losses came to teams (MSU, Tennessee and Xavier) with a combined record of 37-7-10 (.778).
• In league play, the Falcons outscored opponents, 24-9.
• Senior Kennedy White leads the Falcons with 12 goals and 26 points this fall. White, who had 10 goals as a freshman in 2019, is just the third player in BGSU history with multiple seasons of double-digit goals.
• The total of 12 goals ties White for third on the BGSU single-season list.
• White had a hat trick in the Falcons' win at Akron (Oct. 6), and is now tied for second in school history with nine career game-winning goals. She has four of BGSU's eight winners this season.
White had nine goals in BGSU's 11 MAC matches. She leads the MAC in both goals and points, both overall and in conference games.
• With 27 career goals, White has moved into a tie for fourth place on that BGSU career list. And, with 63 career points, White is eighth on that school career chart.
• Brynn Gardner and Maya Dean have 17 and 14 points, respectively. Gardner had a goal and an assist in Thursday's comeback win at NIU, and now has five goals and a team-leading seven assists this fall. The MAC Freshman-of-the-Year candidate is second on the club in goals.
• Dean has four goals and six assists. She was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week Tuesday (Oct. 25), earning that honor for the second time in three weeks. Dean scored the GWG vs. Miami and had a goal and an assist at Eastern.
• Lacee Bethea, Abby Koly and Mackenzie Reuber all have five points this season, while Alaina Uncapher has four.
• Senior Lili Berg has started all 17 matches in goal, and has 67 saves and a 0.93 goals-against average. Berg has been part of 23 shutouts in 46 career starts with the Falcons.
• Berg has allowed just two goals over her last seven games.
• A total of 15 different players have started at least one match for the Falcons this season. Six Falcons – Berg, Dean, Reuber, White, Katie Cox and Lexi Czerwien – have started all 17 matches to date.
• Entering the WMU match, Reuber has appeared in a total of 90 games as a Falcon, tying her for the school career record for matches played. If she takes the field at any point on Sunday, Reuber will pass Julie Trundle (90 matches played from 2002-05) and will own the record outright.
• A total of 23 players have seen action for the Falcons this fall, with no fewer than 18 of them having played in at least 10 matches to date.
• Entering the WMU match, the Falcons have an overall record of 25-13-8 since Walker took the helm, and BGSU is 22-5-4 against MAC teams in that time. Since the beginning of the 2018 campaign, BGSU is 53-24-14 overall, 39-7-4 in MAC regular-season action and 46-7-6 in all games vs. league opposition.
THE OPPONENT
• Western Michigan has an overall record of 5-8-5, and the Broncos went 5-4-2 in the MAC to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. Western won two of the last three matches, including a 3-2 win at Toledo on Thursday (Oct. 27) to clinch a league tourney berth. Jenna Blackburn leads the Broncos with 12 points, while Reagan Wisser has 11. Both players enter Sunday's action with five goals on the season. Hannah Sargent has started 17 of this season's 18 matches in goal, and has 74 saves, two shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.49 for first-year coach Lewis Robinson. Last year, the Broncos went 6-12-0 overall and 4-7-0 in the MAC.
THE SERIES
• BGSU trails Western Michigan, 17-10-2, in the series,and the teams battled to a 2-2 draw in Kalamazoo in this year's regular-season meeting (Sept. 25). Kennedy White scored both BGSU goals in that match, after she recorded the game-winning goal in each of the prior two meetings, a 1-0 win three years ago (Oct. 27, 2019) and a 2-0 triumph last fall (Sept. 23, 2021). BG has a four-match unbeaten streak vs. the Broncos, including a 2-0 win in the teams' last meeting at Cochrane, four years ago (Sept. 30, 2018). That 2018 win snapped a nine-match series winning streak for the Broncos. BGSU is 5-6-1 at home, 3-11-1 on the road and 2-0-0 in neutral-site matchups with Western.
UP NEXT
• The BGSU-WMU survivor will head to Buffalo, N.Y., to meet second-seeded Ball State in Thursday's (Nov. 3) MAC Tournament semifinal round. That match, the second semifinal of the evening, will begin at 7:30 p.m.
• The league tourney championship match will take place in Buffalo on Sunday, Nov. 6, with first touch set for 1:00 p.m.
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.
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