Falcons Earn a 2-0 Road Win in Mount Pleasant

Thursday, September 29

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

3-3-3, 1-0-2

Central Michigan

1-7-2, 0-2-1

Bowling Green

Central Mich.

Photo by: Morgan Holscher, BGSU Athletics

September 29, 2022 | Women's Soccer

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White remains red-hot as Falcons down Chippewas Thursday night

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Kennedy White continued her scoring prowess on Thursday night (Sept. 29), striking for two more goals as the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team downed Central Michigan University, 2-0. The Mid-American Conference match was held at the CMU Soccer/Lacrosse Complex.

The win was the first in MAC play for the Falcons (3-3-3, 1-0-2 MAC) this fall.

White now has eight goals in nine matches this season, including five in just three conference contests. She has moved into the top 10 on the BGSU career points list, and assumed sole possession of sixth place in school history in career goals.

Maya Dean, like White a Michigan native, assisted on both goals in Thursday's win.

Lili Berg had five saves in goal en route to the shutout win. For the Chippewas (1-7-2, 0-2-1 MAC), Emma Shingler made nine saves, and the hosts also were credited with a pair of 'team saves' as two BG shots were blocked near the goal line.

The Falcons had 20 total shot attempts, putting 13 on goal. White and Alaina Uncapher were credited for a combined 12 shots, with five shots on goal each.

CMU had 11 shot attempts on the night, with Berg stopping all five shots on frame.

NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• Kennedy White. That's it. That's the note.
• Actually, there are many more notes on White and her goal-scoring prowess in the 'Stats, Notes and Numbers' section below.

QUOTING COACH JIMMY WALKER
"We played well again today and had a lot of possession, creating a number of good goal-scoring opportunities. Our first-half performance was very good where we looked sharp and had a cutting edge about our plan. We were a little sloppy in the second half and lacked quality in the attacking third.

"The difference in today's game was that we defended better in the flow of the game and on set pieces. We challenged the players this week to improve our concentration levels defensively. We did that today!"

HIGHLIGHTS
• The Falcons had a solid chance with just over three minutes gone. Kennedy White and Brynn Gardner worked a combination play on the right side of the pitch, and White crossed the ball toward the six-yard box. Alaina Uncapher redirected the ball toward goal, but her effort was blocked. Katie Cox pounced on the rebound and put a hard shot on frame, but it was blocked by a defender for a 'team save.'
• Just over eight minutes into the match, however, White got the Falcons on the board. After a Jasmijn Dijsselhof corner kick, the ball ping-ponged around the box for a few seconds. Maya Dean sent the ball toward White, who hit a quick turnaround shot that whizzed into the far (right) side of the net, just inside the post.
• Midway through the half, CMU's first shot on goal came by Ashley Scesniak from the top of the box. The hard shot sailed toward the upper half of the goal, but Lili Berg made a spectacular leaping save to tip the shot over the crossbar.
• In the 31st minute, BGSU – and the Dean-to-White combination in particular – struck again. Brynn Gardner beat a defender near the end line on the right side and put a cross into the box. The ball was tipped by goalkeeper Emma Shingler and rolled toward the other side of the penalty area. Dean collected the ball and slid a pass to White, who blasted a shot from approximately 15 yards out. Shingler had no chance as the shot found the upper 90 to double the visitors' lead.
• In the 39th minute, Lacee Bethea nearly added to the BG lead. She received a pass in the center of the park, and finding herself with room to run, the speedy striker headed down the field and hit a shot from just outside the box. The ball eluded the diving Shingler, but went just wide of the right goalpost.
• Just 28 seconds into the second half, Uncapher made a run down the left side of the field. She put a shot on frame from a difficult angle, but Shingler was able to block the ball at the near post.
• Midway through the period, Bethea put a nifty through ball to Brynn Gardner, who slipped past the last defender. Gardner struck a volley, but the shot was hit directly at Shingler.
• In the 68th minute, the Chippewas were given a yellow card, as Bethea was pulled down just as she got behind the last defender. BGSU was awarded a free kick just outside the circle at the top of the 18-yard box. Cox took that kick and hit a hard shot, but the ball sailed over the crossbar.
• Berg grabbed a cross/shot by Elizabeth Chlystun with 8:24 to go, and that was the final CMU shot attempt of the night. For the most part, the Falcons kept the ball in Central's defensive end of the field for the final few minutes of the shutout win.

STATS, NOTES & NUMBERS
• Kennedy White scored both BGSU goals for the second-straight match. She now has a team-high total of eight goals this season, including five in the Falcons' three MAC matches.
• All eight of White's goals have come over the last six contests.
• White's two-goal match was the third of her career, and her second in as many matches. In fact, all three multi-goal matches have come in the last five contests. White also found the back of the net twice in BGSU's 3-0 win at Valparaiso (Sept. 11) and in Sunday's (Sept. 25) 2-2 draw at Western Michigan.
• White now has 23 career goals as a Falcon. She has moved into sole possession of sixth place on the BGSU career list, and is just one goal shy of fifth-place Nikki Cox (24 goals from 2018-21).
• White increased her career points total to 53, and jumped past both Alyssa Zuccaro (50 points from 2008-11) and Corbie Yee (51 points from 2005-08) into 10th place on that Falcon career chart. Her next target on that list is Julie Trundle (2002-05), who had 57 points in her storied career.
• White now has eight career game-winning goals, including all three of the Falcons' GWG this season.
• Maya Dean assisted on both BGSU goals in the win at CMU. It marked the first multiple-assist match of her career, and the first by a Falcon since two players (including White) had two assists each in last season's 6-0 win over Oakland.
• Dean now has career totals of five assists and seven points.
• Lili Berg recorded her second complete-match shutout of the season and the 14th of her career. Berg has also been involved in five combined shutouts, meaning that she has been a part of 19 clean sheets in 38 career starts.
• BGSU now has an overall record of 61-29-14 since the start of the 2017 season. And, since the beginning of the 2018 campaign, the Falcons are 48-22-13.
• Since the start of 2017, BGSU is now 40-9-4 in MAC regular-season matches and 49-10-6 in all matches (regular-season and tournament) vs. MAC foes.
• The Falcons are 15-2-3 in the last 20 contests against MAC opponents, having scored 41 goals and allowed just 11 in those 20 games.
• BGSU is 15-1-1 in the last 17 MAC road contests, dating to late in the 2018 season.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons return home to prepare for a Sunday (Oct. 2) matchup with Ball State. First touch is set for 1:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium, and admission is free.
• Then, the Orange and Brown will head back out on the road, taking on Akron next Thursday night (Oct. 6) in Northeast Ohio.

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