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Thursday, October 19
Bowling Green, Ohio
7 p.m.
Bowling Green State University
vs
Central Michigan
Photo by: David A. Cleveland Photography
Falcons Host CMU Thursday Night
October 17, 2023 | Women's Soccer
BGSU meets the Chippewas to begin penultimate week of regular season
BGSU vs. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 7:00 p.m.
Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
Video/Web Stream: WBGU-TV (YouTube)
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team , just one point out of first place in the Mid-American Conference standings, returns home to begin the penultimate week of the regular season. Head coach Jimmy Walker and the Falcons meet Central Michigan University on Thursday evening (Oct. 19), with first touch at 7:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Thursday's CMU match will be streamed on YouTube, and produced by WBGU-TV. Live stats, as well as periodic Twitter updates (@BGSU_Wsoccer), will also be available.
• Links to live audio/video/stats for all 2023 matches can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com (on the women's soccer schedule page and in the right column on the main page) on match day.
#MACTION
• BGSU is 5-1-2 in Mid-American Conference play entering Thursday. The Falcons definitely have enjoyed more than their fair share of success in conference action over the last few years. BG finished third in the 12-team league in 2022, but earned regular-season and tournament titles in each of the previous four seasons.
• Since the start of the 2018 season, the Falcons have a record of 44-8-6 in MAC regular-season matches, good for a winning percentage of .810. BGSU has six more wins than any other team during that span, and nine of the other 11 programs have at least twice the amount of losses as the Falcons in that time.
FUN FALCON FACTS
• The Falcons are 7-5-2 on the season, and BGSU is currently 5-1-2 in the MAC. BG dropped out of first place in the conference after last Thursday's (Oct. 12) 2-0 loss to Kent State. After playing to a scoreless tie at Buffalo on Sunday (Oct. 15), the Falcons are now in third place in the league, one point behind co-leaders Ball State and Western Michigan.
• The Falcons have been shut out in two consecutive matches for the first time in almost exactly a year. The last back-to-back BG blankings came in mid-October of 2022, when BGSU also lost to KSU (1-0 on the road; Oct. 12, 2022) and played UB to a nil-nil draw (at Cochrane; Oct. 16, 2022). The Falcons have not been held scoreless in three-straight games since the last three contests of the 2014 season.
• For the 2023 Falcons, the KSU loss snapped both a four-game winning streak and a six-match unbeaten streak. Three of the team's four non-conference losses this season came at the hands of nationally-ranked teams, and all four of those setbacks were against schools from Power 5 conferences (two schools from the Atlantic Coast Conference and one each from the Big Ten and Big 12).
• Prior to the KSU match, the Falcons posted a 3-2, come-from-behind win over Eastern Michigan at Cochrane (Oct. 8). Brynn Gardner scored off of a nifty Lizzie Bultynck assist with just 2:01 remaining. Taylor Green had scored her first collegiate goal early in the match, and after Eastern scored a pair of goals before the half, Gardner found Ellie Pool for the tying goal just past the hour mark.
• The EMU match was BGSU's first come-from-behind win this season. The last time the Falcons rallied from a deficit to win was on Oct. 27, 2022, at Northern Illinois. In that match, just like in the EMU contest, Brynn Gardner assisted Pool on the tying goal before scoring the winner herself. Those goals at NIU were at 87:48 and 88:39, respectively, while Gardner's winner vs. EMU came at the 87:59 mark.
• The 2023 Falcons did not score more than two goals in any of the first 10 matches of the year, but BGSU then found the net three times in each of the next two contests. The EMU win came after Lexi Czerwien, Pool and Katie Cox each scored first-half goals, with Brynn Gardner notching two assists, in a 3-2 triumph at Miami.
• The Miami and EMU matches capped a six-game unbeaten streak which also included victories over Akron at home and Toledo and Ohio on the road, along with a scoreless draw vs. Western Michigan at Cochrane. BGSU goalkeepers Madison Vukas and Lili Berg combined for a shutout in each of those four contests. Berg and Vukas now have teamed up to keep five clean sheets in MAC play and six on the season.
• Center back Isabelle Gilmore, a big reason for the four-straight shutouts, was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 25), before being named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week the following week (Oct. 3).
• After dropping road decisions against #17 Michigan State and Cincinnati to begin the season, BG bounced back to end the month of August with wins over Loyola Chicago and Detroit Mercy. Then, however, the Falcons suffered a pair of losses against top-25 teams to end the non-conference slate, dropping a 5-1 decision at #21 Pittsburgh and a 3-0 match against #11 Notre Dame at Cochrane.
• Brynn Gardner leads the team in scoring with 11 points, while Pool has 10 and Emma Stransky six. Gardner and Pool each have four goals, while Stransky, Cox and Czerwien have found the back of the net twice so far this season. Gardner has a team-high three assists, and Pool, Stransky and Maya Dean have two each.
• Gilmore played each of the first 1,170 minutes of the season before missing the Buffalo match. She still leads the Falcons in minutes played, while Emilie Gardner (1031), Cox (972), Dean (948) and Makenzie Ortman (882) round out the team's top five in that category.
• Berg and Vukas have split time in net in each of BGSU's first 14 matches. Each has played 630 minutes, and Vukas has 33 saves while Berg has 27 stops this year to date. Vukas has a goals-against average of 1.14 while Berg sports a 1.57 GAA, and as mentioned, they have shared six shutouts.
• In MAC matches, Brynn Gardner has nine points, Pool seven and Czerwien five. Berg and Vukas each have a GAA of just 0.75 in conference competition.
• A total of 24 different players have seen action in at least one match this season. That lengthy list includes all nine of the team's true freshmen. Just two Falcons – Cox and Dean – have started all 14 games so far, while Brynn Gardner, Emilie Gardner, Gilmore and Ortman each have made 13 starts.
• A total of 18 different Falcons have started at least one match this season.
• The Falcons returned 16 letterwinners, including eight starters, from last season's club. The 2022 team went 9-5-5 overall and 6-2-3 in MAC play, placing third in the 12-team league and advancing to the semifinals of the MAC Tournament.
THE OPPONENT
• Central Michigan is 2-5-6 on the year, and the Chippewas are 1-4-3 in MAC play to date. CMU has played to a draw in three of the last four matches, getting results at home vs. Buffalo and Akron and on the road against Ohio. Central, like BG, is coming off of a scoreless draw, having battled UA to a nil-nil decision on Sunday. Individually, Jenna Little leads the team with five goals and 10 points, while Claudia Muessig has eight points on three goals and a pair of assists. Allison LaPoint has started 12 of the team's 13 matches in goal, and has 65 saves, two shutouts and a GAA of 1.42. She leads the MAC in saves per game (5.42). Head coach Jeremy Groves was joined by 19 new faces in 2023. The 2022 team went 2-11-5 overall and 1-6-4 in the MAC.
THE SERIES
• BGSU trails Central Michigan, 14-11-2, in the all-time series, but the Falcons have won the last six meetings. Last season, the Orange and Brown picked up a 2-0 win in Mount Pleasant (Sept. 29, 2022). The Falcons downed CMU by a 4-1 count in the Chippewas' last visit to Cochrane Stadium, in a MAC Tournament quarterfinal-round match (Nov. 3, 2019). BGSU is 4-7-1 at home, 6-7-0 on the road and 1-0-1 at neutral sites against CMU through the years.
UP NEXT
• Following the CMU clash, BGSU will conclude the road portion of the regular-season schedule with a Sunday (Oct. 22) showdown against Ball State. That match will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Briner Sports Complex.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...
• For more information on the women's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter/X (@BGSU_Athletics and @BGSU_WSoccer), Instagram (bgsu_wsoccer) and Facebook (bgsuwsoc) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 7:00 p.m.
Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
Video/Web Stream: WBGU-TV (YouTube)
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team , just one point out of first place in the Mid-American Conference standings, returns home to begin the penultimate week of the regular season. Head coach Jimmy Walker and the Falcons meet Central Michigan University on Thursday evening (Oct. 19), with first touch at 7:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium.
FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Thursday's CMU match will be streamed on YouTube, and produced by WBGU-TV. Live stats, as well as periodic Twitter updates (@BGSU_Wsoccer), will also be available.
• Links to live audio/video/stats for all 2023 matches can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com (on the women's soccer schedule page and in the right column on the main page) on match day.
#MACTION
• BGSU is 5-1-2 in Mid-American Conference play entering Thursday. The Falcons definitely have enjoyed more than their fair share of success in conference action over the last few years. BG finished third in the 12-team league in 2022, but earned regular-season and tournament titles in each of the previous four seasons.
• Since the start of the 2018 season, the Falcons have a record of 44-8-6 in MAC regular-season matches, good for a winning percentage of .810. BGSU has six more wins than any other team during that span, and nine of the other 11 programs have at least twice the amount of losses as the Falcons in that time.
FUN FALCON FACTS
• The Falcons are 7-5-2 on the season, and BGSU is currently 5-1-2 in the MAC. BG dropped out of first place in the conference after last Thursday's (Oct. 12) 2-0 loss to Kent State. After playing to a scoreless tie at Buffalo on Sunday (Oct. 15), the Falcons are now in third place in the league, one point behind co-leaders Ball State and Western Michigan.
• The Falcons have been shut out in two consecutive matches for the first time in almost exactly a year. The last back-to-back BG blankings came in mid-October of 2022, when BGSU also lost to KSU (1-0 on the road; Oct. 12, 2022) and played UB to a nil-nil draw (at Cochrane; Oct. 16, 2022). The Falcons have not been held scoreless in three-straight games since the last three contests of the 2014 season.
• For the 2023 Falcons, the KSU loss snapped both a four-game winning streak and a six-match unbeaten streak. Three of the team's four non-conference losses this season came at the hands of nationally-ranked teams, and all four of those setbacks were against schools from Power 5 conferences (two schools from the Atlantic Coast Conference and one each from the Big Ten and Big 12).
• Prior to the KSU match, the Falcons posted a 3-2, come-from-behind win over Eastern Michigan at Cochrane (Oct. 8). Brynn Gardner scored off of a nifty Lizzie Bultynck assist with just 2:01 remaining. Taylor Green had scored her first collegiate goal early in the match, and after Eastern scored a pair of goals before the half, Gardner found Ellie Pool for the tying goal just past the hour mark.
• The EMU match was BGSU's first come-from-behind win this season. The last time the Falcons rallied from a deficit to win was on Oct. 27, 2022, at Northern Illinois. In that match, just like in the EMU contest, Brynn Gardner assisted Pool on the tying goal before scoring the winner herself. Those goals at NIU were at 87:48 and 88:39, respectively, while Gardner's winner vs. EMU came at the 87:59 mark.
• The 2023 Falcons did not score more than two goals in any of the first 10 matches of the year, but BGSU then found the net three times in each of the next two contests. The EMU win came after Lexi Czerwien, Pool and Katie Cox each scored first-half goals, with Brynn Gardner notching two assists, in a 3-2 triumph at Miami.
• The Miami and EMU matches capped a six-game unbeaten streak which also included victories over Akron at home and Toledo and Ohio on the road, along with a scoreless draw vs. Western Michigan at Cochrane. BGSU goalkeepers Madison Vukas and Lili Berg combined for a shutout in each of those four contests. Berg and Vukas now have teamed up to keep five clean sheets in MAC play and six on the season.
• Center back Isabelle Gilmore, a big reason for the four-straight shutouts, was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 25), before being named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week the following week (Oct. 3).
• After dropping road decisions against #17 Michigan State and Cincinnati to begin the season, BG bounced back to end the month of August with wins over Loyola Chicago and Detroit Mercy. Then, however, the Falcons suffered a pair of losses against top-25 teams to end the non-conference slate, dropping a 5-1 decision at #21 Pittsburgh and a 3-0 match against #11 Notre Dame at Cochrane.
• Brynn Gardner leads the team in scoring with 11 points, while Pool has 10 and Emma Stransky six. Gardner and Pool each have four goals, while Stransky, Cox and Czerwien have found the back of the net twice so far this season. Gardner has a team-high three assists, and Pool, Stransky and Maya Dean have two each.
• Gilmore played each of the first 1,170 minutes of the season before missing the Buffalo match. She still leads the Falcons in minutes played, while Emilie Gardner (1031), Cox (972), Dean (948) and Makenzie Ortman (882) round out the team's top five in that category.
• Berg and Vukas have split time in net in each of BGSU's first 14 matches. Each has played 630 minutes, and Vukas has 33 saves while Berg has 27 stops this year to date. Vukas has a goals-against average of 1.14 while Berg sports a 1.57 GAA, and as mentioned, they have shared six shutouts.
• In MAC matches, Brynn Gardner has nine points, Pool seven and Czerwien five. Berg and Vukas each have a GAA of just 0.75 in conference competition.
• A total of 24 different players have seen action in at least one match this season. That lengthy list includes all nine of the team's true freshmen. Just two Falcons – Cox and Dean – have started all 14 games so far, while Brynn Gardner, Emilie Gardner, Gilmore and Ortman each have made 13 starts.
• A total of 18 different Falcons have started at least one match this season.
• The Falcons returned 16 letterwinners, including eight starters, from last season's club. The 2022 team went 9-5-5 overall and 6-2-3 in MAC play, placing third in the 12-team league and advancing to the semifinals of the MAC Tournament.
THE OPPONENT
• Central Michigan is 2-5-6 on the year, and the Chippewas are 1-4-3 in MAC play to date. CMU has played to a draw in three of the last four matches, getting results at home vs. Buffalo and Akron and on the road against Ohio. Central, like BG, is coming off of a scoreless draw, having battled UA to a nil-nil decision on Sunday. Individually, Jenna Little leads the team with five goals and 10 points, while Claudia Muessig has eight points on three goals and a pair of assists. Allison LaPoint has started 12 of the team's 13 matches in goal, and has 65 saves, two shutouts and a GAA of 1.42. She leads the MAC in saves per game (5.42). Head coach Jeremy Groves was joined by 19 new faces in 2023. The 2022 team went 2-11-5 overall and 1-6-4 in the MAC.
THE SERIES
• BGSU trails Central Michigan, 14-11-2, in the all-time series, but the Falcons have won the last six meetings. Last season, the Orange and Brown picked up a 2-0 win in Mount Pleasant (Sept. 29, 2022). The Falcons downed CMU by a 4-1 count in the Chippewas' last visit to Cochrane Stadium, in a MAC Tournament quarterfinal-round match (Nov. 3, 2019). BGSU is 4-7-1 at home, 6-7-0 on the road and 1-0-1 at neutral sites against CMU through the years.
UP NEXT
• Following the CMU clash, BGSU will conclude the road portion of the regular-season schedule with a Sunday (Oct. 22) showdown against Ball State. That match will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Briner Sports Complex.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...
• For more information on the women's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter/X (@BGSU_Athletics and @BGSU_WSoccer), Instagram (bgsu_wsoccer) and Facebook (bgsuwsoc) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
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