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BG Begins College Spring League Schedule This Weekend
February 27, 2023 | Men's Soccer
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team begins the College Spring League portion of the spring schedule this weekend. Head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons head to Cleveland to meet Cleveland State on Sunday (March 5).
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BGSU's Spring 2023 Schedule | College Spring League Info & Schedule
The College Spring League, which began in the spring of 2019, consists of two groups of four teams. Each team will play the other three teams in the group, and all eight teams will converge upon Columbus on April 15, for the final matches.
BGSU is in the North Division, along with Cleveland State, Dayton and Michigan. The South Division includes Louisville, Marshall, Ohio State and Xavier.
Seven of those eight schools finished among the top-100 teams in the nation in the final 2022 RPI rankings, with five among the top 50. Four of those squads -- Marshall, Ohio State, Cleveland State and Louisville -- qualified for the NCAA Championships last season, with MU earning two national-tourney wins and OSU one.
Seven of the eight teams finished with winning records in 2022, with six of those teams winning nine or more matches.
The Falcons began the spring 2023 schedule with a 5-0 win over the University of Windsor (Feb. 17). Following the CSL opener at CSU on Sunday, the Orange and Brown will return to Northwest Ohio for the next three matches. All three will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium.
That three-match home swing begins with a March 25 contest vs. Detroit Mercy. Then, the Falcons return to CSL play, facing Dayton (April 1) and Michigan (April 8), respectively, on the next two Saturdays.
On Saturday, April 15, all eight College Spring League schools will converge upon Columbus for a total of four matches at historic Crew Stadium. The coinciding seeds will face off, with the first-place team in the North Division playing the first-place team in the South Division, the second-place North team facing the second-place South team, etc.
Ohio State won the College Spring League crown in 2019 before it went on hiatus in 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and 2021 (the fall 2020 season was moved to the spring of 2021). Last season, Marshall captured the crown, defeating BGSU in the final by a 2-1 score.
BGSU went 6-5-5 overall in the fall of 2022, and the Falcons finished MAC play with a 4-2-2 league ledger, finishing third in the Mid-American Conference. The Falcons will compete in the Missouri Valley Conference beginning in the fall of 2023.
The Falcons have a record of 42-25-12 over the last 79 games, dating to midway through the 2018 season. Sixteen of the 25 setbacks in that time have come by a single goal.
For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @BGSUmenssoccer), Instagram (bgsumenssoccer) and Facebook (BGMensSoccer) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
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BGSU's Spring 2023 Schedule | College Spring League Info & Schedule
The College Spring League, which began in the spring of 2019, consists of two groups of four teams. Each team will play the other three teams in the group, and all eight teams will converge upon Columbus on April 15, for the final matches.
BGSU is in the North Division, along with Cleveland State, Dayton and Michigan. The South Division includes Louisville, Marshall, Ohio State and Xavier.
Seven of those eight schools finished among the top-100 teams in the nation in the final 2022 RPI rankings, with five among the top 50. Four of those squads -- Marshall, Ohio State, Cleveland State and Louisville -- qualified for the NCAA Championships last season, with MU earning two national-tourney wins and OSU one.
Seven of the eight teams finished with winning records in 2022, with six of those teams winning nine or more matches.
The Falcons began the spring 2023 schedule with a 5-0 win over the University of Windsor (Feb. 17). Following the CSL opener at CSU on Sunday, the Orange and Brown will return to Northwest Ohio for the next three matches. All three will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium.
That three-match home swing begins with a March 25 contest vs. Detroit Mercy. Then, the Falcons return to CSL play, facing Dayton (April 1) and Michigan (April 8), respectively, on the next two Saturdays.
On Saturday, April 15, all eight College Spring League schools will converge upon Columbus for a total of four matches at historic Crew Stadium. The coinciding seeds will face off, with the first-place team in the North Division playing the first-place team in the South Division, the second-place North team facing the second-place South team, etc.
Ohio State won the College Spring League crown in 2019 before it went on hiatus in 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and 2021 (the fall 2020 season was moved to the spring of 2021). Last season, Marshall captured the crown, defeating BGSU in the final by a 2-1 score.
BGSU went 6-5-5 overall in the fall of 2022, and the Falcons finished MAC play with a 4-2-2 league ledger, finishing third in the Mid-American Conference. The Falcons will compete in the Missouri Valley Conference beginning in the fall of 2023.
The Falcons have a record of 42-25-12 over the last 79 games, dating to midway through the 2018 season. Sixteen of the 25 setbacks in that time have come by a single goal.
For more information on the men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter (@BGAthletics and @BGSUmenssoccer), Instagram (bgsumenssoccer) and Facebook (BGMensSoccer) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.
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