Falcons Host Evansville on Senior Night

Saturday, September 30

Bowling Green, Ohio

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

Evansville

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By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

BGSU vs. EVANSVILLE
Saturday, Sept. 30 | 7:00 p.m.
Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
Video/Web Stream: WBGU-TV (YouTube)
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com

• The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team, after posting the first Missouri Valley Conference win in program history, is back at Cochrane Stadium for another conference contest this weekend. The Falcons of head coach Eric Nichols face the University of Evansville on Saturday evening (Sept. 30), with first touch set for 7:00 p.m. at Cochrane.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Saturday's Evansville match will be streamed on YouTube, free of charge, and produced by WBGU-TV. Live stats and Twitter/X updates (@BGSUMSoccer), as always, will also be available.

• Links to any available live audio/video/stats for all 2023 matches can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com on game day.

SENIOR NIGHT
• Saturday will be Senior Night at Cochrane Stadium, with four members of the program recognized in ceremonies prior to the match. That quartet includes Daniel Cerezo, Josh Erlandson, Nathan Masters and Eli Shope.

• The Falcons are 9-3-2 in Senior Day/Night matches since Eric Nichols became head coach, and BGSU is 6-0-0 in the last six such contests.

FASCINATING FALCON FACTS
• The Falcons have an overall record of 4-3-2, and BGSU is 1-1-0 in Missouri Valley Conference action. BG is coming off of a 3-1 win over Bradley last Saturday (Sept. 23) at Cochrane.

• Sophomore Trace Terry had a pair of goals, including the game winner with under eight minutes to go, in the win over the Braves. After Terry broke a 1-1 tie in the 83rd minute, freshman Jake Lane put the Falcons up by two just 1:36 later.

• Entering the Evansville match, the Falcons have scored 12 goals while allowing 14 this fall. Four players – Kyle Cusimano, Andrew Shaffer, Eli Shope and Terry – have scored two goals apiece this season. Terry is tied for the team lead with three assists, and paces the Falcons with seven points on the year, while Shaffer has five points this season to date.

• Alberto Anaya has three assists to tie Terry for the team lead. Lane, Rodrigo Montez Silva, Taylor Dyson, Jake Bergin each have found the back of the net once this year, and have two points apiece.

• Anaya is the Falcons' top returning scorer from a year ago. He had 10 points on three goals and four assists in 2022, despite missing four of BG's 16 matches due to injury. Shaffer had eight points and Josh Erlandson seven last season, with each player scoring three goals.

• Brendan Graves has played all nine matches in goal this season, and has 47 saves, one shutout and a goals-against average of 1.56.

• Graves has played every second of the Falcons' last 31 matches – a total of 2,810 minutes. No other BGSU player has been between the posts since Oct. 22, 2021.

• A total of 18 different Falcons have started at least one match this season. Only four players – Graves, Terry, Kyle Blasingame and Mads Christensen – have been in the Starting XI for all nine contests.

• Graves, as mentioned, has played every second so far this season. Blasingame leads the field players in minutes played, having been on the pitch for 756 of the 810 total minutes. Montez Silva (656), Christensen (655) and Masters (645) each have played over 640 minutes so far this year.

A FEW MORE NOTES & NUMBERS
• Since the start of the 2009 season, BGSU is now 85-9-7 when scoring two or more goals in a match. In fact, even when scoring just one goal, the Falcons are unbeaten in the last 14 matches (11-0-3) dating to late in the 2021 season.

• The Falcons are 61-29-22 in home matches since Eric Nichols took the helm prior to the 2009 season. BG is 57-21-20 at Cochrane since the start of 2011.

• BGSU is 39-11-14 at home since the start of the 2015 season and 33-9-14 (.714) since the beginning of 2016. The Falcons are 4-0-1 at home so far in 2023.

• Entering the Evansville match, the Falcons have an overall record of 46-28-14 over the last 88 games, dating to midway through the 2018 season. BGSU has 21 multiple-goal victories and 11 multi-goal losses in that time.

THE OPPONENT
• Evansville is 3-4-2 overall, and the Purple Aces – like the Falcons – are 1-1-0 in MVC action. UE snapped a two-game losing streak with Saturday's (Sept. 23) 2-0 win over Northern Illinois. The team's other wins came over Cal State Fullerton and Southern Indiana by a combined seven goals. Evansville has gone 2-1-2 at home and 1-3-0 on the road to date. Individually, Kai Phillip leads the team with six goals and 12 points, while Jose Vivas has two goals and five points. In goal, Jacob Madden has started six of the Aces' nine matches, while Aidan Montoure has made three starts. Both 'keepers have a GAA of just 1.33, and Madden has a pair of shutouts. Interim head coach Robbe Tarver and the Aces have 25 returning players from last year's club, including 2022 MVC Freshman of the Year Nacho Diaz Barragan. Evansville was picked to finish fourth in the MVC in 2023 after finishing with records of 8-5-6 overall and 3-2-3 in the conference in '22.

THE SERIES
• The Falcons trail Evansville, 10-3-0, in the all-time series, but BGSU won the most recent meeting. The Falcons picked up a 3-1 win in 2015 in a tournament hosted by Marshall. That was the teams' first meeting since a 4-1 UE victory at Cochrane in 2006. The Falcons are 1-5-0 at home, 0-5-0 on the road and 2-0-0 at neutral sites against the Aces.

UP NEXT
• Following the Evansville match, the Falcons will begin the month of October with three-straight road games, beginning with a Tuesday (Oct. 3) contest vs Detroit Mercy (Oct. 3). BG then will face Maryland (Oct. 7) and Belmont (Oct. 14).

FOR MORE INFORMATION...
• For more information on the BGSU men's soccer program, follow the Falcons on Twitter/X (@BGSU_Athletics and @BGSUMSoccer), Instagram (bgfalcons and bgsumsoccer) and Facebook (BGMensSoccer) as well as on the web right here at BGSUFalcons.com.