Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, November 1
Columbus, Ohio
1 p.m.
Bowling Green State University
vs
Buffalo (Quarterfinals)
Quinn O'Neil & the Falcons battled Buffalo to a scoreless draw just over a week ago
Photo by: Paul Hokanson, Buffalo Athletics
BGSU Meets Buffalo in Saturday's MAC Tournament Opener
October 31, 2025 | Women's Soccer
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Falcons face Bulls in Columbus
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 | 1:00 P.M. | HISTORIC CREW STADIUM | COLUMBUS, OHIO
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BOWLING GREEN FALCONS (9-2-8, 4-1-7 MAC) |
vs. | BUFFALO BULLS (12-4-2, 8-3-1 MAC) |
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| WATCH: ESPN+ | LIVE STATS: BGSU v UB | TWITTER/X: @BGSU_WSoccer | INSTAGRAM: bgsu_wsoccer | ||||
SETTING THE SCENE / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team heads to Columbus this weekend, as the Mid-American Conference Tournament gets underway. Head coach Chris Fox and the Falcons, the tournament's number-six seed, face the third-seeded University at Buffalo in quarterfinal-round action on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 1). First touch is set for 1:00 p.m. at Historic Crew Stadium.
• The winner of the BGSU-UB match will advance to Tuesday's (Nov. 4) semifinal round to meet second-seeded Miami University. That match will also begin at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE TO WATCH
• All five matches of the MAC Tournament will be aired on ESPN+.
STATS & SOCIAL MEDIA
• Links to live stats (as well as to any available audio/video) for all 2025 matches can always be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com – both on the women's soccer schedule page and in the right column on the main page – on match day.
THE STARTING XI
I – The Falcons enter the MAC Tournament with an overall record of 9-2-8 (.684), which is tied for the second-best record through 19 matches in program history. The 2018 team began the year at 13-4-2 (.737), while the 2005 (13-6-0) and 2019 (12-5-2) teams each also had a .684 winning percentage through 19 matches. The 2025 season is the 29th in the history of the program, which began in 1997.
II – Head coach Chris Fox and Company have lost just one of the last 17 matches heading into the league tourney quarterfinal matchup with Buffalo. BG put together a school-record 13-match unbeaten streak between 1-0 home losses to Illinois (Aug. 17) and Ball State (Oct. 19).
III – The Falcons went 4-1-7 in MAC play, with the wins coming against Kent State (2-1), Central Michigan (4-0), Northern Illinois (1-0) and Massachusetts (3-1). BGSU, as mentioned, lost to BSU, and the Falcons tied everyone else. The Falcons played to 1-1 draws against Ohio, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Miami and Akron, and BG battled to scoreless stalemates at both Toledo and Buffalo. Overall, BG went 5-2-4 in home games and 4-0-4 in road contests during the regular season.
IV – Junior Emma Stransky leads the Falcons in scoring, with eight goals and 17 points on the year. She has scored four game-winning goals this season to date. BGSU has scored the first goal of a match seven times this season, and Stransky has been the goal-scorer on six of those seven occasions.
V – Junior defender Gabby Lamparty has nine points to rank second on the team, while sixth-year collegian Ellie Pool has eight points and juniors Lizzie Bultynck and Emme Butera seven apiece. Butera leads the Falcons with five assists, while Pool has four.
VI – Sophomore Payton O'Malley has started all 19 matches in goal, and has 63 saves, a goals-against average of 0.64 and a save percentage of .840. She currently ranks second in the MAC in both GAA and save pct.
VII – A total of 26 different players have seen action this season, with 21 Falcons having made at least one start. Three players – Butera, Lamparty and O'Malley – each have started all 19 games.
VIII – Stransky has increased her career totals to 15 goals and 36 points, and she has moved into the top 20 on both BGSU lists. The junior is now tied for 14th in career goals and sits in 18th place in career points. And, with nine career game-winning goals as a Falcon, Stransky is tied for second in school history.
IX – BGSU finished the 2024 campaign with an overall record of 7-7-4 and a MAC ledger of 4-4-3, good for sixth in the league. Fox and his staff – first-year assistants Steven Samuel and Kyle Pettican – were joined by a total of 20 returning student-athletes, including seven starters from a year ago.
X – Buffalo is 12-4-2 overall, and the Bulls went 8-3-1 in MAC action to finish third in the conference. UB is looking to bounce back from a 2-0 loss to Western Michigan on Wednesday (Oct. 29). The Bulls went 6-1-1 at home and 6-3-1 on the road this season. Individually, Jasmine Guerber has seven goals, five assists and 19 points to lead the Bulls in all three categories. Laiken Kiser has 10 points on five goals. Lexie Thompson has started all 18 matches between the posts, and has 52 saves, eight clean sheets and a GAA of just 0.68. Last season, head coach Shawn Burke's club went 11-2-7 overall and 5-1-5 in the MAC.
XI – The Falcons lead Buffalo, 18-10-5, in the all-time series, and the teams have played to a draw in each of the last four meetings. Less than two weeks ago (Oct. 23, 2025), the teams battled to a scoreless tie in Western New York. BGSU is 13-5-2 in home games, 4-5-3 in road games and 1-0-0 in neutral-site matches vs. the Bulls through the years.
XIII (off the bench) – BGSU is 4-0-0 against Buffalo in MAC Tournament matchups, but all four previous meetings took place at Cochrane Stadium. The Orange and Brown captured quarterfinal-round matches against the Bulls in 2002 and 2017, and BG topped UB in the semifinal round in both 2019 and '21. Three of the four matches were decided by one goal.
BGSU WSOC FEATURES & LINKS
Oct. 27 - BG Falcon Media - Taylor.Green: The Junior Leader of the Youngest Team in the MAC
Oct. 1 - BG Falcon Media - Global Game, Local Impact: How International Recruiting Shapes BGSU Women's Soccer
Sept. 30 - BG Falcon Media - Tailgates, Team Spirit & Big Saves: The O'Malley Effect at BG
Sept. 29 - Inside The Game - ITG Interview: Chris Fox
Sept. 28 - BG Falcon Media - Adapting Across Cultures: Evie Underhill's Journey to BGSU
Sept. 8 - BG Falcon Media - Zig Zone One on One: Taylor Green
Aug. 15 - BG Falcon Media - Searles' Spotlight: Fourth-Year Falcon Earns First Collegiate Start
Aug. 9 - BCSN - Pool Returns to the Pitch for Final Season as a Falcon
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), and on the web at BGSUFalcons.com.
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team heads to Columbus this weekend, as the Mid-American Conference Tournament gets underway. Head coach Chris Fox and the Falcons, the tournament's number-six seed, face the third-seeded University at Buffalo in quarterfinal-round action on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 1). First touch is set for 1:00 p.m. at Historic Crew Stadium.
• The winner of the BGSU-UB match will advance to Tuesday's (Nov. 4) semifinal round to meet second-seeded Miami University. That match will also begin at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE TO WATCH
• All five matches of the MAC Tournament will be aired on ESPN+.
STATS & SOCIAL MEDIA
• Links to live stats (as well as to any available audio/video) for all 2025 matches can always be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com – both on the women's soccer schedule page and in the right column on the main page – on match day.
THE STARTING XI
I – The Falcons enter the MAC Tournament with an overall record of 9-2-8 (.684), which is tied for the second-best record through 19 matches in program history. The 2018 team began the year at 13-4-2 (.737), while the 2005 (13-6-0) and 2019 (12-5-2) teams each also had a .684 winning percentage through 19 matches. The 2025 season is the 29th in the history of the program, which began in 1997.
II – Head coach Chris Fox and Company have lost just one of the last 17 matches heading into the league tourney quarterfinal matchup with Buffalo. BG put together a school-record 13-match unbeaten streak between 1-0 home losses to Illinois (Aug. 17) and Ball State (Oct. 19).
III – The Falcons went 4-1-7 in MAC play, with the wins coming against Kent State (2-1), Central Michigan (4-0), Northern Illinois (1-0) and Massachusetts (3-1). BGSU, as mentioned, lost to BSU, and the Falcons tied everyone else. The Falcons played to 1-1 draws against Ohio, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Miami and Akron, and BG battled to scoreless stalemates at both Toledo and Buffalo. Overall, BG went 5-2-4 in home games and 4-0-4 in road contests during the regular season.
IV – Junior Emma Stransky leads the Falcons in scoring, with eight goals and 17 points on the year. She has scored four game-winning goals this season to date. BGSU has scored the first goal of a match seven times this season, and Stransky has been the goal-scorer on six of those seven occasions.
V – Junior defender Gabby Lamparty has nine points to rank second on the team, while sixth-year collegian Ellie Pool has eight points and juniors Lizzie Bultynck and Emme Butera seven apiece. Butera leads the Falcons with five assists, while Pool has four.
VI – Sophomore Payton O'Malley has started all 19 matches in goal, and has 63 saves, a goals-against average of 0.64 and a save percentage of .840. She currently ranks second in the MAC in both GAA and save pct.
VII – A total of 26 different players have seen action this season, with 21 Falcons having made at least one start. Three players – Butera, Lamparty and O'Malley – each have started all 19 games.
VIII – Stransky has increased her career totals to 15 goals and 36 points, and she has moved into the top 20 on both BGSU lists. The junior is now tied for 14th in career goals and sits in 18th place in career points. And, with nine career game-winning goals as a Falcon, Stransky is tied for second in school history.
IX – BGSU finished the 2024 campaign with an overall record of 7-7-4 and a MAC ledger of 4-4-3, good for sixth in the league. Fox and his staff – first-year assistants Steven Samuel and Kyle Pettican – were joined by a total of 20 returning student-athletes, including seven starters from a year ago.
X – Buffalo is 12-4-2 overall, and the Bulls went 8-3-1 in MAC action to finish third in the conference. UB is looking to bounce back from a 2-0 loss to Western Michigan on Wednesday (Oct. 29). The Bulls went 6-1-1 at home and 6-3-1 on the road this season. Individually, Jasmine Guerber has seven goals, five assists and 19 points to lead the Bulls in all three categories. Laiken Kiser has 10 points on five goals. Lexie Thompson has started all 18 matches between the posts, and has 52 saves, eight clean sheets and a GAA of just 0.68. Last season, head coach Shawn Burke's club went 11-2-7 overall and 5-1-5 in the MAC.
XI – The Falcons lead Buffalo, 18-10-5, in the all-time series, and the teams have played to a draw in each of the last four meetings. Less than two weeks ago (Oct. 23, 2025), the teams battled to a scoreless tie in Western New York. BGSU is 13-5-2 in home games, 4-5-3 in road games and 1-0-0 in neutral-site matches vs. the Bulls through the years.
XIII (off the bench) – BGSU is 4-0-0 against Buffalo in MAC Tournament matchups, but all four previous meetings took place at Cochrane Stadium. The Orange and Brown captured quarterfinal-round matches against the Bulls in 2002 and 2017, and BG topped UB in the semifinal round in both 2019 and '21. Three of the four matches were decided by one goal.
BGSU WSOC FEATURES & LINKS
Oct. 27 - BG Falcon Media - Taylor.Green: The Junior Leader of the Youngest Team in the MAC
Oct. 1 - BG Falcon Media - Global Game, Local Impact: How International Recruiting Shapes BGSU Women's Soccer
Sept. 30 - BG Falcon Media - Tailgates, Team Spirit & Big Saves: The O'Malley Effect at BG
Sept. 29 - Inside The Game - ITG Interview: Chris Fox
Sept. 28 - BG Falcon Media - Adapting Across Cultures: Evie Underhill's Journey to BGSU
Sept. 8 - BG Falcon Media - Zig Zone One on One: Taylor Green
Aug. 15 - BG Falcon Media - Searles' Spotlight: Fourth-Year Falcon Earns First Collegiate Start
Aug. 9 - BCSN - Pool Returns to the Pitch for Final Season as a Falcon
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), and on the web at BGSUFalcons.com.
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/ Women's SoccerChris Fox Post-Match Interview (Oct. 26, 2025)
Monday, October 27
Gabby Lamparty Post-Match Interview (Oct. 26, 2025)
Monday, October 27
Off The Pitch: Taylor Green (Oct. 22, 2025)
Thursday, October 23
Chris Fox Post-Game Interview (Oct. 19, 2025)
Sunday, October 19