Falcons Head to Windy City for Tuesday's DePaul Duel

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 | 3:00 P.M. | WISH FIELD | CHICAGO, ILL.

BOWLING GREEN
FALCONS
(2-3-2, 0-0 MVC)

DePAUL
BLUE DEMONS
(2-1-5, 0-0-1 Big East)


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SETTING THE SCENE / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team hits the road for a midweek matchup in the Windy City. Head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons face DePaul University on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 23), with first touch set for 3:00 p.m. ET at Wish Field.

• Then, the Orange and Brown will return home for the Missouri Valley Conference opener. The Falcons will face the University of Evansville on Friday (Sept. 26), in a rematch of the 2024 MVC Tournament Championship game. Friday's match begins at 7:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium, and admission is free to all home soccer action.

WHERE TO WATCH
• Tuesday's DePaul contest will be streamed on the Marquee Sports Network.

• Friday's Evansville match will be streamed on YouTube, and produced by WBGU-TV.

FRIDAY FESTIVITIES
• This weekend will be the men's soccer program's Alumni Weekend, with a large number of men's soccer greats expected to be on hand. Additionally, former Falcon soccer and lacrosse coach Mickey Cochrane will be recognized prior to the Evansville match for his recent induction into the Ohio Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The 1995 championship team will also be recognized, and many former Falcon lacrosse greats are scheduled to be in town as well.

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 men's soccer schedule page and in the right column on the main page – on match day.

THE STARTING XI
I – The Falcons are 2-3-2 on the season. BGSU is coming off of a 3-0 loss to Bellarmine at Cochrane Stadium on Saturday night (Sept. 20). Prior to that, the Falcons had gone through a three-game stretch against Michigan (a 1-0 road loss), Michigan State (a 1-0 home win) and #18 Kentucky (a 1-1 draw on the road).

II – The loss to Bellarmine snapped an 11-match home unbeaten streak for the Falcons. BGSU had been 9-0-2 in home games, including 8-0-2 at Cochrane Stadium, since a 2-1 setback to Northern Illinois in the 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (Nov. 5, 2023).

III – The Bellarmine match also marked the first time this season that a BGSU soccer team, men's or women's, had allowed more than one goal in a match.

IV – Senior Trace Terry scored against both MSU and UK, and leads the Falcons with four goals and eight points this season. Junior Bennett Painter has two goals and a team-leading two assists for six points on the year, while five Falcons have one assist apiece.

V – Junior goalkeeper Enzo Gil has 41 saves, a goals-against average of 1.00 and a pair of clean sheets. Gill has been named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week twice this season, earning the honor on Aug. 26 and Sept. 9.

VI – Head coach Eric Nichols and his staff – assistant coaches Gonzalo Carranza, Jack Bennett and Ryan James – have a total of 12 returning student-athletes on the 2025 roster. That group includes six starters from a year ago. A whopping 15 newcomers joined the Falcons in 2025.

VII – BGSU finished the 2024 season with an overall record of 12-6-2, and the Falcons went 4-3-1 in their second season in the MVC, tying for third place in the then nine-team league. The Orange and Brown picked up wins over UIC and Drake to advance to the championship match of the MVC Tournament, before falling in overtime to Evansville.

VIII – Four of the top-six point-scorers from the 2024 club are back. The returnees include a pair of forwards who combined for a whopping 25 goals and 59 points last fall. Painter led the team with 13 goals and 30 points in '24, while Terry had 12 goals and 29 points. The duo combined for nine GWG. Terry was named to the All-MVC First Team, and Painter earned all-league second-team honors.

IX – Terry was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team last season, and also was chosen to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Third Team. Terry was named to the TDS Preseason Best XI Third Team in 2025.

X – Last December, Terry was chosen by Seattle Sounders FC in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft. He is the first player in program history to return to the Falcons after being drafted, and is the fifth player in history (and the first since 1999) to come back for another season after being named an All-American.

XI – Terry was named to the United Soccer Coaches Forwards to Watch list this season – one of just 20 players to be so honored. Additionally, the Falcons were picked to finish second in the MVC in 2025, and Painter, Terry and Andrew Shaffer and Terry all were named to the Preseason All-MVC Team.

BGSU MSOC FEATURE & LINKS
Sept. 22 - BG Falcon Media - Turning Setbacks into Strengths: The Resilient Journey of Amer.Dedic
Sept. 16 - BG Falcon Media - When Passion Meets Opportunity: Michael Lindh's D1 Soccer Breakthrough
Sept. 1 - BG Falcon Media - Zig Zone One on One: Trace Terry

THE BLUE DEMONS / THE SERIES
• DePaul is 2-1-5 on the season, and the Blue Demons are 0-0-1 in Big East Conference play after Friday's (Sept. 19) 1-1 draw at Villanova in the conference opener. DU's lone loss was a 1-0 setback at Drake. DePaul has played three one-goal games in addition to the five draws this season to date. Keagan Pace leads the club with four goals and eight points, while three of his teammates have two goals apiece on the year. Santiago Davila has started seven of the team's eight matches and has 21 saves and a 1.29 goals-against average. Last season, head coach Mark Plotkin's club went 6-8-3 overall and 2-4-2 in conference play.

• The Falcons lead DePaul, 4-0-2, in the all-time series. BGSU's four wins all came between 1990 and 1993. More recently, the teams played to scoreless draws in back-to-back years, meeting in Chicago in 2022 and at Cochrane in 2023. The Falcons are 3-0-1 at home and 1-0-1 on the road vs. the Blue Demons through the years.

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

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