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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Sunday, October 18
Kent, Ohio
1 p.m.
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Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics
Falcons Head to NE Ohio for Sunday Matchup vs. Flashes
October 17, 2026 | Women's Soccer
Just four regular-season matches left, including Sunday's contest in Kent
BGSU at KENT STATE
Sunday, Oct. 18 | 1:00 p.m.
Zoeller Field at Dix Stadium | Kent, Ohio
Video/Web Stream: Boxcast
Live Stats: KentStateSports.com
SETTING THE SCENE / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team heads to Northeast Ohio as the regular season begins to wind down. Head coach Chris Fox and the Falcons will face Kent State University in Sunday (Oct. 18) action, with first touch set for 1:00 p.m. at Zoeller Field at Dix Stadium.
TODAY'S PAGE-ONE-WORTHY NOTES
• Senior Emme Butera scored a spectacular goal in the Falcons' match vs. Toledo on Thursday night (Oct. 15) at Cochrane Stadium. The goal made ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays, checking in at number seven.
• BGSU is 6-2-5 on the year after Thursday's 1-1 draw with the Rockets, and the Falcons are 2-1-4 in MAC play.
• The Falcons have just two losses in the last 19 MAC regular-season matches, dating to the start of the 2025 season.
• The Falcons lead Kent State, 19-10-5, in the all-time series, and BGSU won last year's meeting, a 2-1 decision at Cochrane Stadium (Sept. 14, 2025). That Falcon victory snapped a three-match KSU series winning streak, which included a 4-2 triumph over the Falcons in the teams' last meeting in Kent, on the final day of the regular season in 2024 (Oct. 31, 2024).
• BGSU is 9-7-0 in road matches vs. the Golden Flashes, while BG is 10-3-5 at home against KSU over the years.
• Butera leads the Falcons in goals (three) and points (eight), while fellow seniors Taylor Green and Isabella Mazzaferro have four points apiece this season to date.
• In goal, junior Payton O'Malley has started 11 of the Falcons' 13 matches, and has 34 saves, five complete-match shutouts and a GAA of just 0.61.
• The last four goals O'Malley has allowed have come via a penalty kick, an 'own goal' and two defensive giveaways deep in the BG end of the field.
• The Falcons are 31-7-8 in MAC regular-season matches on the road wins the start of the 2018 season, and BGSU has outscored the opponents by a 93-34 count in those 46 matches. Of those seven losses, Kent State is the only MAC team to have beaten BG multiple times, with wins in Kent in both 2022 and '24.
WHERE TO WATCH
• Sunday's Kent State clash will be streamed via Boxcast.
STATS & SOCIAL MEDIA
• Links to live stats (as well as to any available audio/video) for all 2026 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.
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.
Sunday, Oct. 18 | 1:00 p.m.
Zoeller Field at Dix Stadium | Kent, Ohio
Video/Web Stream: Boxcast
Live Stats: KentStateSports.com
SETTING THE SCENE / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team heads to Northeast Ohio as the regular season begins to wind down. Head coach Chris Fox and the Falcons will face Kent State University in Sunday (Oct. 18) action, with first touch set for 1:00 p.m. at Zoeller Field at Dix Stadium.
TODAY'S PAGE-ONE-WORTHY NOTES
• Senior Emme Butera scored a spectacular goal in the Falcons' match vs. Toledo on Thursday night (Oct. 15) at Cochrane Stadium. The goal made ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays, checking in at number seven.
• BGSU is 6-2-5 on the year after Thursday's 1-1 draw with the Rockets, and the Falcons are 2-1-4 in MAC play.
• The Falcons have just two losses in the last 19 MAC regular-season matches, dating to the start of the 2025 season.
• The Falcons lead Kent State, 19-10-5, in the all-time series, and BGSU won last year's meeting, a 2-1 decision at Cochrane Stadium (Sept. 14, 2025). That Falcon victory snapped a three-match KSU series winning streak, which included a 4-2 triumph over the Falcons in the teams' last meeting in Kent, on the final day of the regular season in 2024 (Oct. 31, 2024).
• BGSU is 9-7-0 in road matches vs. the Golden Flashes, while BG is 10-3-5 at home against KSU over the years.
• Butera leads the Falcons in goals (three) and points (eight), while fellow seniors Taylor Green and Isabella Mazzaferro have four points apiece this season to date.
• In goal, junior Payton O'Malley has started 11 of the Falcons' 13 matches, and has 34 saves, five complete-match shutouts and a GAA of just 0.61.
• The last four goals O'Malley has allowed have come via a penalty kick, an 'own goal' and two defensive giveaways deep in the BG end of the field.
• The Falcons are 31-7-8 in MAC regular-season matches on the road wins the start of the 2018 season, and BGSU has outscored the opponents by a 93-34 count in those 46 matches. Of those seven losses, Kent State is the only MAC team to have beaten BG multiple times, with wins in Kent in both 2022 and '24.
WHERE TO WATCH
• Sunday's Kent State clash will be streamed via Boxcast.
STATS & SOCIAL MEDIA
• Links to live stats (as well as to any available audio/video) for all 2026 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.
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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