BGSU Blanks Oakland, 2-0, to Run Winning Streak to Five Matches - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Tuesday, October 20

Rochester, Mich.

7 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

6-6-2, 3-1-0

Oakland

3-5-6, 2-1-5

Team	1	2	Final F
Bowling Green	2	0	2
Oakland	0	0	0

Joshua Pedersen at Oakland | Oct. 20, 2026

Photo by: Clarence Round, Oakland Univ. Athletics

October 20, 2026 | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Sims, Ramos Score First-Half Goals; Ball Makes Three Stops as BG Posts Second-Straight Shutout

By: by Mike Cihon, BGSU Strategic Communications

ROCHESTER, Mich. – Sophomores Xavier Sims and Caue Ramos scored less than seven minutes apart in the first half, and the Bowling Green State University men's soccer team went on to a 2-0 win over Oakland University Tuesday night (Oct. 20) in non-conference action at the Oakland Soccer Field

The win was the fifth consecutive victory for the Falcons (6-6-2). BGSU's five-match winning streak is the program's longest in over nine years.

Sims got the Falcons on the board in the 22nd minute. A shot by Ramos had been blocked moments earlier, but the Falcons maintained possession of the ball. Senior Gus Peacock, on the right side of the field, slid a ball forward to freshman Joshua Pedersen.

Pedersen took several touches and hit a cross into the center of the box. Sims ran onto the ball, heading it downward, and his shot bounced off of the ground and into the upper part of the net.

Just under six minutes later, the Falcons doubled the lead. Ramos pounced on an Oakland pass, stealing the ball just outside the 18-yard line. The striker, in all alone, chose his spot and beat OU goalkeeper Quentin Ubaydi for a 2-0 BGSU lead at the 28:31 mark.

Sophomore Tyson McCoy nearly replicated Ramos's feat in the 34th minute, stealing a wayward Oakland pass and firing a shot that rang off of the crossbar.

With under two minutes left before halftime, the Grizzlies' Gabe Gjokaj hit a hard shot that seemed ticketed for the upper right corner of the net. But, BGSU goalkeeper Jason Ball made a diving stop, deflecting the ball off of the bar, and a follow-up try by the Grizzlies sailed over the net.

The second half saw the hosts attempt a total of eight shots, but none of those eight were on goal.

For the game, OU had an 18-15 lead in total shot attempts, while BGSU had a 7-3 lead in shots on goal. The Grizzlies had a narrow 6-5 edge in corner kicks.

Ball made three saves, all in the first half, while Ubaydi had five stops.

NOTE OF THE NIGHT
• The Falcons have won five games in a row for the first time in over nine years, since BGSU began the 2017 season with five consecutive victories. BG has not won six consecutive games since 1997. That '97 club won 11-straight contests beginning on Oct. 12 and culminating with a 1-0 win at Marquette in the second round of the NCAA Championships (Nov. 22).

ALSO NOTEWORTHY
• BGSU has won four-straight road matches for the first time in five years, since the 2021 team had four consecutive road wins from Aug. 29 to Sept. 24.
• The Falcons are unbeaten in the last five road games (4-0-1), the program's longest such streak since 2013. That '13 club was 3-0-2 in road matches between Sept. 27 and Oct. 22.
• The Falcons scored the first goal of the match just once in this season's first 10 games. But, BGSU has taken a 1-0 lead in each of the last four matches, and the Falcons have gone on to win all four.
• BGSU has recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time in over two years, since blanking Eastern Illinois and Belmont in late September of 2024.
• The Falcons kept clean sheets in back-to-back road matches for the first time since October of 2022, when BG downed Chicago State and Akron.
• Sophomores Xavier Sims and Caue Ramos, BG's two goal-scorers on Tuesday night, each have three goals this season, tying them for the team lead with another soph, Tyson McCoy.
• Ramos leads the club with nine points this year to date.
• For Sims, the goal on Tuesday night was his second game-winning goal of the season, tying him with McCoy for the BG lead in that category.
• Freshman Joshua Pedersen picked up his second assist of the year. He now has six points this fall, tying him for third with Sims behind Ramos (nine points) and McCoy (eight).
• Senior Gus Peacock's assist vs. the Golden Grizzlies was the first point of his collegiate career. He was named Missouri Valley Conference Defender of the Week earlier in the day.
• Senior Jason Ball recorded his second shutout in as many matches and his third in seven starts this season. BGSU is 5-1-1 in those seven starts.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons return to conference play this weekend. BGSU, currently in first place in the MVC, will welcome second-place Belmont University to town for a Sunday (Oct. 25) afternoon match. That game will First touch is set for 3:00 p.m. at Cochrane Stadium, and it will be Senior Day for the BGSU program.

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.