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Falcons Enter Season With 1,799 Wins In Program History
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team will start the 2026 season this weekend with a three-game series at No. 4/5 Georgia Tech. The Falcons will start the year with 17 road games before the home opener on March 17. As for this weekend, each game between Bowling Green and Georgia Tech will be available to stream on the ACC Network Extra. As of now, the series is scheduled to span Friday, Saturday and Sunday with a game per day. Stay up-to-date with any schedule changes through the baseball schedule at BGSUFalcons.com as well as Twitter/X (@BGSU_Baseball).
Current Weekend Schedule
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 at #4/5 Georgia Tech | 4 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 at #4/5 Georgia Tech | 2 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026 at #4/5 Georgia Tech | 1 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
One Win Away From Program History
Bowling Green enters the 2026 campaign with 1,799 wins over the course of the program's history, dating back to 1915. The first win of the 2026 season will mark 1,800 for the Falcons all-time. The 1,700-win milestone was reached during the 2022 campaign, leaving what would be just barely four years between milestones if BGSU hits the mark. The shortest span between milestones in program history stands at three, being the difference between five milestones. The most recent was between wins 1,400 and 1,500 which came in 2007 and 2010. The last 124 wins for the Falcons have come under current head coach Kyle Hallock.
Scouting Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is coming off a 40-win season, finishing the 2025 campaign with a 41-19 record while going 19-11 within the ACC. The Yellow Jackets earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament as part of the Oxford regional against Ole Miss, Western Kentucky and Murray State. Georgia Tech went 1-2 with a win over WKU and losses to Ole Miss and Murray State, ending their season. Heading into the 2026 season, the Ramblin' Wreck have been voted the No. 4 or No. 5 team in the nation in all major polls.
Series History Against The Yellow Jackets
What To Watch For
Running With The Rankings
Now in Coach Hallock's sixth season at the helm of the Falcons, BGSU has played at least one ranked team in four of the six seasons with Georgia Tech adding to the list. The last ranked opponent for the Falcons was No. 8 Tennessee during the third weekend of the 2024 campaign, playing a three-game series against the Volunteers. However, the last ranked win for the Falcons came at No. 5 Louisville on Feb. 25, 2023. After nearly topping the Cardinals the day before in a 2-1 loss, the Falcons rallied back to best Louisville in the second game with a 9-6 victory. The win marked the first over a Top-5 team in program history.
New Faces To The Falcons
Bowling Green will roster 36 players this season, including 15 new student-athletes to the program, accounting for over 40-percent of the roster. Of the 15 newcomers, eight arrive as transfers and seven come in as true freshmen. The freshmen class is on par for the program, welcoming seven in 2025 as well. However, the transfer number is up from last year's four. The Falcons have added at least one transfer each season under head coach Kyle Hallock, but this year's total of eight are the most since Hallock's first season at the helm when BGSU added seven new transfers. Bowling Green added four each of the last two seasons.
Back On The Bump
Despite the multitude of new faces, the Falcons will return the bulk of their pitching staff from the 2025 campaign. BGSU returns 64.2-percent of the team's innings pitched from a season ago as well as 56.8-percent of the team's strikeouts and 60.6-percent of the unit's wins. Bowling Green has snapped the program's single-season strikeout record each of the last two seasons, sending down 403 batters in 2024 followed by 431 last season. Leading that charge, and returning this season, was starter Jacob Turner with 51.
Falcons At The Plate
The Falcons will return a group from their offensive production a year ago. Of the returners, Sam Seidel led the group with a .324 batting average followed closely by Brady Birchmeier's .318 and Zack Horky's .308 marks. In total, the Falcons return 52.5-percent of their RBIs, 51.0-percent of their home runs and 44.8-percent of their runs scored from the 2025 season. Birchmeier blasted nine home runs and tallied 50 RBI last season, leading the team in both categories, while TJ Takats' 35 runs scored leads the returners for the stat.
Building On The Momentum
The Falcons have established strong momentum within the program the last two seasons, registering 33 wins in both 2024 and 2025. The 33-win seasons marked the first back-to-back 30-win seasons for the program since winning 36 games in 2001 and 32 games in 2002. Similarly, the 66 combined wins were the most over a two-year stretch for BGSU since the same 2001-02 stretch that resulted in 68 wins. The Falcons will now look to continue the streak. The last time BGSU had three or more consecutive 30-win seasons was a four-year stretch from 1976-79, winning 33 games in 1976, 36 games in 1977, 33 games in 1978 and 32 games in 1979.
Brothers In Arms
The Falcons will deploy a pair of brothers in the team's pitching arsenal this season with Jacob and Joey Turner. Jacob, a senior, led the Falcons last year in innings pitched and strikeouts while earning the Friday starter role by the end of the season. Joey, a freshman, joins the Orange and Brown after a productive high school career that earned him the No. 13 ranked right-handed pitcher in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report. Brothers on the roster for BGSU is nothing new after both Isaiah and Sam Seidel played for the Falcons together from 2023-24. However, the Turner's are the first pair of brothers to be in the same position group for the Falcons since the 1985 season with Carl and Eric Moraw, who were both pitchers as well.
Sova Standing Tall Atop The MAC
Carrson Sova is now listed as 6-foot-10 for the Falcons, adding two inches to his 2025 height. The rising sophomore started 12 games for BGSU last season with a 3-3 record and 41 strikeouts. This season, Sova enters as the tallest player in the MAC by a strong margin. The next on the list is a trio of pitchers listed at 6-foot-7, including Ball State's Mitchell Dean, Toledo's Ryan Hughes and Western Michigan's Evan Shapiro. Not only is Sova the tallest baseball player in the MAC, but he's also one of the tallest student-athletes at BGSU, tied for second. He trails only Preston Squire at 6-foot-11 and is tied with Troy Glover II and Mohamed Maxamud, all of the men's basketball program.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' baseball team on social media
Twitter - @BGSU_Athletics and @BGSU_Baseball
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_baseball'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcons Athletics'
Current Weekend Schedule
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 at #4/5 Georgia Tech | 4 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 at #4/5 Georgia Tech | 2 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026 at #4/5 Georgia Tech | 1 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
One Win Away From Program History
Bowling Green enters the 2026 campaign with 1,799 wins over the course of the program's history, dating back to 1915. The first win of the 2026 season will mark 1,800 for the Falcons all-time. The 1,700-win milestone was reached during the 2022 campaign, leaving what would be just barely four years between milestones if BGSU hits the mark. The shortest span between milestones in program history stands at three, being the difference between five milestones. The most recent was between wins 1,400 and 1,500 which came in 2007 and 2010. The last 124 wins for the Falcons have come under current head coach Kyle Hallock.
Scouting Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is coming off a 40-win season, finishing the 2025 campaign with a 41-19 record while going 19-11 within the ACC. The Yellow Jackets earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament as part of the Oxford regional against Ole Miss, Western Kentucky and Murray State. Georgia Tech went 1-2 with a win over WKU and losses to Ole Miss and Murray State, ending their season. Heading into the 2026 season, the Ramblin' Wreck have been voted the No. 4 or No. 5 team in the nation in all major polls.
Series History Against The Yellow Jackets
- Bowling Green and Georgia Tech have faced seven times previously with the series leaning slightly to the Yellow Jackets with a 4-3 record.
- The last meetings between the two came as a three-game series in 2014 running from Feb. 28-March 2 with Georgia Tech claiming all three games.
- The last win for the Falcons in the series came on March 23, 1974 with a 3-2 victory over Georgia Tech, the second in back-to-back wins over Georgia Tech, including a 2-1 win on March 24, 1973.
What To Watch For
- Bowling Green enters the 2026 campaign with 1,799 wins in program history, needing just one more to reach 1,800 all-time.
- The Falcons will be seeking an Opening Day win for the first time since 2022 when they topped St. Louis in a 22-8 final score.
- Last season, the Falcons won their opening series for the first time since 2022, taking two of three from Middle Tennessee State. The last time Bowling Green won their opening series in back-to-back seasons was 2006-07, sweeping Murray State in 2006 and taking two of three from MTSU in 2007.
- Bowling Green has one win in program history over a top five opponent according to the team's record book, besting No. 5 Louisville in a 9-6 final on Feb. 25, 2023.
- Sam Seidel is nearing the program's top 10 for career hit-by-pitches with 20, needing 23 to break into the top 10 all-time.
- The first 17 games of the season for Bowling Green will be played on the road before their home opener on March 17, the first game on the team's new turf playing surface.
- Head Coach Kyle Hallock enters the season with 124 wins at the helm of the Falcons, currently sixth in program history. The next step up would be passing Dick Young's 184 from 1960-71. The record is held by Danny Schmitz, accumulating 723 wins over a 30-year period from 1991-2020.
- Bowling Green will be competing in their 110th season for baseball, dating back to 1915 with a hiatus in both 1935 and 1937.
Running With The Rankings
Now in Coach Hallock's sixth season at the helm of the Falcons, BGSU has played at least one ranked team in four of the six seasons with Georgia Tech adding to the list. The last ranked opponent for the Falcons was No. 8 Tennessee during the third weekend of the 2024 campaign, playing a three-game series against the Volunteers. However, the last ranked win for the Falcons came at No. 5 Louisville on Feb. 25, 2023. After nearly topping the Cardinals the day before in a 2-1 loss, the Falcons rallied back to best Louisville in the second game with a 9-6 victory. The win marked the first over a Top-5 team in program history.
New Faces To The Falcons
Bowling Green will roster 36 players this season, including 15 new student-athletes to the program, accounting for over 40-percent of the roster. Of the 15 newcomers, eight arrive as transfers and seven come in as true freshmen. The freshmen class is on par for the program, welcoming seven in 2025 as well. However, the transfer number is up from last year's four. The Falcons have added at least one transfer each season under head coach Kyle Hallock, but this year's total of eight are the most since Hallock's first season at the helm when BGSU added seven new transfers. Bowling Green added four each of the last two seasons.
Back On The Bump
Despite the multitude of new faces, the Falcons will return the bulk of their pitching staff from the 2025 campaign. BGSU returns 64.2-percent of the team's innings pitched from a season ago as well as 56.8-percent of the team's strikeouts and 60.6-percent of the unit's wins. Bowling Green has snapped the program's single-season strikeout record each of the last two seasons, sending down 403 batters in 2024 followed by 431 last season. Leading that charge, and returning this season, was starter Jacob Turner with 51.
Falcons At The Plate
The Falcons will return a group from their offensive production a year ago. Of the returners, Sam Seidel led the group with a .324 batting average followed closely by Brady Birchmeier's .318 and Zack Horky's .308 marks. In total, the Falcons return 52.5-percent of their RBIs, 51.0-percent of their home runs and 44.8-percent of their runs scored from the 2025 season. Birchmeier blasted nine home runs and tallied 50 RBI last season, leading the team in both categories, while TJ Takats' 35 runs scored leads the returners for the stat.
Building On The Momentum
The Falcons have established strong momentum within the program the last two seasons, registering 33 wins in both 2024 and 2025. The 33-win seasons marked the first back-to-back 30-win seasons for the program since winning 36 games in 2001 and 32 games in 2002. Similarly, the 66 combined wins were the most over a two-year stretch for BGSU since the same 2001-02 stretch that resulted in 68 wins. The Falcons will now look to continue the streak. The last time BGSU had three or more consecutive 30-win seasons was a four-year stretch from 1976-79, winning 33 games in 1976, 36 games in 1977, 33 games in 1978 and 32 games in 1979.
Brothers In Arms
The Falcons will deploy a pair of brothers in the team's pitching arsenal this season with Jacob and Joey Turner. Jacob, a senior, led the Falcons last year in innings pitched and strikeouts while earning the Friday starter role by the end of the season. Joey, a freshman, joins the Orange and Brown after a productive high school career that earned him the No. 13 ranked right-handed pitcher in the state of Michigan by Prep Baseball Report. Brothers on the roster for BGSU is nothing new after both Isaiah and Sam Seidel played for the Falcons together from 2023-24. However, the Turner's are the first pair of brothers to be in the same position group for the Falcons since the 1985 season with Carl and Eric Moraw, who were both pitchers as well.
Sova Standing Tall Atop The MAC
Carrson Sova is now listed as 6-foot-10 for the Falcons, adding two inches to his 2025 height. The rising sophomore started 12 games for BGSU last season with a 3-3 record and 41 strikeouts. This season, Sova enters as the tallest player in the MAC by a strong margin. The next on the list is a trio of pitchers listed at 6-foot-7, including Ball State's Mitchell Dean, Toledo's Ryan Hughes and Western Michigan's Evan Shapiro. Not only is Sova the tallest baseball player in the MAC, but he's also one of the tallest student-athletes at BGSU, tied for second. He trails only Preston Squire at 6-foot-11 and is tied with Troy Glover II and Mohamed Maxamud, all of the men's basketball program.
Follow the Falcons
Be sure to follow the Falcons' baseball team on social media
Twitter - @BGSU_Athletics and @BGSU_Baseball
Instagram - 'bgfalcons' and 'bgsu_baseball'
Facebook - 'BGSU Athletics'
YouTube - 'Falcons Athletics'
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