Falcons Host Broncos as MAC Season Heats Up

FALCONS vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN
Saturday, October 15 – 7:00 p.m.
Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com | Twitter: @BGSUmenssoccer

FALCONS at #19 KENTUCKY
Tuesday, October 18 – 7:00 p.m.
Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex | Lexington, Ky.
Live Stats: UKAthletics.com | Twitter: @BGSUmenssoccer

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BGSU MEN'S SOCCER LINKS
This Week's Notes - PDF
2016 Season Releases/Notes
Miller Nominated for HERO Sports Hero of the Week
Flynn Named to TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week
Souahy Named MAC Player of the Week
Souahy Named to College Soccer News Team of the Week
Falcons Down No. 22 West Virginia, 1-0, in MAC Opener
Souahy's Brace Lifts Falcons to Win at NKU
2016 BGSU Men's Soccer Media Guide | Schedule | Roster
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UP NEXT IN FALCON SOCCER
The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team, after picking up a win in the Mid-American Conference opener, returns home for a rare match at Cochrane Stadium. Head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons face Western Michigan University on Saturday night (Oct. 15), with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m. The WMU match is BGSU's lone home action in a seven-game span.

Then, the Falcons will begin a three-match road swing by taking on the University of Kentucky on Tuesday night (Oct. 18). The Wildcats are ranked in all four national polls. BG and UK will meet in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Wendell and Vickie Bell Soccer Complex.

PROMOTIONS / EVENTS
• The first 100 fans who stop by the marketing table at Saturday's match will receive a free T-shirt from BGSU Athletics.

• Additionally, fans attending the match can stop by the marketing table and receive a voucher for a discounted ticket to the Hunter Hayes concert, which begins later that night at the Stroh Center.

FREE ADMISSION / FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Again this season, admission to all Falcon men's and women's soccer home regular-season matches is free. For those who can't make it to Cochrane Stadium, live stats will be available for each home contest via BGSUFalcons.com. Twitter updates for all men's soccer action in 2016, both home and away, will be available via @BGSUmenssoccer. And, plans are in the works to broadcast several home matches on ESPN3.com. All of the pertinent information can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com on the day of the match.

• In addition to live stats for each of the next two games, the UK match is scheduled to have a live stream via the SEC Network Plus and WatchESPN..

HONORABLE FALCONS
• BGSU went 2-0-0 on the road last week, and several Falcons have received individual honors as a result. Junior Alexis Souahy, who scored both goals in the Falcons' 2-1 win over Northern Kentucky, was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week, and also was selected MAC Player of the Week.

• Senior Pat Flynn, who had an assist at NKU and scored the lone goal in the win at No. 22 West Virginia, was selected to the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week for the second time this season.

• Additionally, freshman Robert Miller III was one of the nominees for Hero of the Week this week on the HEROSports web site.

A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FALCONS
• The Falcons have an overall record of 8-3-1, and BGSU is 1-0-0 in MAC play. BG has gone 3-1-1 over the last five matches.

• BG opened the year with three multiple-goal wins at Cochrane Stadium, downing IUPUI, Appalachian State and Marshall. The Falcons scored 10 goals and conceded just one in those three matches.

• BG went on the road for the first time and picked up a win, as freshman Chris Brennan's goal with just four seconds remaining in the second overtime gave the Falcons a thrilling 1-0 victory at Cleveland State. But, the Brown and Orange then dropped two of the next three contests.

• The lone win during that three-game stretch was a 2-0 victory over Wright State in this year's battle for the I-75 Cup. Seniors Jacob Roth and Pat Flynn scored BG's goals vs. the Raiders.

• BG downed Ohio State by a 2-0 result before a crowd of over 2,500 fans at Cochrane. The Falcons then dropped a narrow 1-0 decision at #25 Michigan State, but rebounded with road wins in the next two contests.

• Last week, the Brown and Orange picked up a 2-1 win at Northern Kentucky, with junior Alexis Souahy scoring both goals. Then, the Falcons got a goal from Flynn early in the second half and a clean sheet from freshman Anthony Mwembia, earning a 1-0 win over No. 22 West Virginia in Morgantown.

• BGSU is 5-0-1 at home and 3-3-0 on the road this season. The Falcons have outscored the opponents, 15-2, in the six home matches, and BG and the foes each have scored five goals in the six road contests.

• The Falcons are 6-0-0 when scoring two or more goals this season. BGSU is 14-0-1 in such matches since the start of the 2015 season, and the Falcons are 44-4-5 when scoring at least two goals in the Eric Nichols Era.

• BGSU is ranked sixth in the Great Lakes Region in the latest NSCAA ratings. The Falcons have been ranked among the region's top-10 team in all seven weeks this season, and the number-six ranking matches a season best.

• Nine different players have scored at least one goal for the Falcons this season to date. Brennan and Flynn have four goals apiece, while senior Joe Sullivan has three.

• Flynn has a team-best 12 points, while Sullivan has registered nine points and Brennan and fellow freshman Robert Miller III eight apiece. Roth has seven points, including a team-leading five assists.

• Mwembia has played 11 of the 12 matches in goal this season to date. He has 40 saves, six shutouts and a goals-against average of just 0.52. Redshirt freshman Noah Kummer played the full 90 minutes in the win at NKU, making three saves.

• A total of 21 players have seen action for the Falcons this fall to date, with 16 players making at least one start. Seven players – Flynn, Roth, Souahy, Sullivan, junior Brad Macomber, redshirt sophomore Bismark Agyeman and true soph Tate Robertson – each have started all 12 matches.

• The Falcons have a record of 31-18-3 (.625) since the beginning of the 2014 season. The '14 team went 14-6-1, posting the program's most wins in nearly two decades (since 1997), and advanced to the MAC Tournament's championship match for the first time since 2003. Last year's team finished 9-9-1, marking only the second time since 2000 that BGSU had won as many as nine games in a season.

STRONG SENIOR CLASS
• All four of the Falcons' seniors have made their mark on the program. BGSU has a record of 37-25-9 since Max Auden, Jacob Roth and Joe Sullivan made their respective playing debuts in 2013, and the Falcons are 31-18-3 since Pat Flynn joined that group prior to the 2014 campaign.

• That quartet has combined for 62 goals and 53 assists in their respective Falcon careers.

• Flynn has career totals of 27 goals and 66 points, and is now tied with Dave Kindl (1993-96) on both BGSU career lists. The two are deadlocked for seventh place on the BG career goals list, and they are tied for ninth on the points chart. Flynn is only three goals shy of fifth place in BG history.

• Sullivan enters the WMU match with a career total of 48 points, on 16 goals and 16 assists. Roth has 39 points on 11 goals and 17 assists. Roth, the Falcons' active career leader in assists, is just five shy of 10th place on that BG career list.

• Flynn now has nine career game-winning goals, good for fourth place in school history, while Sullivan has eight (NOTE: GWG information since 1987).

• Auden, who missed the first seven matches of the year due to an injury suffered in the spring, has played in the last five games, and scored the winner vs. OSU. He now has 24 career points on eight goals and eight assists. Auden has four career GWG, with the first three coming against MAC teams (two in overtime) in 2014.

• The complete career lists for goals, assists, points and GWG are on page 7 of the PDF version of these notes.

LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THAT HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE
• The Falcons are 5-0-1 at home this season after posting the aforementioned 2-0 win over Ohio State (Sept. 24). BGSU has outscored the opponents, 15-2, in those six matches at Cochrane Stadium.

• Since the start of the 2014 season, BGSU has a record of 17-4-2 at Cochrane. The Falcons went 6-2-0 last year and 6-2-1 in 2014. All four home losses in that time have come by identical 1-0 scores. The two '14 setbacks both came against nationally-ranked opponents. Last year's home losses came on a goal in overtime and a goal with under two minutes left in regulation.

• The Falcons have outscored the opponents, 59-15, at Cochrane, dating to the final home game of the 2013 season. BG has scored at least two goals in 17 of the 24 matches in that time, with three or more goals in 10 of those games.

• Senior Pat Flynn has singlehandedly outscored the opponents at Cochrane Stadium in his Falcon career. Flynn has scored 19 goals in home games since transferring to BGSU prior to the 2014 season, while Falcon foes, as mentioned, have 15 goals during that time.

SCOUTING WMU
Western Michigan is 8-4-2 on the year, and the Broncos will enter Saturday's match with a MAC record of 0-0-1. WMU is looking to end a four-match winless streak. Brandon Bye paces the team and is one of the MAC leaders in scoring, with 21 points on eight goals and five assists. Edu Jimenez has eight points, including four assists. Drew Shepherd has started every game in goal, and has six shutouts nad a goals-against average of just 0.77. Last season, coach Chad Wiseman's club went 11-4-4 overall and 3-1-1 in the MAC.

A LOOK AT UK
Kentucky is 7-3-2 on the season, and the Wildcats are 2-2-0 in Conference USA action, heading into a Saturday home match vs. Old Dominion. UK is ranked in all four national polls, including 19th by TopDrawerSoccer and 20th in the NSCAA poll. The Wildcats saw a five-match unbeaten streak snapped with last weekend's 2-1 loss at UAB, but UK remains undefeated at home, with a 5-0-2 record at The Bell. Napo Matsoso leads the team in scoring, with four goals and 12 points, while Charlie Reymann has a UK-high six assists on the year. Stuart Ford has played every match in net, and has 32 saves, six shutouts and a GAA of 0.62. A year ago, head coach Johan Cedergren's team went 12-5-2 overall and 7-0-1 in C-USA, advancing to the NCAA Championships.

THE SERIES
BGSU leads Western Michigan, 28-16-3, in the all-time series between the teams, but the Broncos captured last year's meeting, 2-1 in Kalamazoo. Two years ago, Max Auden scored a pair of goals, with the second coming in overtime, in a 2-1 BG victory at Cochrane Stadium. The home team has won the last five meetings. BGSU went 24-3-2 vs. Western in the first 29 meetings, but the Broncos are 13-4-1 vs. the Falcons since that time. BG is 16-4-2 at home, 11-11-1 on the road and 1-1-0 in neutral-site meetings with the Broncos through the years.

The Falcons trail Kentucky, 10-8-1, in that series, and the Wildcats have won the last two meetings. The teams met in every season from 1995-2004, while UK was a MAC member for men's soccer, and BG and UK also met in the MAC Tournament eight times during a nine-year stretch. The teams have met just once since '04, with the Wildcats picking up a 4-1 win in Lexington in 2009, in the first road match of the Eric Nichols Era. The Falcons are 5-4-0 at home, 1-5-1 on the road and 2-1-0 at neutral sites vs. UK through the years.

A FEW FINAL FALCON FACTS
• The Falcons are 7-0-1 in night games in 2016. All of BGSU's remaining regular-season contests are scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. ET or later.

• BGSU is 3-0-0 this fall and 16-0-0 all time when Pat Flynn scores a goal.

• Junior Alexis Souahy's two-goal game at Northern Kentucky was the first of his career and the second by a Falcon this season. Flynn had a brace in the win over Appalachian State on Aug. 28.

UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS
Following the UK match, the Falcons will continue a three-game road swing with contests at Northern Illinois (Oct. 22) and Fort Wayne (Oct. 25). BG then plays two home matches to end the regular season, facing Akron (Oct. 29) and Buffalo (Nov. 5) at Cochrane Stadium.

BGSU MEN'S SOCCER - REMAINING REGULAR-SEASON MATCHES
Sat., Oct. 15 – WESTERN MICHIGAN, 7:00 *
Tue., Oct. 18 – at Kentucky, 7:00
Sat., Oct. 22 – at Northern Illinois, 7:00 CT *
Tue., Oct. 25 – at Fort Wayne, 7:00
Sat., Oct. 29 – AKRON, 7:00 *
Sat., Nov. 5 – BUFFALO, 7:00 *

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