Carter Nets a Pair, Falcons Win at Central Michigan, 2-1

Friday, October 21

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

3:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

CENTRAL MICHIGAN

October 21, 2005 | Women's Soccer

Oct. 21, 2005

Final Stats

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - Several streaks ended for the Bowling Green State University women's soccer team Friday afternoon (Oct. 21), but the most important streak continued. That streak, of course, is the Falcons' winning streak, now at a school-record six matches after a 2-1 win over the Chippewas. The Mid-American Conference match was held at the CMU Soccer Complex.

Junior Lindsay Carter scored both goals for the Falcons, who improved to 11-6-0 overall and 7-2-0 in MAC action. The Chippewas fall to 6-8-2 and 5-3-1, respectively.

With the win, along with Western Michigan's 1-0 loss to Miami Friday afternoon, the Falcons have moved into a first-place tie with the Broncos. BGSU and Western each have 21 points, with Ball State in third place with 19 points. WMU and BSU will meet in Muncie on Sunday.

Carter's first goal of the afternoon came with just under 30 minutes elapsed. Senior Julie Trundle played a long ball into the box to the junior,, who slid the ball under advancing CMU goalkeeper Anne Decker. Trundle picked up an assist on the play, the lone goal of the opening half.

Carter struck again early in the second half, this time with her left foot. She curled her shot, taken from approximately 15 yards out, around Decker and into the side netting. Senior Britt Anderson and freshman Corbie Yee drew assists on the goal, which came at the 51:30 mark.

The Chippewas cut the lead in half, and became the first team to score on the Falcons since Oct. 2, with a late goal. Freshmen Erica Rohren and Katy Boggan, the team's top-two scorers, teamed up on the goal. Boggan's third goal of the season came with 8:47 left in the half.

Senior Ali Shingler and the Falcon defense would allow no more goals, however. In fact, the back line did not surrender a Central shot attempt over the remainder of the match, and BG had the road win.

For the match, the Chippewas had narrow advantages in shot attempts, 13-12, and shots on goal, 5-4. Shingler made four saves in goal, while Decker had a pair of stops for the hosts.

"It was a tremendous road performance today, in that we took our opportunities and scored goals when those opportunities arose," said BGSU head coach Andy Richards. "Also, we withstood a tremendous amount of pressure from Central, particularly as the game got into its latter stages.

"We talked a lot about composure before the game, and how important it was to maintain our composure in such a highly-charged, competitive atmosphere. Lindsay Carter was the epitome of composure with her two strikes, one with her left foot and one with her right. She maintained her composure in front of the goal, and that made the difference.

"Ali Shingler deserves credit as well. She made a spectacular save near the end of the game, with the rebound hitting the post, so we did get a little luck along the way. Unfortunately, we did concede a goal near the end, but we hung on, and showed good discipline to prevent Central from getting any more chances after that.

"We are delighted, of course, with the win and three more points in the MAC, and we now must prepare to battle a tough Eastern Michigan team at their place on Sunday."

That match vs. the Eagles will begin at 1:00 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 23) at EMU's Scicluna Field.

NOTES

For the first time in history, the Falcons have moved five games over .500, both overall and in MAC play, at the same time ... BGSU is currently 11-6-0, and 7-2-0 in the conference ... the Falcons had been five games over the break-even mark once, at 12-7-2 in 2002 ... BG dropped the final match of that season, a 3-0 decision at Miami in the MAC Tournament's semifinal round, to finish four games over .500.

In conference play, BG was four games over .500 on one prior occasion, also in 2002 .. the Falcons were 7-3-1 in league action that season, before dropping the final league regular-season contest, to Northern Illinois.

As mentioned, BGSU's win at Central increased the Falcons' current winning streak to six matches, a school record by a long shot ... prior to the current stretch, the BGSU record was three consecutive wins, amassed on eight different occasions over the years.

The Falcons are just one point away from clinching a top-four seed and a home-field match in the MAC Tournament's quarterfinal round ... with two matches remaining in the regular season, BGSU is six points ahead of the three teams tied for fifth place -- Toledo, Eastern Michigan and Miami ... teams earn three points for a win and one for a tie.

As mentioned earlier, the Falcons have moved into a tie for first place with Western Michigan ... the updated MAC standings through Friday's matches, as well as the weekend scores and upcoming matches, can be found at the bottom of this page ... WMU would win a tiebreaker with the Falcons due to the Broncos' win in the regular-season head-to-head match.

With Friday's win, head coach Andy Richards has evened his overall record ... Richards, in his sixth season as a collegiate head coach (all at BGSU), now has a record of 58-58-10.

BGSU now holds a 5-3-2 lead over Central Michigan in the all-time series between the teams ... the Falcons now have a 3-1-0 record in matches played in Mount Pleasant.

The Falcons' lengthy shutout streak finally came to an end Friday ... Katy Boggan's goal late in the match snapped BG's scoreless stretch at a school-record 445:03 ... the old record was 340:24, set in 2002 (Sept. 27-Oct. 6).

Senior goalkeeper Ali Shingler was in net for nearly all of that streak ... her shutout string ended at a BG-record 432:19, the equivalent of nearly six regulation games ... the old mark was the aforementioned 340:24 streak in 2002, set by Erika Flanders ... Shingler now has two of the three longest individual shutout streaks in BG annals.

Shingler's win in goal Friday was the 26th of her career, the second-highest total in school history ... with 11 victories this fall, she is one match away from tying the BGSU single-season record.

Senior Julie Trundle, already the BGSU career leader in assists, now owns a share of the single-season record in that category ... Trundle's helper on Friday was her ninth of the season ... she has tied the record set by Jill Conover in 2000 and matched by Leah Eggleton last fall.

Trundle now has a school-record 32 assists in her career ... she has recorded at least seven assists in each of her four seasons ... only Conover (two) had more than one season of seven or more assists.

Junior Lindsay Carter's two-goal match ws the second of her career ... Carter also had the first two goals of the afternoon in last year's win at Toledo (3-0; Oct. 28, 2004).

Freshman Corbie Yee's assist Friday was the first of her BG career ... she is now tied with Carter for fourth place on the Falcons with nine points this fall.

Senior Britt Anderson's assist gives her a total of six this season ... she now has 16 points on the year, ranking second on the Falcons in both categories ... Trundle, of course, leads the team in assists, while senior Samantha Meister paces the Brown and Orange with 17 points this fall.

Anderson now has a total of 48 career points, and has moved into a tie for fifth place on that BGSU career list ... Tracy Gleixner (1998-2002) and Michelle Lisy (1997-2000) also had 48 points for the Brown and Orange ... Kristy Coppes (2001-04) holds the school record with a whopping 111 career points, while Meister is second with 68 ... Conover had 65 points at BG, while Trundle currently has 54 career points to place fourth.

MAC STANDINGS
(through Friday's matches)

Team (Overall)          MAC   Pts.
Western Mich. (9-6-1)  7-2-0   21
Bowling Green (11-6-0) 7-2-0   21
Ball State (13-3-1)    6-2-1   19
Central Mich. (6-8-2)  5-3-1   16
Toledo (10-6-0)        5-4-0   15
Miami (7-7-0)          5-4-0   15
Eastern Mich. (7-9-1)  5-4-0   15
Kent State (7-8-2)     4-4-1   13
Northern Ill. (5-9-2)  3-6-0    9
Akron (4-10-2)         2-6-1    7
Buffalo (4-11-1)       2-7-0    6
Ohio (3-12-0)          1-8-0    3

FRIDAY's RESULTS
Bowling Green 2, at Central Michigan 1
at Eastern Michigan 4, Toledo 1
at Miami 1, Western Michigan 0
at Ball State 2, Northern Illinois 0
at Kent State 3, Ohio 2
Akron 1, at Buffalo 0 (2-OT)

SUNDAY'S MATCHES
Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan, 1:00
Akron at Kent State, 1:00
Ohio at Buffalo, 1:00
Toledo at Central Michigan, 1:00
Northern Illinois at Miami, 1:00
Western Michigan at Ball State, 2:00