Washington Scores Twice as Falcons Topple Kent State

Sunday, October 22

Kent, OH

1:00PM

Bowling Green State University

11-5-1, 6-3-1MAC

Kent State

12-5-1, 8-2-0MAC

Bowling Green

Kent State

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

October 22, 2017 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

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KENT, Ohio. -- The best offense in the Mid-American Conference faced the league's best defense in Kent on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 22), and the best offense dominated play. The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team scored more goals against Kent State than the Golden Flashes had allowed in its first nine MAC games combined, as the Falcons toppled the MAC East champions 3-1. The win improves BGSU to 11-5-1 overall and 6-3-1 in MAC play. More importantly, the victory clinches a home game for the Falcons in next weekend's MAC Tournament quarterfinals.

Chelsee Washington scored twice for the Falcons to lead their offensive effort. At the 36:59 mark, Alexis Fricke sent a diagonal pass into the box that Washington headed past Katie Kingsbury for the first goal. Kent State evened the game in the 61st minute, but the Falcon offense went back to work. In the 70th minute, Marissa Swindell sent a pass from the end line to the top of the six. Washington took the pass and fired a shot past Kingsbury for the game-winner. Erica Hubert added margin when she scored with just 4:20 left on the clock.

COACH SAYS...
BGSU head coach Matt Fannon said, "We were excellent today. Every aspect of our game was on point, and we deserved the result."

NOTE OF THE DAY: CRACKING THE CODE
Kent State's defense has been spectacular over their last 13 games and particularly during their MAC schedule. After giving up two goals apiece in three of their first four games, Kent State had given up a total of three in their last 13 and only two in nine conference games. They entered today's contest with a scoreless streak of 505:09 and had pitched five straight shutouts. However, in a battle of the MAC's best offense versus the MAC's best defense, it was no contest. BGSU racked up 14 shots and nine shots on goal in just the first half and compiled 21 shots and 13 shots on goal in total, while their defense only permitted five shots and just two shots on goal. The Falcons were the first team all season to score three goals on KSU, and Chelsee Washington was the first to post two individual goals against the Golden Flashes in 2017.

STAT PACK

Chelsee Washington earned the first multi-goal game of her career. Her second goal was a game-winner, and that was also a career first.
Washington has three goals and an assist in 2017 and has four of each in her two-year career.
Erica Hubert's insurance goal in the 86th minute was her seventh of 2017. She ranks second on the Falcons in that category.
Hubert now has 22 career goals, which ranks fourth in BGSU history. She has at least seven in all three seasons with the Falcons.
Marissa Swindell posted her second multi-assist game of 2017. Her first was the 5-1 season-opening win at Oakland.
Swindell now has three goals and six assists in her first season with the Falcons; she is tied for second on the team.
Swindell's game-winning assist on Washington's second goal was her second of the season.
Alexis Fricke and Nikhita Jacob both contributed assists. Each has one goal and two assists for the Falcons in 2017.
Hubert led the Falcons with five shots and three shots on goal. She is the team leader in both categories (72 shots, 33 SOG).
Five other Falcons (Fricke, Winters, Schupbach, Washington, Bozzelli) has multiple shots. No KSU player had more than one.
Victoria Cope, Jennifer Reyes, Alexis Fricke, and Morgan Abbitt each played the full 90 minutes for the Falcons.
BGSU improves to 6-1 on Sundays in 2017 and have won their last 6.
Shots: BGSU 21, KSU 5
Shots on goal: BGSU 13, KSU 2
Corner kicks: KSU 4, BGSU 3
Fouls: BGSU 11, KSU 7
Offsides: BGSU 3, KSU 1

UP NEXT
The Falcons conclude the regular season with the Battle of I-75. BGSU travels north to face the Toledo Rockets in the 2017 regular season finale at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26. The Rockets are 8-7-3 overall and 5-3-2 in the MAC, and they broke a two-game losing streak today with a 2-1 victory at Ohio. Bowling Green has clinched a home game in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals, but this game will determine their tournament seeding. A win or tie would give BGSU the #3 seed, while a loss would place the Falcons as the #4 seed. For Toledo, a win would clinch the #3 seed and a home game in the quarterfinals. A tie or a loss would force the Rockets to rely on help to become a top-four seed.

UPDATED MAC POINTS STANDINGS (WITH FINAL OPPONENT)
1. Kent State 24 (8-2-0) v Ohio
2. Ball State 23 (7-1-2) @ Miami
3. Bowling Green 19 (6-3-1) @ Toledo
4. Toledo 17 (5-3-2) v Bowling Green
5. Buffalo 16 (5-4-1) @ Akron
6. Northern Illinois 15 (5-5-0) v Western Michigan
7. Ohio 14 (4-4-2) @ Kent State
8. Western Michigan 13 (4-5-1) @ Northern Illinois
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9. Eastern Michigan 12 (4-6-0) @ Central Michigan
10. Central Michigan 8 (2-6-2) v Eastern Michigan
11. Miami 7 (2-7-1) v Ball State
12. Akron 5 (1-7-2) v Buffalo