FALCON MEN'S SOCCER SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 BOWLING GREEN MIKE CIHON, Assistant Athletic Communications Director (m.soccer) Office: 419-372-0474 Web: BGSUFalcons.com E-mail: mjcihon@bgsu.edu Twitter: @BGAthletics & @BGSUmenssoccer 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS AUGUST 26 IUPUI (WBGU-TV) W 2-0 29 CLEVELAND STATE (BGRSO) W 2-0 SEPTEMBER 1 at Drexel W 3-0 3 at Penn W 2-0 9 WESTERN ILLINOIS (BGRSO)(WBGU-TV) W 2-0 13 at #6 Michigan State (BTN PLUS) 7:00 16 CINCINNATI (WBGU-TV) 7:00 19 at Notre Dame 7:00 22 at Ohio State 7:00 27 DUQUESNE (WBGU-TV) 7:00 OCTOBER 7 at SIUE * 7:00 CT 10 at Wright State 7:00 14 WEST VIRGINIA * 7:00 21 at Akron * 7:00 24 FORT WAYNE (WBGU-TV) 7:00 28 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (WBGU-TV) * 7:00 NOVEMBER 4 at Western Michigan * 1:00 10 MAC Tournament Semifinal $ 12 MAC Tournament Final $ * MAC match HOME matches at Cochrane Stadium All times p.m. & Eastern unless noted $ at site of regular-season champion FOLLOW THE FALCONS Follow the BGSU men's soccer Falcons on the web at BGSUFalcons.com, and at... Twitter YouTube @BGSUmenssoccer @BGathletics @MikeCihon falconathletics Instagram bgfalcons Snapchat BGSU Men's Soccer Facebook BGSU Men's Soccer #19 FALCONS at #6 MICHIGAN STATE Wednesday, Sept. 13 7:00 p.m. DeMartin Stadium East Lansing, Mich. Live Stats: MSUSpartans.com Twitter: @BGSUmenssoccer Live Video: BTN Plus (fee required) #19 FALCONS vs. CINCINNATI Saturday, Sept. 16 7:00 p.m. Cochrane Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com Twitter: @BGSUmenssoccer Live Audio: Bowling Green Radio Sports (BGRSO) Live Video: WBGU-TV ON MATCH DAY... Links to any live audio/video/stats will be available on the men's soccer schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com on match day. UP NEXT IN The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team, off to a 5-0-0 start, begins a difficult stretch of the schedule with a pair of matches this week. Head coach Eric Nichols and the Falcons head to East Lansing, Mich., to face another unbeaten team, nationally-ranked Michigan State University, on Wednesday night (Sept. 13). Kickoff for that match is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium. Then, on Saturday evening (Sept. 16), the Brown and Orange will host the University of Cincinnati as part of the program's Alumni Weekend. That contest is also set for a 7:00 p.m. start at Cochrane Stadium. FREE ADMISSION Again this season, admission to all Falcon men's and women's soccer home regular-season matches is free. FOLLOW THE FALCONS For those who can't make it to Cochrane Stadium, live stats are scheduled to be available for each home match via BGSUFalcons.com. Twitter updates for all men's soccer action, both home and away, will be available via @BGSUmenssoccer. Additionally, a majority of the Falcons' home matches will be streamed by WBGU. Currently, seven of the eight home contests including Saturday's UC match are scheduled to be streamed, free of charge. And, an audio stream for many of BG's home matches will be available through the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO). As always, all of the pertinent information re: live audio/video/stats can be found on the web at BGSUFalcons.com on the day of the match. FIVE-AND-OH FALCONS The Falcons are off to a 5-0 start for the second time in three seasons. Two years ago, the Brown and Orange got off to a 5-0 start and moved into the national rankings.
2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER ## NAME (PRONUNCIATION) POS. YR. HOMETOWN / H.S. / PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S) 1 Billy Larsen GK R-Jr. St. Charles, Ill. / North 2 Vinny Worner M Fr. Copley, Ohio / Copley 3 Dominic Grida (GREE-da) ** D/M Jr. North Royalton, Ohio / North Royalton 4 Moe Mustafa (moo-stah-fa) ** D Jr. Westlake, Ohio / Westlake 5 Tom Wrobel (ROW-bull) * D So. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada / St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic 6 Chris Brennan * F So. Copley, Ohio / Copley 7 Tate Robertson ** F Jr. Springfield, Ohio / Catholic Central 8 Alexis Souahy (a-lex-ee SWAH-hee) **# D Sr. Saint Etienne au Mont, France / Saint Joseph / Notre Dame Coll. 9 Brad Macomber (MAY-comb-er) ***# F Sr. Muskegon, Mich. / Reeths-Puffer 10 Prayag Jina (PRAY-ag JEE-na) ***# M Sr. Aurora, Ohio / Aurora 11 Charlie Maciejewski (ma-jess-kee) * M So. Cincinnati, Ohio / Summit Country Day 12 Peter Pugliese (pug-leese) ** M Jr. Cambridge, Ontario, Canada / Jacob Hespeler Secondary 13 Erik Horvath D Fr. Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley 14 Keaton Reynolds ***# F Sr. Noblesville, Ind. / Noblesville 15 Ebenezer Ackon (a-kon) D Jr. Cape Coast, Ghana / Mfantsipim School 17 Sam Pugliese (pug-leese) M Fr. Cambridge, Ontario, Canada / Jacob Hespeler Secondary 18 Marshall Mast D Fr. Traverse City, Mich. / Central 19 Amandy Ayima (a-mon-dee a-yee-ma) M So. Wiaga, Ghana / Presbyterian Boys Secondary 20 Aaron Davis D Sr. Perrysburg, Ohio / Perrysburg / Lourdes Univ. 21 Robert Miller III * F So. York, Pa. / Central York 22 Chris Sullivan M Fr. Naperville, Ill. / North 23 Mitchell Evans D So. Troy, Ohio / Troy 24 Anthony Mwembia (MWEM-bee-a) * GK So. Toulouse, France 27 Zach Buescher (BISH-er) M Fr. Holland, Ohio / Toledo St. John s Jesuit 28 Theo Jamilloux (TEE-oh zham-ee-oo) GK 5-Sr. Toulouse, France / Pierre-Paul Riquet / Univ. of Louisville Head Coach: Eric Nichols (Ohio State, 2000) ninth year * letters earned Assistant Coach: Eric Reed (UCLA, 2006) fourth year # 2017 Captains Assistant Coach: Zach Mason (Ohio State, 2016) second year Director of Soccer Operations: Jason Samuelsen fourth year Media Coordinator: Rami Alazhari third year Student Manager: Kyle Milner first year Athletic Training: Nya Dobbs (Salisbury, 2016) first year Strength & Conditioning: Emily McClelland (Bowling Green, 2014) third year BGSU QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION School Bowling Green State University Location Bowling Green, Ohio Founded / Enrollment 1910 / 19,000 Nickname / Colors Falcons / Orange & Brown Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Mid-American (MAC) Home Facility Cochrane Stadium President Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey Director of Athletics Bob Moosbrugger TEAM INFORMATION 2017 Records 5-0-0, 0-0-0 MAC 2016 Records 9-6-4, 2-0-3 MAC 2016 MAC Finish Second of 6 2016 MAC Tournament Lost in Semifinals Letterwinners Returning / Lost 13 / 7 Starters Returning / Lost 7 / 4 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Eric Nichols (ninth season at BG) Alma Mater Ohio State, 2000 Record at BGSU 67-66-24 MAC Record 16-21-9 Career Record (years) 124-88-26 (13th) Assistant Coach Eric Reed (fourth season) Alma Mater UCLA, 2006 Assistant Coach Zach Mason (second season) Alma Mater Ohio State, 2016 Dir. of Operations Jason Samuelsen Media Coordinator Rami Alazhari Student Manager Kyle Milner HISTORY First Year of Men s Soccer 1965 All-Time Varsity Record 436-364-84 (.541) All-Time MAC Record 59-64-15 (.482) MAC Reg.-Season Titles 3 (1996, 2000, 2002) MAC Tournament Appearances 19 MAC Tourn. Championship-Match App's 9 MAC Tournament Titles 3 (1995-1996-1997) MAC Tournament Record 18-16-0 (.529) NCAA Champ's Appearances 6 (1972-1973-1992-1995-1996-1997) NCAA Championships Record 4-6-0 (.400) * * includes wins in 1995 & 1997 NCAA 'Play-In' Matches NICHOLS YEAR BY YEAR (AT BGSU) 2009 3-12-3 2-3-1 MAC 5th of 7 2010 6-9-3 3-3-0 MAC T-3rd of 7 2011 7-8-3 1-4-1 MAC 6th of 7 2012 8-9-3 3-3-1 MAC T-4th of 8 2013 6-7-6 2-2-2 MAC T-4th of 7 2014 14-6-1 2-2-1 MAC T-3rd of 6 2015 9-9-1 1-4-0 MAC 6th of 6 2016 9-6-4 2-0-3 MAC 2nd of 6 2017 5-0-0 0-0-0 MAC 2 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 2
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE MAC STANDINGS (as of Tuesday morning, September 12) School (Overall) MAC Pts. 1. Bowling Green (5-0-0) 0-0-0 0 Akron (2-2-0) 0-0-0 0 Northern Illinois (2-3-0) 0-0-0 0 SIUE (2-3-0) 0-0-0 0 Western Michigan (5-0-1) 0-0-0 0 West Virginia (3-0-2) 0-0-0 0 Teams earn 3 points for a win, 1 for a tie Match-by-match MAC results are on page 8 MAC SCHEDULE & RESULTS Sunday, September 3 Bowling Green 2, at Penn 0 Monday, September 4 at Evansville 4, Northern Illinois 1 at SIUE 2, Memphis 0 at Western Michigan 2, Cincinnati 0 Monmouth 0, at West Virginia 0 (2-OT) Friday, September 8 at Northern Illinois 2, Stetson 1 (2-OT) Western Michigan 3, at Butler 2 Saturday, September 9 at Bowling Green 2, Western Illinois 0 Akron 3, at UC Santa Barbara 1 at SIUE 1, Valparaiso 0 (OT) UCF 0, at West Virginia 0 (2-OT) Sunday, September 10 UTRGV 2, at Northern Illinois 0 Western Michigan 2, at Drake 1 Wednesday, September 13 Bowling Green at Michigan State Western Michigan at Oakland West Virginia at UMBC Friday, September 15 Northern Illinois vs. Omaha (Orem, Utah) SIUE at Princeton Saturday, September 16 Cincinnati at Bowling Green Akron at Saint Louis West Virginia at George Mason Sunday, September 17 Northern Ill. vs. Sacramento St. (Orem, Utah) SIUE at Penn Dayton at Western Michigan That 2015 team became the first in two decades to begin the season with as many as four-straight wins, since the 1995 club went 4-0 out of the gate. Now, BG has started 4-0 in three-straight seasons, with 5-0 starts in both 2015 and 2017. The school record for consecutive wins at the start of a season is six, by the 1978 team. Three previous BGSU teams tied one early-season match, but began the year with double-digit unbeaten streaks. That group includes the 1983 (10-0-1), 1991 (10-0-1) and 1992 (13-0-1) clubs. DOES THE "OH" IN "FIVE-AND-OH" STAND FOR "OFFENSE"... BGSU has scored at least two goals in all five matches this season, and the Falcons have outscored opponents, 11-0. BG is 19-0-2 when scoring two goals in a match since the start of the 2015 season, and the Falcons are now 49-4-6 in such matches in the Eric Nichols Era.... OR DOES IT STAND FOR "ZERO" (AS IN "ZERO GOALS ALLOWED")? Through five matches this season, the Falcons have yet to allow a goal. BGSU has posted five consecutive shutouts for the first time in 26 years, since 1991. The Falcons have tied the school record for consecutive clean sheets. That school record was achieved on three previous occasions. The Falcons had five-straight shutouts in 1977-78 (last three games of 1977 and the first two of '78), then matched that mark in 1983 and again in '91, prior to the current streak. The 2017 season marks the first time in program history that BGSU has begun the season with five-straight shutouts. The old mark was four, in 1981. FALCONS RANKED SECOND IN THE REGION... The Falcons are ranked second in the Great Lakes Region in this week's United Soccer Coaches (formerly NSCAA) poll. After debuting in the number-six spot this season, BG was fourth last week before moving up two more spots this week. The Falcons' number-two ranking is the team's best in just over two years, since BG was also ranked second on Sept. 8, 2015. BG was ranked among the Great Lakes Region's top-10 teams in every week of the 2016 season.... AND 19TH IN THE NATION On Tuesday (Sept. 12), the Falcons broke into the national rankings. BGSU is ranked 19th in the United Soccer Coaches National Top-25 Poll. It marks BG's first NSCAA/USC national ranking in two years. BGSU is ranked 29th in this week's College Soccer News poll. TOUGH CROWD As mentioned, BGSU is entering a difficult stretch of matches. Michigan State, like BG, is 5-0-0, and the Spartans have allowed just one goal all season. The Falcons' next four opponents have a combined record of 15-3-1 as of Tuesday morning (Sept. 12). BGSU has 12 regular-season matches remaining. No fewer than six of those 12 opponents including three of the next four are either nationally-ranked or receiving votes in at least one of the two polls released Monday (Sept. 11). Those 12 opponents have a combined record of 32-18-6 as of Tuesday morning. 3 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 3
A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FALCONS BGSU enters the Michigan State match with a 5-0-0 record on the young season. The Falcons have posted wins over IUPUI, Cleveland State and Western Illinois all by 2-0 scores at Cochrane Stadium. BG has two road wins, having blanked Drexel (3-0) and Penn (2-0) over Labor Day weekend. The Falcons have outscored the opponents, 11-0. The Falcons are unbeaten in the last 13 home matches, having gone 9-0-4 at Cochrane Stadium since a 1-0 overtime loss to Northern Illinois on Oct. 3, 2015. The win over WIU was BGSU's ninth shutout in that 13-match span. BG has outscored the opponents, 26-5, during that home unbeaten streak. Sophomore Chris Brennan leads the team with eight points, including a pair of goals and four assists. Junior defender Moe Mustafa has seven points on a teamleading three goals and one assist. Junior Tate Robertson has six points on the year. He has four assists to tie Brennan for the team lead. Junior Alexis Souahy has five points and sophomore Robert Miller III four, and both Souahy and Miller have two goals. Both Miller and Mustafa have two game-winning goals on the year. They each recorded their first career GWG during BG's two-match homestand to begin the regular season, and each player scored another winner on the trip to Philadelphia. Sophomore goalkeeper Anthony Mwembia has five shutouts to start the 2017 season, and now has kept 13 clean sheets in 23 career matches. He has 18 saves and a goals-against average, obviously, of 0.00. His career GAA has dropped to 0.58, while his career saves percentage is now.861. Both Mwembia and Robertson were listed in the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Conference Top-20 rankings. Mwembia was listed as the 10th-ranked player in the MAC, while Robertson was ranked 12th in the league. BGSU is 5-0-0 this season when scoring two or more goals. The Falcons are 19-0-2 in such matches since the start of the 2015 season and 49-4-6 in the Nichols Era. For the first time since he was one game nto his BG tenure, Nichols has a winning overall record with the Falcons. BGSU is now 67-66-24 since he took the helm prior to the 2009 season. SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE BROWN AND ORANGE The 2017 season marks the 53rd year of BGSU men's soccer. Legendary coach Mickey Cochrane initiated varsity programs in both soccer and lacrosse at BG in 1965, after serving as club coach of both sports at the University the previous year. Cochrane can still be found in attendance at the field that bears his name for many BGSU men's and women's soccer matches. Eric Nichols, now in his ninth season at BG, is just the fifth coach in the illustrious history of Falcon men's soccer. Cochrane (1965-77), Gary Palmisano (1978-92, 1994), Mel Mahler (1993, 1995-2003) and Fred Thompson (2004-08) are the only other individuals to have coached the BGSU men's soccer program. SERIES INFORMATION BGSU-MICHIGAN STATE (MSU leads, 22-16-6 recent meetings) Oct. 30, 1994 H W 3-0 Oct. 11, 1995 A T 1-1 (OT) Oct. 9, 1996 H W 3-0 Oct. 19, 1997 A W 3-1 Oct. 18, 1998 H W 3-0 Oct. 31, 2000 H T 1-1 (2OT) Sept. 17, 2001 H W 3-1 Nov. 1, 2002 H L 0-1 (OT) Oct. 31, 2003 A L 0-2 Sept. 1, 2004 H L 0-3 Sept. 29, 2005 A L 1-3 Sept. 20, 2006 H L 0-1 Oct. 2, 2007 A L 0-1 Oct. 29, 2008 H L 0-4 Oct. 21, 2009 A L 1-2 Oct. 20, 2010 H L 1-2 Oct. 19, 2011 A T 0-0 (2OT) Aug. 29, 2012 H L 1-2 Sept. 18, 2013 A L 0-1 Sept. 24, 2014 H L 0-1 Sept. 29, 2015 H L 0-1 Sept. 28, 2016 A L 0-1 BGSU-CINCINNATI (BGSU leads, 6-4-1) Oct. 21, 1972 H W 3-0 Sept. 18, 1991 H W 2-0 Sept. 16, 1992 A W 3-2 Sept. 26, 1993 H W 1-0 Oct. 18, 1995 H W 3-1 Oct. 17, 2001 A W 3-1 Aug. 30, 2003 H T 0-0 (2OT) Oct. 24, 2004 A L 0-6 Oct. 19, 2005 H L 0-1 Oct. 10, 2007 A L 0-3 Sept. 17, 2016 A L 0-1 MAC PRESEASON POLL TEAM (First-Place Votes) PTS. 1 Akron (5) 35 2 West Virginia (1) 21 SIUE 21 4 Bowling Green 20 Western Michigan 20 6 Northern Illinois 9 Nichols the 2016 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year enters the WIU match with a record of 67-66-24 at BG, The Falcons, after going 3-12-3 in his first 4 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 4
BGSU'S 2017 HONORS TO DATE CHRIS BRENNAN TDS National Team of the Week (Aug. 29) HERO Sports Hero-of-the-Week nominee (Aug. 29) MOE MUSTAFA TDS National Team of the Week (Sept. 5) NCAA Soccer Player of the Week Finalist (Sept. 6) ANTHONY MWEMBIA 10th-ranked player in MAC (TDS Preseason rankings) MAC Player of the Week (Sept. 5) HERO Sports Hero-of-the-Week nominee (Sept. 5) TATE ROBERTSON 12th-ranked player in MAC (TDS Preseason rankings) TDS National Team of the Week HM (Sept. 12) ALEXIS SOUAHY CSN National Team of the Week (Sept. 4) TDS - Top Drawer Soccer CSN - College Soccer News HM - honorable mention year, have a winning record since the start of the 2010 campaign. Nichols and the Falcons had an overall record of 9-6-4 in 2016, and BGSU finished MAC regular-season play with a 2-0-3 league ledger. BG finished second in the conference, the program's best showing since the 2002 season, and the Falcons were undefeated at Cochrane Stadium for the first time since 1996. The Falcons have a record of 37-21-6 (.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. The 2015 club finished 9-9-1, marking only the second time since 2000 that BGSU had won as many as nine games in a season. And, obviously, 2016 was the third time, as BG again posted nine victories. BGSU ended the 2016 regular season as the only team without a loss in MAC play. The Falcons picked to finish fifth in the preseason poll finished second in the league standings, and went unbeaten in the MAC for the first time since 1996. Nichols and his staff assistant coaches Eric Reed and Zach Mason welcomed back a total of 13 letterwinners, including seven starters, from last year's team. Anthony Mwembia was an All-MAC First-Team selection in his freshman campaign, while Tate Robertson earned All-MAC Second-Team honors. FALCONS EARN A SLEW OF AWARDS BGSU has earned a veritable plethora of honors over the first few weeks of the 2017 season. Last Monday (Sept. 4), senior Alexis Souahy was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week. and junior Moe Mustafa was chosen to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week the next day. Mustafa became the second Falcon in as many weeks to be named to the TDS Team of the Week, joining sophomore Chris Brennan (Aug. 29) on that list. Also last Tuesday (Sept. 5), sophomore goalkeeper Anthony Mwembia was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week. Tuesday morning (Sept. 12), junior Tate Robertson earned honorable mention on the TDS Team of the Week for his three-point performance vs. Western Illinois. SCOUTING MSU Michigan State, like BGSU, is 5-0-0. On Monday, the Spartans were ranked ninth in the nation in the College Soccer News poll and 11th by Top Drawer Soccer. State has topped SIUE, Saint Louis, Dartmouth, Cleveland State and Rutgers by a 7-1 aggregate, and the only goal 'keeper Jimmy Hague (5-0-0, 0.20 GAA) has allowed came on a PK in the latter match, a 2-1 road win on Friday. DeJuan Jones scored both goals in the win at Rutgers, and has three goals and seven points to lead the team. Head coach Damon Rensing's group went 13-5-2 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago. SCOUTING CINCINNATI Cincinnati takes a 2-2-1 record into a Tuesday match at Kentucky. The Bearcats have defeated Gardner-Webb and IUPUI, lost to Wright State and Western Michigan and tied Xavier. David Sanz and Austin Smythe have combined to score six of the Bearcats' eight goals to date. Each player has three, and Sanz has nine total points while Smythe has seven. Pearce Skinner (1-1-1, 1.24 GAA) and Noah NOTES CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 5 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 5
2017 SEASON RESULTS 5-0-0 Overall 0-0-0 MAC 3-0-0 Home 2-0-0 Road 0-0-0 Neutral Date Opponent Result Overall MAC Att. Goals Scored Aug. 26 IUPUI W 2-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1617 Mustafa 1 (Brennan, Souahy) Brennan 1 (Mustafa, Robertson) Aug. 29 CLEVELAND STATE W 2-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 382 Miller 1 (Sullivan) Sullivan 1 (Robertson) Sept. 1 at Drexel W 3-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 296 Mustafa 2 (Brennan) Mustafa 3 (P. Pugliese) Souahy 1 (Buescher, Brennan) Sept. 3 at Penn W 2-0 4-0-0 0-0-0 243 Miller 2 (Brennan) Souahy 2 (Robertson) Sept. 9 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 2-0 5-0-0 0-0-0 481 Robertson 1 ( ) Brennan 2 (Robertson) * Mid-American Conference match HOME matches at Cochrane Stadium GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON Opponent Score G A SH SOG IUPUI 2-0 2/0 4/0 10/5 2/1 Cleveland State 2-0 2/0 2/0 10/15 5/6 Drexel 3-0 3/0 4/0 21/12 10/6 Penn 2-0 2/0 2/0 9/4 5/1 Western Illinois 2-0 2/0 1/0 15/8 9/4 Opponent CK Fouls YC RC Off. IUPUI 4/6 14/15 0/1 0/0 3/3 Cleveland State 3/3 11/14 2/0 0/0 2/2 Drexel 2/2 11/8 2/2 0/0 3/0 Penn 8/1 13/7 1/1 0/1 1/0 Western Illinois 6/1 9/12 2/0 0/0 3/3 FALCONS IN THE RANKINGS IN 2017 WEEK CSN SA TDS USC Reg. 1 (Aug. 28-30) 6th 2 (Sept. 4-6) RV (8) 4th 3 (Sept. 11-13) 29th 19th 2nd CSN - College Soccer News SA - Soccer America TDS - Top Drawer Soccer USC - United Soccer Coaches (formerly NSCAA) Reg. - USC Great Lakes Region GOALS BY MINUTE IN 2017 1-15* 16-30 30-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 90+ BGSU (11) 3 0 1 4 1 2 0 Opp's (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * Minutes into the match (example: 1-15 = goals scored from the first through the 15th minute of a match) 6 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 6
CAREER STATS OF CURRENT FALCONS (Players listed alphabetically) CAREER HAT TRICKS None FIELD PLAYERS GP-GS G A Pts Shots SOG GW PK-Att BRENNAN, Chris 24-17 7 6 20 51 22 1 0-0 BUESCHER, Zach 5-5 0 1 1 3 0 0 0-0 GRIDA, Dominic 23-13 0 1 1 5 2 0 0-0 HORVATH, Eric 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 JINA, Prayag 18-0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0-0 MACIEJEWSKI, Charlie 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 MACOMBER, Brad 60-39 2 4 8 25 11 0 0-0 MAST, Marshall 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 MILLER III, Robert 23-4 4 4 12 33 11 2 0-0 MUSTAFA, Moe 27-25 4 2 10 21 10 2 0-0 MWEMBIA, Anthony 23-23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 PUGLIESE, Peter 30-14 0 4 4 20 5 0 0-0 REYNOLDS, Keaton 39-2 2 3 7 37 13 1 0-0 ROBERTSON, Tate 42-41 3 8 14 56 22 2 0-0 SOUAHY, Alexis (BGSU stats only) 43-43 5 4 14 28 12 1 0-0 SULLIVAN, Chris 5-1 1 1 3 3 2 0 0-0 WORNER, Vinny 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 WROBEL, Tom 8-8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 CAREER MULTI-GOAL GAMES MOE MUSTAFA (1) Sept. 1, 2017 at Drexel (W, 3-0) (3:54)(56:26) ALEXIS SOUAHY (1) Oct. 4, 2016 at Northern Ky. (W, 2-1) (59:30)(86:53) GOALKEEPERS GP-GS Minutes GA GAA Svs Sv% W L T Sho MWEMBIA, Anthony 23-23 2181:41 14 0.58 87.861 13 6 4 13 CAREER GAME-WINNING GOALS ROBERT MILLER III (2) Aug. 29, 2017 vs. Cleveland State (2-0) (63:06) Sept. 3, 2017 at Penn (2-0) (52:01) MOE MUSTAFA (2) Aug. 26, 2017 vs. IUPUI (2-0) (9:34) Sept. 1, 2017 at Drexel (3-0) (3:54) TATE ROBERTSON (2) Oct. 27, 2015 at Wright State (3-2) (80:15) Sept. 9, 2017 vs. Western Illinois (2-0) (14:36) CHRIS BRENNAN (1) Sept. 7, 2016 at Cleveland State (1-0) (109:56) KEATON REYNOLDS (1) Aug. 28, 2016 vs. Appalachian State (3-1) (44:03) ALEXIS SOUAHY (1) Oct. 4, 2016 at Northern Ky. (2-1) (86:53) CAREER MULTI-ASSIST GAMES CHRIS BRENNAN (1) Sept. 1, 2017 at Drexel (W, 3-0) (3:54)(59:41) PRAYAG JINA (1) Sept. 2, 2014 vs. Findlay (W, 8-0) (43:45)(86:42) ROBERT MILLER III (1) Aug. 26, 2016 vs. IUPUI (W, 4-0) (35:07)(62:09) 7 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 7
2017 MATCH-BY-MATCH STARTERS Opponent IUPUI Mwembia Mustafa Wrobel Souahy Grida Macomber P.Pugliese Robertson Buescher Brennan Miller Cleveland St. Mwembia Mustafa Wrobel Souahy Grida Macomber P.Pugliese Robertson Buescher Brennan Miller Drexel Mwembia Mustafa Wrobel Souahy Grida Macomber P.Pugliese Robertson Buescher Brennan Miller Penn Mwembia Mustafa Wrobel Souahy Grida Macomber P.Pugliese Robertson Buescher Brennan Miller Western Ill. Mwembia Sullivan Wrobel Souahy Grida Macomber P.Pugliese Robertson Buescher Brennan Miller CAREER RECORDS POINTS 1. Steve Klein (1993-96) 119 2. Rob Martella (1989-92) 115 3. Neil Ridgway (1980-83) 107 4. Mark Jackson (1982-85) 100 5. Joe Burch (1993-96) 80 6. Chris Doré (1996-99) 75 7. Jason Began (1994-97) 71 8. Dennis Wesley (1983-84) 68 Pat Flynn (2014-16) 68 10. Dave Kindl (1993-96) 66 11. Dennis Mepham (1976-79) 59 TA Brennan 20; Robertson, Souahy 14; Miller 12; Mustafa 10 CAREER GAME-WINNING ASSISTS CHRIS BRENNAN (3) Aug. 26, 2017 vs. IUPUI (2-0) (9:34) Sept. 1, 2017 at Drexel (3-0) (3:54) Sept. 3, 2017 at Penn (2-0) (52:01) BRAD MACOMBER (2) Sept. 12, 2014 vs. Northern Ky. (2-1) (84:56) Aug. 26, 2016 vs. IUPUI (4-0) (12:30) ALEXIS SOUAHY (2) Sept. 2, 2016 vs. Marshall (3-0) (29:47) Aug. 26, 2017 vs. IUPUI (2-0) (9:34) ROBERT MILLER III (1) Sept. 2, 2016 vs. Marshall (3-0) (29:47) 2017 MAC SCHEDULE / RESULTS Saturday, Oct. 7 Bowling Green at SIUE, 8:00 Akron at Western Michigan, 1:00 Northern Illinois at West Virginia, 7:00 Friday, Oct. 13 SIUE at Akron, 7:00 Saturday, Oct. 14 West Virginia at Bowling Green, 7:00 Western Michigan at Northern Illinois, 8:00 Friday, Oct. 20 Western Michigan at West Virginia, 7:00 regular season MAC matches only MOE MUSTAFA (1) Aug. 28, 2016 vs. Appalachian State (3-1) (44:03) KEATON REYNOLDS (1) Nov. 3, 2015 at Appalachian State (2-1) (78:32) TATE ROBERTSON (1) Aug. 30, 2015 vs. Western Illinois (4-1) (20:08) CHRIS SULLIVAN (1) Aug. 29, 2017 vs. Cleveland State (2-0) (63:06) Saturday, Oct. 21 Bowling Green at Akron, 7:00 SIUE at Northern Illinois, 7:00 Friday, Oct. 27 Akron at West Virginia, 7:00 Saturday, Oct. 28 Northern Illinois at Bowling Green, 7:00 SIUE at Western Michigan, 1:00 Saturday, Nov. 4 Bowling Green at Western Michigan, 1:00 Northern Illinois at Akron, 7:00 West Virginia at SIUE, 8:00 all times p.m. and Eastern GOALS 1. Rob Martella (1989-92) 45 2. Mark Jackson (1982-85) 42 3. Neil Ridgway (1980-83) 37 Steve Klein (1993-96) 37 5. Dennis Wesley (1983-84) 30 6. Joe Burch (1993-96) 29 7. Pat Flynn (2014-16) 28 8. Dave Kindl (1993-96) 27 9. Chris Dore (1996-99) 26 10. Dennis Mepham (1976-79) 25 11. Warren Heede (1970-73) 24 TA Brennan 7; Souahy 5; Miller, Mustafa 4 ASSISTS 1. Steve Klein (1993-96) 45 2. Jason Began (1994-97) 39 3. Brian Ferguson (1989-93) 36 4. Neil Ridgway (1980-83) 33 5. Chris Iantoni (1988-91) 25 Rob Martella (1989-92) 25 7. Tom Kinney (1990-93) 24 Bob Theophilus (1979-82) 24 9. Chris Doré (1996-99) 23 10. Joe Burch (1993-96) 22 Kyle Royer (1987-90) 22 TA Robertson 8; Brennan 6; four with 4 MATCH-WINNING GOALS (since 1987) 1. Rob Martella (1989-92) 16 2. Steve Klein (1993-96) 11 Dave Kindl (1993-96) 11 4. Pat Flynn (2014-16) 9 5. Chris Doré (1996-99) 8 Bobby Biggs (1996-99) 8 Joe Sullivan (2013-16) 8 8. Mike Anticoli (1987-88) 7 Jason Began (1994-97) 7 Anthony Grant (2012-13) 7 TA Miller, Mustafa, Robertson 2 TA - Top active Falcons 8 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 8
2017 COMBINED SEASON STATISTICS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 5-0 3-0 2-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 5-0 3-0 2-0 0-0 Date Opponent Score Att. Aug 26 IUPUI W 2-0 1617 Aug 29 CLEVELAND STATE W 2-0 382 Sep 01 at Drexel W 3-0 296 Sep 03 at Penn W 2-0 243 Sep 09 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 2-0 481 TEAM STATISTICS BGSU OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 11-65 0-44 Goals scored per game 2.20 0.00 Shot pct..169.000 Shots on goal-attempts 31-65 18-44 SOG pct..477.409 Shots/Game 13.0 8.8 CORNER KICKS 23 13 PENALTY KICKS 0-0 0-0 OFFSIDES 12 8 PENALTIES Yellow cards 7 4 Red cards 0 1 ATTENDANCE Total 2480 539 Dates/Avg Per Date 3/827 2/270 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Lawrence (1-1-0, 2.50 GAA) each have seen time in goal. Coach Hylton Dayes welcomed back 14 letterwinners, including seven starters, from a 2016 team that went 9-7-1 overall and 3-4-0 in the American Athletic Conference. THE SERIES The Falcons trail Michigan State, 22-16-6, in the all-time series between the teams. Each of the last four meetings has gone to the Spartans by a 1-0 count, including last year's game in the EL and the 2015 meeting at Cochrane. The first eight BGSU-MSU matches in the Eric Nichols Era have seen MSU win by a single goal on seven occasions, while the teams battled to a scoreless draw in 2011. BGSU's last win over Sparty was a 3-1 road victory on Sept. 17, 2001. BGSU leads Cincinnati, 6-4-1, in that series, but the Bearcats have won the last four meetings. BG captured sixstraight matchups between 1972 and 2001, and the teams tied in '03, before the 'Cats won the last four. Last year, UC posted a 1-0 home win over BG in the teams' first meeting since 2007. BG is 4-1-1 at home and 2-3 on the road vs. the Bearcats through the years. ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att 6 BRENNAN, Chris 5 2 4 8 12. 167 7. 583 0 0-0 4 MUSTAFA, Moe 4 3 1 7 6. 500 4. 667 2 0-0 7 ROBERTSON, Tate 5 1 4 6 9. 111 5. 556 1 0-0 8 SOUAHY, Alexis 5 2 1 5 5. 400 4. 800 0 0-0 21 MILLER, Robert 5 2 0 4 8. 250 4. 500 2 0-0 22 SULLIVAN, Chris 5 1 1 3 3. 333 2. 667 0 0-0 12 PUGLIESE, Peter 5 0 1 1 6. 000 2. 333 0 0-0 27 BUESCHER, Zach 5 0 1 1 3. 000 0. 000 0 0-0 14 REYNOLDS, Keaton 5 0 0 0 7. 000 1. 143 0 0-0 9 MACOMBER, Brad 5 0 0 0 2. 000 1. 500 0 0-0 3 GRIDA, Dominic 5 0 0 0 2. 000 1. 500 0 0-0 11 MACIEJEWSKI, Charlie 1 0 0 0 1. 000 0. 000 0 0-0 10 JINA, Prayag 2 0 0 0 1. 000 0. 000 0 0-0 18 MAST, Marshall 4 0 0 0 0. 000 0. 000 0 0-0 13 HORVATH, Erik 1 0 0 0 0. 000 0. 000 0 0-0 5 WROBEL, Tom 5 0 0 0 0. 000 0. 000 0 0-0 2 WORNER, Vinny 1 0 0 0 0. 000 0. 000 0 0-0 Total 5 11 13 35 65. 169 31. 477 5 0-0 Opponents 5 0 0 0 44. 000 18. 409 0 0-0 ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 24 MWEMBIA, Anthony 5 450:00 0 0.00 18 1.000 5-0-0 5/0 Total 5 450:00 0 0.00 18 1.000 5-0-0 5 Opponents 5 450:00 11 2.20 20. 645 0-5-0 0 Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total Bowling Green 4 7 11 Opponents 0 0 0 Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total Bowling Green 26 39 65 Opponents 16 28 44 Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total Bowling Green 7 11 18 Opponents 8 12 20 Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total Bowling Green 11 12 23 Opponents 7 6 13 Fouls by Period 1st 2nd Total Bowling Green 28 30 58 Opponents 23 33 56 UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS Following this week's two matches, the Falcons return to the road to meet Notre Dame (Sept. 19) and Ohio State (Sept. 22), before ending the month of September with a home matchup vs. Duquesne (Sept. 27). Each of BG's next 11 matches is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. local time. # B G S U M E N ' S S O C C E R # 9 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 9
1 BILLY LARSEN R-Jr. GK St. Charles, Ill. 2 VINNY WORNER Fr. M Copley, Ohio 3 DOMINIC GRIDA Jr. D/M N. Royalton, Ohio 4 MOE MUSTAFA Jr. D Westlake, Ohio 5 TOM WROBEL So. D Mississauga, Ontario 6 CHRIS BRENNAN So. F Copley, Ohio 7 TATE ROBERTSON Jr. F Springfield, Ohio 8 ALEXIS SOUAHY Sr. D St. Etienne au Mont, France 9 BRAD MACOMBER Sr. F Muskegon, Mich. 10 PRAYAG JINA Sr. M Aurora, Ohio 11 CHARLIE MACIEJEWSKI So. M Cincinnati, Ohio 12 PETER PUGLIESE Jr. M Cambridge, Ontario 13 ERIK HORVATH Fr. D Naperville, Ill. 14 KEATON REYNOLDS Sr. F Noblesville, Ind. 15 EBENEZER ACKON Jr. D Cape Coast, Ghana 17 SAM PUGLIESE Fr. M Cambridge, Ontario 18 MARSHALL MAST Fr. D Traverse City, Mich. 19 AMANDY AYIMA So. M Wiaga, Ghana 20 AARON DAVIS Sr. D Perrysburg, Ohio 21 ROBERT MILLER III So. F York, Pa. 22 CHRIS SULLIVAN Fr. M Naperville, Ill. 23 MITCHELL EVANS So. D Troy, Ohio 24 ANTHONY MWEMBIA So. GK Toulouse, France 27 ZACH BUESCHER Fr. M Holland, Ohio 10 2017 FALCON MEN'S SOCCER NOTES 10 28 THEO JAMILLOUX 5-Sr. GK Toulouse, France