Bowling Green State University Women's Soccer Team Kicks Off New Season

Strategic Insights -

The Bowling Green State University women's soccer team is set to continue their season-opening three-match homestand this week, hosting Cleveland State University in action at Cochrane Stadium on Thursday, August 21. The game will be the first half of a BGSU soccer doubleheader, starting at 4:00 p.m. with free admission to all BGSU home soccer matches. The team will then take a break before heading to Detroit to face the University of Detroit Mercy on August 28.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Falcons are 1-1-0 on the young season after splitting a pair of 1-0 matches at Cochrane Stadium in week one, defeating Oakland on August 14 and falling to Illinois on August 17.
  • Junior Ella Kane scored the winning goal against Oakland, with a nifty cross from classmate Isabella Mazzaferro.
  • The team has 20 returning student-athletes, including seven starters from last year, with six of the top-nine scorers from 2024 returning, including junior Emma Stransky, who led the returnees with four goals and 10 points.
  • Fellow juniors Emme Butera, Taylor Green, and Michelle Hochstadt also returned, with Butera earning All-Mid-American Conference Second-Team honors and Green anchoring a BG back line that kept six clean sheets.
  • The 2025 roster includes no fewer than 14 players who did not see action for the Orange and Brown last fall, with five NCAA Division-I transfers and four true freshmen.
  • The team finished the 2024 season with an overall record of 7-7-4 and a MAC ledger of 4-4-3, with 4-1-3 at home and 3-6-1 on the road.

Statistics:

  • So far this season, the Falcons have scored 3 goals in 3 matches, with a total of 1.00 goals per game.
  • The team has kept 2 clean sheets in 3 matches.
  • The Falcons have a total of 21 returning players from the 2024 roster.
  • The team leads Cleveland State, 5-3-0, in the all-time series.
  • In home games since the start of the 2017 season, the Falcons are 49-13-11.
  • There are 11 home matches scheduled for the 2025 season, a total not seen since 2021.

Sources:

  • Bowling Green State University Athletics news release (Aug. 20)
  • Midwest Regional Sports Network website (Aug. 21)
  • Mid-American Conference website (Aug. 21)