Bowling Green Is Men's Soccer's Next Stop

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Mastodon men's soccer team heads to MAC foe Bowling Green on Tuesday night.

Who: Bowling Green Falcons
When: Tuesday, October 22 | 7 p.m.
Where: Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio
Watch: Link
Live Stats: Link

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS (3-11-0, 0-3-0 Summit League)
When the 'Dons played Bowling Green last season Purdue Fort Wayne won 3-2 in overtime. Matthew Lieshout, Alex Frank and Romain Lopez had goals in the contest. Tor Erik Larsen had 10 saves in the contest last year. This year he is third in the nation with 76 saves.

SCOUTING THE FALCONS (7-5-1, 0-2-0 MAC)
Bowling Green owns a two-match losing streak after dropping league matches to Akron (2-1) and SIUE (2-0). Both contests were on the road. It was part of a four-match stretch away from home for the Falcons. Chris Sullivan leads the team in goals with five. He also leads the team in assists with five. Anthony Mwembia has a goals against average of 1.12.

SERIES HISTORY
Bowling Green leads 9-7-2. The 'Dons have won the last three meetings, including a 2017 victory at Bowling Green. The two clubs have played each season since 2002.

Date		Score	Location
09/13/1982	L	0-5	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/25/2002	W	2-1	Bowling Green, Ohio
10/10/2003	L	1-2	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/29/2004	W	7-3	Bowling Green, Ohio
10/30/2005	L	1-2	Bowling Green, Ohio
10/22/2006	W	1-0	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/07/2007	T	0-0	Bowling Green, Ohio
09/19/2008	L	0-2	Bowling Green, Ohio
09/20/2009	T	1-1	Bowling Green, Ohio
10/06/2010	L	1-2	Fort Wayne, Ind.
08/31/2011	L	0-3	Bowling Green, Ohio
10/16/2012	W	2-1	Fort Wayne, Ind.
11/05/2013	L	0-8	Bowling Green, Ohio
10/01/2014	L	0-1	Fort Wayne, Ind.
09/18/2015	L	2-3	Bowling Green, Ohio
10/25/2016	W	2-1	Fort Wayne, Ind.
10/24/2017	W	2-1	Bowling Green, Ohio
09/22/2018	W	3-2	Fort Wayne, Ind.

AWARDS SZN
The Mastodons have taken a pair of Summit League Player of the Week honors this year. Blake Cearns took the honor on September 16 after scoring two goals in a win over Belmont. Goalkeeper Tor Erik Larsen added the Defensive Player of the Week accolade a week later after a shutout of Green Bay and nine saves against Northern Illinois.

SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS
On the season, 16 different Mastodons have recorded a shot. Alex Frank leads the team with 21 shots, with 10 of them on goal.

FOR STARTERS
Kyle Hoagland, Emil Fosse, Tor Erik Larsen and Zac Bailey have started each game for the Mastodons this year.

UP NEXT
The Mastodons will play Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Northern Kentucky. It will be the Mastodons' final non-league game of the 2019 campaign.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

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Players Mentioned

Zac Bailey

Blake Cearns

Emil Fosse

Alex Frank

Kyle Hoagland

Tor Erik Larsen

Matthew Lieshout

Romain Lopez

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