It was another rough weekend for the BG women’s soccer team.

Last weekend the team was swept on their California excursion, and this weekend they came away with a tie and another loss. Even more crucial about this weekend’s struggles, though, is that they occurred in Mid-American Conference games.

‘We should be better than this,’ said coach Andy Richards.

BG traveled to Northern Illinois Friday night where they came away with a tie and a 1-1 final score. The Falcons were down 1-0 at the half and managed to tie the game up in the second half.

Then the Falcons went north to take on Western Michigan, and again, BG played from behind.

Down 2-1, the Falcons managed to tie the game up, but Western Michigan took the lead again and held on, winning 3-2 over the Falcons.

‘We’re just waiting for teams to do something first,’ Richards said. ‘[We were] playing catch up all weekend.’

It was a lot of individual errors piling up, like too much homework, and BG got punished for it. But instead of getting detention for their troubles, they just saw their win-loss record take another step in the wrong direction.

‘It’s very frustrating,’ Richards said. ‘We told the girls that Western Michigan likes to score on long shots, and all three of their goals came on long shots.’

Richards said the team needs to get better, and the Falcons will be on the road again next weekend as they travel to Ball State Friday and Miami (Ohio) Sunday.