The Falcons soccer team continued their winning and shutout streak with a 2-0 victory over the Western Illinois Leathernecks.
Bowling Green now sits at 5-0 and still has yet to give up a goal this year.
Sophomore goalkeeper Anthony Mwembia continued his dominant play in the early portion of the year, with five clean sheets to his credit over five games.
The Falcons outshot Western Illinois 15 to eight, with the Falcons having nine on net shots compared to Western Illinois’ four.
The team got their first opportunity of the game at the 6 minute mark as junior forward Tate Robertson had a free kick, which got deflected to sophomore forward Robert Miller III in the box and was only stopped by the leg of the Western Illinois goalie.
The first point of the night came at the 15 minute mark as Tate Robertson took a bad clearing attempt from the Western Illinois goalie and pocketed it into the left side of the net.
The team did not want to let up on the offense, however.
“We tried to play the game like it was zero to zero,” Falcons head coach Eric Nichols said. “Last year at their place, we went up first and we lost.”
The last notable moment of the first half was at the 34 minute mark, when Robertson sent a free kick into a crossing senior defenseman captain Alexis Souahy, who headed the ball on net before the Western Illinois goalie made a play to hit the ball out.
At the 54 minute mark, junior midfielder Peter Pugliese crossed a ball into the box for freshman midfielder Chris Sullivan to make a play, but the Western Illinois goalie got the ball before another play on the ball could be made.
“I am glad we were able to step forward and work on our relationships with our teammates,” Nichols said. “We have a lot of good soccer players.”
The best scoring chance for Western Illinois came at the 77 minute mark as a Western Illinois player took a quick turnaround shot, but Mwembia was ready to block it.
The final point came at the 84 minute mark as Robertson got the ball to sophomore forward Chris Brennan, who split the defense and put the ball in the net to give the Falcons the 2-0 score that would stick.
With this game, Bowling Green tied the school record for shutouts in a row, at five.
The team’s next game will be in East Lansing on Wednesday against the Michigan State Spartans.
