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Akron Eyes Road Result at Bowling Green
October 25 | Women's Soccer
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron women's soccer team makes it final road trip of the season visiting Bowling Green for a 1 p.m. showdown with the Falcons on Sunday (Oct. 26).
GAME INFO
Akron at Bowling Green | Oct. 26 | 1:00 PM | Bowling Green, Ohio | Live Stats | Live Video
HEAD COACHES
Bowling Green: Chris Fox (Messiah), Overall Record: 31-22-20 (Fourth Season), Record at Bowling Green: 15-9-11 (Second Season)
Akron: Maggie Kuhn (Bethany, 2004), Overall Record: 82-92-16 (10th Season), Record at Akron: 4-9-3 (First Season)
SCOUTING BOWLING GREEN
Bowling Green enters play against Akron at 8-2-7 on the campaign, including 3-1-6 in the Mid-American Conference following a 0-0 draw at Buffalo on Thursday (Oct. 23).
The Falcons are led by junior Emma Stransky, who owns team-high marks goals (7), points (14), shots (24), shots on goal (14) and game-winners (4). Sophomore goalkeeper Payton O'Malley has registered 59 saves and has posted a 0.59 goals against average on the strength of six shutouts.
Bowling Green is rated 16th in the NCAA in goals against average (.588) and 17th in save percentage (.857). Individually, Stransky is ranked 20th in game-winning goals (4), while O'Malley is rated 17th in goals against average (.593) and 22nd in goalie minutes played (1,518:39) and save percentage (.855),
SERIES HISTORY
Akron and Bowling Green are meeting for the 25th time in program history with the Falcons leading the series, 17-6-1.
IN OUR LAST MEETING (OCT. 27, 2024 – AKRON, OHIO)
Akron fell 2-0 to Bowling Green on Oct. 27, 2024, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Akron kept Bowling Green battled through a scoreless opening half with the Falcons posting a 3-2 edge in shots.
Bowling Green scored what proved to be the game-winning tally when Emma Stransky found the back of the net at the 59:27 mark. The Falcons then added a goal in the 88th minute (87:17) from Lexi Czerwein to round out the scoring in the match.
Junior GK Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) led Akron with two saves.
The Zips recorded seven shots, two of them on goal. Akron faced 13 Bowling Green shots, five of them on goal.
SCOUTING AKRON
Akron dropped a 3-0 decision to league-leading Western Michigan on Thursday (Oct. 23) to fall to 4-9-3 on the campaign, including 1-7-2 in the Mid-American Conference.
Freshman Addison Hall (Manchester, Conn.) registered her team-leading fourth goal of the season against Central Michigan (Oct. 9), while senior Emma King (Akron, Ohio), junior Jordanne Oberhaus (Wadsworth, Ohio) and senior Kylie Schiemann (Geneva, Ohio) along with freshmen Fineen Cregan (Rochester, N.Y.), Luisa Fragnoli (Medina, Ohio) and Olivia Pilato (Rochester, N.Y.) have tallied three, three, one, one, one and one goal, respectively. King directs the squad in shots (29) and shots on goal (13). Cregan and Oberhaus own a team-best three assists apiece for Akron. Bower and redshirt freshman GK Ariana Vakos (Avon, Ohio) own 37 and 33 saves, respectively, on the campaign en route to posting four shutouts and recording a 1.69 goals against average.
AKRON NOTES
• Akron is meeting Bowling Green for the 25th time in program history with the Falcons leading the series 17-6-1.
• 17 of the 24 matches between Akron and Bowling Green have resulted in a shutout with the Zips posting a trio of victories.
• The last eight and nine of the last 10 contests between the schools have ended in a shutout.
• Akron eyes its first win at Bowling Green since the 2012 campaign.
• The Zips have posted their highest single-season goal (14) and point (47) totals since 2022, while recording its most assists (19) since the 2012 campaign.
• Addison Hall, Jordanne Oberhaus and Emma King have netted four, three and three goals, respectively, this season marking Akron's first trio to score three or more goals in a campaign since the 2019 season.
• King is approaching 100 career shots as a Zip as she enters play versus Bowling Green with 91 career shots, including 47 on goal. She is three shots away from equaling Sarah Sivic (2013-16) for 10th on the all-time shot list in program history.
• Sophomore Kailyn Biecker (Wadsworth, Ohio) has played every minute (1,440) for the Zips this season, while Luisa Fragnoli has appeared in more than 90 percent of the action for Akron having played in more than 1,317 minutes as a freshman.
• King is ranked ninth among active leaders in the MAC in career goals (13) and points (32) and 10th in shots (91), while Sara Bower is rated fourth in career saves (143) and ninth in shutouts (5).
• Fragnoli has played 90 minutes in nine of 10 league contests.
• Oberhaus has recorded a shot in a team-best eight of 10 MAC games, including a season-best five shots at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 19).
• Bower has posted four or more saves in five of the 12 games she has appeared in this season, while Vakos has pulled in four or more stops in four matches.
• Seven different Zips have scored a goal this season, including four newcomers.
• Eighteen Zips have registered a shot this season, including eight newcomers.
• Nine newcomers have appeared for the Zips this season.
• Six Zips have recorded two or more assists on the campaign for the first time since 2012.
• Ariana Vakos recorded a career-high eight saves at Buffalo (Oct. 2). Earlier this season she made her collegiate debut in the second half at West Virginia (Aug. 21) recording a pair of saves and later posted her first career shutout at Northern Illinois (Sept. 25).
• Oberhaus has registered career-high marks in goals (3), assists (3), points (9), shots (25), shots on goal (11) and game-winners (1) this season.
• Senior Rielly Chesna (Chicago, Ill.) and junior Lilly Touhey (Fishers, Ind.) have each garnered a career-high two assists on the campaign.
• Emma King ranks fourth in program history in points per game (.57), sixth in goals per tilt (.23), seventh in shots per contest (1.63), points (32) and in game-winning goals (4), eighth in career goals (13) and ninth in assists per match (.11) and in career assists (6).
• Bower ranks sixth in shutouts (5) and eighth in goals against average (1.86), career saves (143) and goalie victories (7).
• Oberhaus recorded her first career brace with a two-goal effort against Central Michigan (Oct. 9).
• Hall's two-goal effort versus Southern Indiana represented the first brace for an Akron freshman King netted a pair of tallies in a 5-0 win past Toledo on Oct. 23, 2022, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
• Akron leads in the conference in attendance, while ranking 69th nationally averaging 623 fans per contest.
• King leads Akron's active leaders in career goals (13), assists (6), points (32), shots (91), shots on goal (47) and game-winners (4), while Bower paces active Zips in career saves (143), goals against average (1.86) and save percentage (.715).
• The Zips rank fifth in the league in assists per game (1.118).
• King is rated seventh in the MAC in game-winners (2), while Bower is ninth in in saves per game (3.08) and 10th in shutouts (3).
• In league-only games, Akron is ranked fifth in the MAC in assists (1.10). Individually, Oberhaus is eighth in league in goals (3) and goals per match (.300) and 10th in points (7), while Vakos is rated sixth in save percentage (.811) and in saves per game (3.33) and seventh in goals against average (1.14).
• For the first time in program history Akron earned a result in its first two road Mid-American Conference games registering a 1-1 draw at Ohio (Sept. 21) and a 0-0 tie at Northern Illinois (Sept. 25).
• Cregan posted a league-high two assists in Akron's 5-3 win over Southern Indiana (Aug. 24).
• Akron registered single-game MAC-leading marks in goals (5) versus Southern Indiana (Aug. 24) and in assists (7) against Central Michigan (Oct. 9).
FOUR ZIPS HONORED ON SENIOR DAY
The Zips' contest versus Green Bay on Aug. 31 marked Senior Day for four Zips as seniors Rielly Chesna, Kaylen Goddard (Mechanicsville, Md.), Emma King and Kylie Schiemann were honored in pregame ceremonies.
In her first season at Akron, Chesna has appeared in 14 games, including 13 starts, for the Zips, en route to registering a pair of assists on one shot, while sparking the squad to a trio of shutouts.
Goddard has appeared in 58 contests, including 45 starts, en route to recording 12 shots, with three shots coming on goal, and leading Akron to 13 shutouts over her career.
King has appeared in 56 contests, including 49 starts, en route to collecting a team-best 13 goals, six assists, 32 points and four game-winners fueled by 91 shots, including 47 on goal.
Schiemann has appeared in 46 contests as a Zip, including 19 starts, en route to registering a goal and an assist on the strength of 17 shots, with nine shots falling on frame.
UP NEXT
Akron welcomes Toledo to FirstEnergy Stadium for the season finale at 3 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 29).
GAME INFO
Akron at Bowling Green | Oct. 26 | 1:00 PM | Bowling Green, Ohio | Live Stats | Live Video
HEAD COACHES
Bowling Green: Chris Fox (Messiah), Overall Record: 31-22-20 (Fourth Season), Record at Bowling Green: 15-9-11 (Second Season)
Akron: Maggie Kuhn (Bethany, 2004), Overall Record: 82-92-16 (10th Season), Record at Akron: 4-9-3 (First Season)
SCOUTING BOWLING GREEN
Bowling Green enters play against Akron at 8-2-7 on the campaign, including 3-1-6 in the Mid-American Conference following a 0-0 draw at Buffalo on Thursday (Oct. 23).
The Falcons are led by junior Emma Stransky, who owns team-high marks goals (7), points (14), shots (24), shots on goal (14) and game-winners (4). Sophomore goalkeeper Payton O'Malley has registered 59 saves and has posted a 0.59 goals against average on the strength of six shutouts.
Bowling Green is rated 16th in the NCAA in goals against average (.588) and 17th in save percentage (.857). Individually, Stransky is ranked 20th in game-winning goals (4), while O'Malley is rated 17th in goals against average (.593) and 22nd in goalie minutes played (1,518:39) and save percentage (.855),
SERIES HISTORY
Akron and Bowling Green are meeting for the 25th time in program history with the Falcons leading the series, 17-6-1.
IN OUR LAST MEETING (OCT. 27, 2024 – AKRON, OHIO)
Akron fell 2-0 to Bowling Green on Oct. 27, 2024, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Akron kept Bowling Green battled through a scoreless opening half with the Falcons posting a 3-2 edge in shots.
Bowling Green scored what proved to be the game-winning tally when Emma Stransky found the back of the net at the 59:27 mark. The Falcons then added a goal in the 88th minute (87:17) from Lexi Czerwein to round out the scoring in the match.
Junior GK Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) led Akron with two saves.
The Zips recorded seven shots, two of them on goal. Akron faced 13 Bowling Green shots, five of them on goal.
SCOUTING AKRON
Akron dropped a 3-0 decision to league-leading Western Michigan on Thursday (Oct. 23) to fall to 4-9-3 on the campaign, including 1-7-2 in the Mid-American Conference.
Freshman Addison Hall (Manchester, Conn.) registered her team-leading fourth goal of the season against Central Michigan (Oct. 9), while senior Emma King (Akron, Ohio), junior Jordanne Oberhaus (Wadsworth, Ohio) and senior Kylie Schiemann (Geneva, Ohio) along with freshmen Fineen Cregan (Rochester, N.Y.), Luisa Fragnoli (Medina, Ohio) and Olivia Pilato (Rochester, N.Y.) have tallied three, three, one, one, one and one goal, respectively. King directs the squad in shots (29) and shots on goal (13). Cregan and Oberhaus own a team-best three assists apiece for Akron. Bower and redshirt freshman GK Ariana Vakos (Avon, Ohio) own 37 and 33 saves, respectively, on the campaign en route to posting four shutouts and recording a 1.69 goals against average.
AKRON NOTES
• Akron is meeting Bowling Green for the 25th time in program history with the Falcons leading the series 17-6-1.
• 17 of the 24 matches between Akron and Bowling Green have resulted in a shutout with the Zips posting a trio of victories.
• The last eight and nine of the last 10 contests between the schools have ended in a shutout.
• Akron eyes its first win at Bowling Green since the 2012 campaign.
• The Zips have posted their highest single-season goal (14) and point (47) totals since 2022, while recording its most assists (19) since the 2012 campaign.
• Addison Hall, Jordanne Oberhaus and Emma King have netted four, three and three goals, respectively, this season marking Akron's first trio to score three or more goals in a campaign since the 2019 season.
• King is approaching 100 career shots as a Zip as she enters play versus Bowling Green with 91 career shots, including 47 on goal. She is three shots away from equaling Sarah Sivic (2013-16) for 10th on the all-time shot list in program history.
• Sophomore Kailyn Biecker (Wadsworth, Ohio) has played every minute (1,440) for the Zips this season, while Luisa Fragnoli has appeared in more than 90 percent of the action for Akron having played in more than 1,317 minutes as a freshman.
• King is ranked ninth among active leaders in the MAC in career goals (13) and points (32) and 10th in shots (91), while Sara Bower is rated fourth in career saves (143) and ninth in shutouts (5).
• Fragnoli has played 90 minutes in nine of 10 league contests.
• Oberhaus has recorded a shot in a team-best eight of 10 MAC games, including a season-best five shots at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 19).
• Bower has posted four or more saves in five of the 12 games she has appeared in this season, while Vakos has pulled in four or more stops in four matches.
• Seven different Zips have scored a goal this season, including four newcomers.
• Eighteen Zips have registered a shot this season, including eight newcomers.
• Nine newcomers have appeared for the Zips this season.
• Six Zips have recorded two or more assists on the campaign for the first time since 2012.
• Ariana Vakos recorded a career-high eight saves at Buffalo (Oct. 2). Earlier this season she made her collegiate debut in the second half at West Virginia (Aug. 21) recording a pair of saves and later posted her first career shutout at Northern Illinois (Sept. 25).
• Oberhaus has registered career-high marks in goals (3), assists (3), points (9), shots (25), shots on goal (11) and game-winners (1) this season.
• Senior Rielly Chesna (Chicago, Ill.) and junior Lilly Touhey (Fishers, Ind.) have each garnered a career-high two assists on the campaign.
• Emma King ranks fourth in program history in points per game (.57), sixth in goals per tilt (.23), seventh in shots per contest (1.63), points (32) and in game-winning goals (4), eighth in career goals (13) and ninth in assists per match (.11) and in career assists (6).
• Bower ranks sixth in shutouts (5) and eighth in goals against average (1.86), career saves (143) and goalie victories (7).
• Oberhaus recorded her first career brace with a two-goal effort against Central Michigan (Oct. 9).
• Hall's two-goal effort versus Southern Indiana represented the first brace for an Akron freshman King netted a pair of tallies in a 5-0 win past Toledo on Oct. 23, 2022, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
• Akron leads in the conference in attendance, while ranking 69th nationally averaging 623 fans per contest.
• King leads Akron's active leaders in career goals (13), assists (6), points (32), shots (91), shots on goal (47) and game-winners (4), while Bower paces active Zips in career saves (143), goals against average (1.86) and save percentage (.715).
• The Zips rank fifth in the league in assists per game (1.118).
• King is rated seventh in the MAC in game-winners (2), while Bower is ninth in in saves per game (3.08) and 10th in shutouts (3).
• In league-only games, Akron is ranked fifth in the MAC in assists (1.10). Individually, Oberhaus is eighth in league in goals (3) and goals per match (.300) and 10th in points (7), while Vakos is rated sixth in save percentage (.811) and in saves per game (3.33) and seventh in goals against average (1.14).
• For the first time in program history Akron earned a result in its first two road Mid-American Conference games registering a 1-1 draw at Ohio (Sept. 21) and a 0-0 tie at Northern Illinois (Sept. 25).
• Cregan posted a league-high two assists in Akron's 5-3 win over Southern Indiana (Aug. 24).
• Akron registered single-game MAC-leading marks in goals (5) versus Southern Indiana (Aug. 24) and in assists (7) against Central Michigan (Oct. 9).
FOUR ZIPS HONORED ON SENIOR DAY
The Zips' contest versus Green Bay on Aug. 31 marked Senior Day for four Zips as seniors Rielly Chesna, Kaylen Goddard (Mechanicsville, Md.), Emma King and Kylie Schiemann were honored in pregame ceremonies.
In her first season at Akron, Chesna has appeared in 14 games, including 13 starts, for the Zips, en route to registering a pair of assists on one shot, while sparking the squad to a trio of shutouts.
Goddard has appeared in 58 contests, including 45 starts, en route to recording 12 shots, with three shots coming on goal, and leading Akron to 13 shutouts over her career.
King has appeared in 56 contests, including 49 starts, en route to collecting a team-best 13 goals, six assists, 32 points and four game-winners fueled by 91 shots, including 47 on goal.
Schiemann has appeared in 46 contests as a Zip, including 19 starts, en route to registering a goal and an assist on the strength of 17 shots, with nine shots falling on frame.
UP NEXT
Akron welcomes Toledo to FirstEnergy Stadium for the season finale at 3 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 29).
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