The Senior / the Captains

THE SENIOR / THE CAPTAINS

#20 • LINDSAY CARTER MIDFIELDER/FORWARD • 5-2 • SR./SR. HILLIARD, OHIO (DARBY) CARTER AND THE FALCONS: Helped the Falcons to the 2004 MAC Tournament title, and both the regular-season and tourney titles in 2005 ... BGSU advanced to the NCAA Champi- onships each year ... the Falcons have advanced to the championship match of the MAC Tournament in each of her three seasons.

2006: A BGSU co-captain ... enters the season as BGSU’s active career scoring leader, with 18 points on six goals and six assists.

2005: Played in all 23 contests, starting 20 ... fi nished fi fth on the team in scoring, with 10 points ... fourth on the Falcons with four goals ... netted both of the team’s goals in a 2-1 win at Central Michigan ... that performance earned her the MAC Player-of-the-Week honor on Oct. 24 ... also scored in home wins over Buffalo and Cleveland State ... had an assist in the Falcons’ regular-season title-clinching win at Toledo, and also assisted on the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Akron ... started the fi nal 17 matches of the year, including all 11 MAC contests, the three league tourney matches and the NCAA fi rst-round game vs. Michigan State.

2004: Played in 23 matches, making 19 starts ... scored fi ve points, on two goals and one assist ... fi rst collegiate points came at an opportune time, as she had the fi nal two goals in 3-0 win over Toledo as BGSU clinched a MAC Tournament berth ... those two goals came just 7:25 apart ... named the MAC Player of the Week for that effort at UT ... followed that with an assist in the league tourney quarterfi nal win at Kent State ... started 16 of the season’s fi rst 17 matches, and also started the fi nal three contests of the year ... named to the MAC’s Academic Honor Roll.

2003: Played in 21 matches in her ﬁ rst season, making one start ... had three assists, all coming in one-goal wins ... ﬁ rst collegiate point was an assist in the Akron match ... also had assists on the road vs. Miami and Northern Illinois ... initial collegiate start came in the regular-season match vs. Eastern Michigan.

High School: Earned a pair of letters at Hilliard Darby (‘03) under coach Shane Woodruff ... an All-Ohio Capital Conference Second-Team selection for the Panthers ... also earned a pair CARTER YEAR BY YEAR of letters in cross country, where she was a two-time team MVP ... was a First-Team All-Ohio Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. runner in 2002, placing 25th in the state ... also was named to the All-OCC and all-district ﬁ rst 2003 21/ 1 10 0-3= 3 teams as both a junior and a senior ... captained the cross country team the latter year. 2004 23/19 6 2-1= 5 2005 23/20 15 4-2=10 Personal: Lindsay Michele Carter was born June 28, 1985, in Kingston, N.Y. ... exercise Career 67/40 31 6-6=18 specialist major with a 3.03 cumulative GPA at BGSU ... daughter of John and Julie Carter ... the youngest of four children ... has two brothers and a sister ... has played club ball with Ohio CAREER BESTS Premier as well as the Eagles ... former team won ﬁ ve State Cups ... also has experience with Goals 2 at Toledo 10/28/04 Ohio South Olympic Development Program (ODP). 2 at Central Michigan 10/21/05 Assists 1 Six Times Points 4 at Toledo 10/28/04 4 at Central Michigan 10/21/05 Goal-scoring Streak 2 (10/16-21/05) Point-scoring Streak 2 (10/28-11/2/04) 2 (10/16-21/05)

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#3 • JANIE BABICH DEFENDER/MIDFIELDER • 5-3 • JR./JR. LAKE BLUFF, ILL. (PARKWAY WEST [MO.]) BABICH AND THE FALCONS: Has helped the Falcons to MAC titles in each of her ﬁ rst two seasons ... helped BGSU to the ﬁ rst MAC Tournament title in school history as a freshman in 2004 ... as a sophomore, helped the Brown and Orange to both the MAC’s regular-season and tournament crowns in ‘05.

2006: A BGSU co-captain as just a junior.

2005: Named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... saw action in all 23 matches, starting 22 ... started the ﬁ rst seven matches of the fall, then started all 11 MAC contests, the three league tourney games and the NCAA Championships match ... settled into the role of the Falcons’ starting sweeper.

2004: Played in 22 matches, making eight starts ... started six consecutive matches from mid- September to early October, including ﬁ ve league contests ... wore uniform #13 as a freshman.

High School: Lettered two years at Parkway West (‘04) for coach Jim Hermann, after earning a pair of letters at Fargo (N.D.) South for coach Dan Weiler ... captained Parkway West to an 18-4-1 record and a Suburban West Conference title as a senior ... her freshman squad at Fargo South fi nished third in the state ... had 15 goals and 15 assists as a sophomore ... also earned a track and fi eld letter as a freshman. BABICH YEAR BY YEAR Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. Personal: Janie Lee Babich was born Dec. 26, 1985, in Tulsa, Okla. ... interior design major 2004 22/8 5 0-0=0 with a 3.43 cumulative GPA through the spring, 2006, semester ... daughter of Bob and Nancy 2005 23/22 1 0-0=0 Babich ... the youngest of two children ... father played football at Mesa (Colo.) CC and Univ. Career 45/30 6 0-0=0 of Tulsa ... he was an assistant coach on the 1991 BGSU football team that won a MAC title, and was the head coach at North Dakota State Univ. from 1997-2002 ... he is currently the line- backers coach with the Chicago Bears of the NFL ... brother, Bobby, played football at NDSU and is beginning his fi rst season as a graduate assistant football coach at Kent State ... Special Olympics volunteer ... has played club ball with Red River (N.D.) Soccer Club and Busch (Mo.) Soccer Club.

Janie Babich delivered the invocation at the 2005 MAC Tournament banquet

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#17 • DANIELLE CYGAN DEFENDER • 5-2 • JR./JR. NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO (PADUA) CYGAN AND THE FALCONS: Has helped the Falcons to MAC titles in each of her ﬁ rst two seasons ... helped BGSU to the ﬁ rst MAC Tournament title in school history as a freshman in 2004 ... as a sophomore, helped the Brown and Orange to both the MAC’s regular-season and tournament crowns in ‘05.

2005: Played in 21 contests, making nine starts ... had three points on a goal and an assist ... ﬁ rst collegiate goal proved to be the match winner in the Falcons’ 2-0 victory over Miami in the MAC Tournament semiﬁ nal home win ... had an assist at Cochrane Field, in the season opener vs. Oakland ... had eight shots on the year, with four on goal ... half of each of those totals came in the aforementioned Miami match.

2004: Played in 12 matches, making fi ve starts ... had one assist ... started fi ve consecutive matches as BGSU clinched a MAC Tournament berth ... fi rst career start came in the North- ern Illinois contest ... had an assist in the fi nal league regular-season match, as Kristy Coppes converted her long diagonal crossing ball for the opening goal at Toledo ... also started the conference tourney quarterfi nal win at Kent State ... saw action off the bench in the MAC Tour- nament championship-match win over Central Michigan.

High School: Earned four letters at Padua Franciscan (‘04) under coach Narlin Shadd ... CYGAN YEAR BY YEAR totalled 60 goals in her four years, as the Bruins won the North Coast League title every season Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. ... the league MVP her senior season ... a three-time all-league ﬁ rst-team pick after earning sec- 2004 12/ 5 2 0-1=1 ond-team honors as a freshman ... also earned All-Greater Cleveland Honors every year ... team 2005 21/ 9 8 1-1=3 had a four-year record of 64-10-3, including a perfect 24-0-0 mark in the NCL ... Honor Roll. Career 33/14 10 1-2=4

Personal: Danielle Marie Cygan was born Sept. 17, 1985, in Cleveland ... sport management CAREER BESTS major ... daughter of Jeff and Debbie Cygan ... one of two children ... twin sister, Denise, also Goals 1 vs. Miami 11/4/05 played for the Falcon women’s soccer team in 2004 ... father played soccer at Akron and ten- Assists 1 at Toledo 10/28/04 nis at Cleveland State ... has played club ball for the Internationals, helping the team to eight 1 vs. Oakland 8/26/05 consecutive state titles. Points 2 vs. Miami 11/4/05

#16 • BRIANNE EISENHARD MIDFIELDER • 5-5 • SO./SO. WEST CHESTER, OHIO (LAKOTA WEST) 2005: Played in 19 matches as the Falcons won the MAC’s regular-season and tournament titles ... made a pair of starts ... started the home win over Buffalo as well as the MAC Tourna- ment quarterﬁ nal vs. arch-rival Toledo ... played in all of the Fal- cons’ MAC regular-season matches, as well as in the three league tournament contests and the NCAA Championships ﬁ rst-round game vs. Michigan State.

High School: Made the 2004 NSCAA/adidas High School Girls All-America Team (one of just nine defenders listed) ... four-year letterwinner and two-time team MVP at Lakota West (‘05) for the Firebirds of coach Tara Schafer-Kalkhoff ... All-Ohio First-Team selection in 2004 after earning all-state third-team honors as a junior ... the city (Cincinnati) and league (Greater Miami Conference) Player of the Year as a senior ... earned all-GMC honors on three occasions ... team had a four-year record of 56-11-8, winning the league every season ... high honor roll ... Who’s Who Among High School Students.

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Personal: Brianne Elizabeth Eisenhard was born May 24, 1987, in Cincinnati ... sport enter- prise major with a 3.23 cumulative GPA through her ﬁ rst year on campus ... daughter of Bruce EISENHARD YEAR BY YEAR and Ronda Eisenhard ... the youngest of two children ... brother, Brenton, competed in football Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. and track at the College of Mount St. Joseph ... has played club soccer for the Cincinnati 2005 19/2 8 0-0=0 United Premier (CUP) team, serving as a captain.

#13 • SUSAN HUNTER DEFENDER • 5-5 • SO./SO. SIDNEY, OHIO (SIDNEY) 2005: Named to the MAC’s All-Freshman Team as the Falcons won the league’s regular-season and tournament titles ... played in all 23 matches, making 22 starts ... came off the bench in the season-opening match, and was in the starting lineup the rest of the way ... her lone point came on an assist in the home win over Buffalo.

High School: Two-time team MVP for Sidney (‘05) under coach Jay Bensman, earning team Offensive Player-of-the-Year honors in each of her last three seasons ... had 48 goals and 37 assists in her career, ranking second in career scoring for the Jackets and third in assists at the school ... three-time selection to All-Dayton Area North team, and was named to the All-Great- er Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) West team in all four years ... earned ﬁ rst-team honors to both teams as a senior ... served as her class president in three of her four years ... National Honor Society ... student government ... class President ... also earned four letters in diving and one letter in track.

Personal: Susan Christine Hunter was born Aug. 23, 1986, in Sidney ... a marketing major at BGSU ... daughter of Doug and Deb Hunter ... the youngest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... has played club ball for Dayton Soccer Academy, captaining that team in back- to-back years ... was a teammate of fellow Falcon Kristin McDonald on that squad.

HUNTER YEAR BY YEAR #21 • KRISTIN MCDONALD Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. FORWARD • 5-8 • SO./SO. 2005 23/22 0 0-1=1 TROY, OHIO (TROY) 2005: Played in all 23 matches as the Falcons won the MAC’s CAREER BESTS regular-season and tournament titles ... made three starts in her Assists 1 vs. Buffalo 10/16/05 fi rst season ... had seven points on three goals and an assist ... Points 1 vs. Buffalo 10/16/05 fi rst collegiate points came on a goal in BG’s 2-1 win at Northern Arizona ... also scored in the Falcons’ home wins over Cleveland State and Buffalo ... had an assist in the regular-season match vs. Kent State ... started three-straight matches (Boise State, Michi- MCDONALD YEAR BY YEAR gan State and Eastern Illinois) during the non-conference portion Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. of the schedule ... had eight total shot attempts on the year, with 2005 23/3 8 3-1=7 six of those on goal. CAREER BESTS High School: A four-year starter at Troy (‘05) under coach Ryan Baker ... increased her goal Goals 1 at Northern Arizona 9/2/05 total each year, with 11 as a freshman, 12 as a soph, 16 in her junior year and 23 as a senior ... 1 vs. Cleveland State 9/16/05 total of 62 career goals ranks her second in school history ... helped the Trojans to a Greater Western Ohio Conference title – the fi rst in school history – as a senior, after a district runner- 1 vs. Buffalo 10/16/05 up fi nish the year before ... earned fi rst-team all-conference honors twice after being named Assists 1 vs. Kent State 10/14/05 to the second team as a sophomore ... team had 44 wins during her tenure (44-24-4), setting a Points 2 Three Times school mark for wins in a four-year period ... National Honor Society ... student government ... Point-scoring Streak 2 (10/14-16/05) had perfect attendance all four years.

Personal: Kristin Marie McDonald was born Oct. 14, 1986, in Troy ... health science major with a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA through her ﬁ rst year at BGSU ... daughter of Doug and

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Susan McDonald ... an only child ... played ﬁ ve years of club ball with the Dayton Soccer Academy ... was a teammate of Susan Hunter on that squad.

#4 • RACHAEL ROSS MIDFIELDER • 5-6 • JR./JR. PERRYSBURG, OHIO (PERRYSBURG) ROSS AND THE FALCONS: Has helped the Falcons to one MAC regular-season and two MAC Tournament titles in her ﬁ rst two years with the program ... wore uniform #7 in each of her ﬁ rst two seasons at BGSU.

2005: Played in 14 matches off the bench ... the Falcons were 9-5 in the matches in which she played, including 6-2 vs. MAC opponents ... saw action in the league tourney semifi nal win over Miami. Kristin McDonald 2004: Played in fi ve matches off the bench ... saw action in the MAC road win over Akron ... also played against Duquesne, Cleveland State, Wright State and in the MAC Tournament semifi nal vs. Western Michigan ... BGSU went 4-1-0 in the matches in which she saw action. ROSS YEAR BY YEAR Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. High School: Earned three letters at Perrysburg (‘04) under coach Jim Hentges ... tied the 2004 5/0 0 0-0=0 school assists record as a senior ... a fi rst-team All-Northern Lakes League pick as a senior 2005 14/0 0 0-0=0 after earning honorable mention the prior year ... a two-time all-district selection ... helped the Career 19/0 0 0-0=0 Jackets to a three-year record of 16-3-5 in the league ... also named to the all-district academic team her senior season ... Honor Roll all four years ... Student Council.

Personal: Rachael Marie Ross was born June 26, 1986, in Toledo ... education major at BGSU, with a cumulative GPA of 3.16 through the spring, 2006, semester ... daughter of Rob- ert and Cindy Ross ... has a younger sister ... father played baseball at Deﬁ ance ... has played club ball for the Greater Toledo FC.

#12 • GINA ROSSI FORWARD • 5-7 • JR./SO. POWELL, OHIO (BISHOP WATTERSON) ROSSI AND THE FALCONS: Helped the Falcons to the 2004 MAC Tournament title, and was a member of the ‘05 team that won the league regular-season and tournament crowns.

2005: Missed the season due to injury.

2004: Named BGSU’s Most Improved Player ... played in 20 matches, making eight starts ... the Falcons’ top-scoring new- comer, with nine points ... had three goals and three assists ... two Rachael Ross of the three goals were match winners, including her well-placed shot in the fi rst half of the MAC Tournament championship match vs. Central Michigan ... also had the winner in the Miami match, her fi rst start ... that culminated a three-match point streak, which had included a three-point match (goal and assist) at Akron and an assist in the Cleve- land State contest ... fi rst collegiate point came on an assist vs. Marshall ... started each of the fi nal seven matches of the year, as the Falcons made their run to the league title.

High School: Earned four letters at Bishop Watterson (‘04) under coach Dave Merrick ... an all-state third-team selection as a senior ... named to the all-district ﬁ rst team after earning second-team honors as a junior in 2002 ... that ‘02 squad went 13-4-2 and captured the Central Catholic League title .... a two-time All-CCL selection ... National Honor Society.

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Personal: Gina Eve Rossi was born Oct. 28, 1985, in Columbus ... biology (pre-medicine) major at BGSU, with a 3.58 cumulative GPA through the spring, 2006, semester ... daughter of Tim and Mary Rossi ... the second of ﬁ ve children ... has an older sister and three younger brothers ... has played club soccer for Blast FC.

#15 • KARIE SAHLY DEFENDER • 5-5 • JR./JR. NAPERVILLE, ILL. (CENTRAL) (VALPARAISO) 2005: Saw action in 14 matches, making 10 starts, as the Fal- cons won the MAC’s regular-season and tournament titles ... a defender who did not record a point on the year ... started the ﬁ rst 10 contests of the fall in her ﬁ rst year on campus.

at Valparaiso: Started all 20 matches for the Crusaders as a freshman in 2004, and had a total of ﬁ ve points ... had three points, with a goal and an assist, in 3-0 win over Oakland ... also scored a goal vs. Illinois State.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for Naperville Central (‘05) under coaches Ed Watson and Barry Baldwin ... helped the Redhawks to regional titles in both 2002 and 2004 ... a multiple-time All-DuPage Valley Conference selection, who also Gina Rossi earned all-sectional accolades on two occasions ... team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player in 2003 ... named to The Sun All-City Team in 2004 ... honor roll. ROSSI YEAR BY YEAR Personal: Karie Lynn Sahly was born Oct. 21, 1985, in Naperville ... education major with a Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. 3.61 cumulative GPA through the spring, 2006, semester ... daughter of Ken and Elise Sahly 2004 20/8 21 3-3=9 ... is the middle of three daughters ... played club ball with Naperville Soccer Association Pre- 2005 Injured mier, helping team to four state championships ... volunteers with Special Olympics. Career 20/8 21 3-3=9

CAREER BESTS #19 • TIERNAY TILFORD Goals 1 at Akron 10/3/04 DEFENDER • 5-5 • JR./JR. 1 vs. Miami 10/8/04 LONGMONT, COLO. (LONGMONT) 1 vs. Central Michigan 11/7/04 Assists 1 Three Times TILFORD AND THE FALCONS: Has helped BGSU to MAC Points 3 at Akron 10/3/04 titles in each of her ﬁ rst two seasons ... helped the Falcons to the 2 Two Times ﬁ rst MAC Tournament title in school history as a freshman in Goal-scoring Streak 2 (10/3-8/04) 2004 ... as a sophomore, helped the Brown and Orange to both Assist Streak 2 (10/1-3/04) the MAC’s regular-season and tournament crowns in ‘05 ... tied Point-scoring Streak 3 (10/1-8/04) for the career lead among returning Falcons with six career assists.

2005: Played in all 23 matches, making four starts ... had a pair of assists in home shutout wins ... recorded an assist in the SAHLY YEAR BY YEAR Cleveland State and Buffalo matches at Cochrane Field. Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. 2004 * 20/20 2-1=5 2004: Played in 18 contests, starting six ... had eight points on two goals and four assists 2005 14/10 2 0-0=0 ... had her ﬁ rst collegiate goal against Navy, and also found the back of the net vs. Akron ... Career 34/30 2 (at BG) 2-1=5 had an auspicious debut as a Falcon ... recorded two assists in her ﬁ rst collegiate match, vs. * at Valparaiso Univ. Duquesne ... also had a two-assist contest at Eastern Michigan.

High School: Earned a pair of letters at Longmont (‘04) under coach Megan Beasley ... had 18 goals in her fi nal two years, after missing sophomore season with an anterior cruciate liga- ment (acl) injury ... scored 12 goals for the Trojans as a senior ... a two-time all-area fi rst-team pick ... fi rst-team All-Northern Conference choice as a senior after being named to the second team the prior year ... team went to the state tourney quarterfi nals her junior season ... lettered as a freshman at Whitefi sh (Mont.) H.S., under coach Lini Reading ... had six goals that season

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as the Bulldogs went 10-1-3 and won the Western Conference A-AA title with a mark of 8-0-2 ... Honor Roll.

Personal: Tiernay Catherine Tilford was born Dec. 23, 1985, in Boulder, Colo. ... sport marketing major at BGSU ... daughter of Mary Catherine Bookless ... has an older brother ... club teams have included the Colorado Storm, St. Vrain Express and Montana Kalispell Force ... also played for the Whiteﬁ sh Sting boys’ team.

#6 • CORBIE YEE FORWARD • 5-5 • SO./SO. BEREA, OHIO (BEREA) 2005: Named the MAC’s Freshman of the Year as the Falcons won the league regular-season and tournament titles ... also named to the MAC’s All-Freshman Team as well as the MAC All-Tournament Team ... chosen to the Soccer Buzz Great Lakes Region All-Freshman Team ... garnered BGSU’s Most Improved Player award ... had 15 points to rank fourth on the team ... was second on the Falcons with six goals ... had 13 of her points during BGSU’s school-record 11-match unbeaten streak, leading the team during that span ... had 10 points during MAC play, with both of her match-winning goals on the year coming against conference foes ... played in 22 matches, making 13 starts ... factored TILFORD YEAR BY YEAR in the scoring of both BG goals in the MAC Tournament semifi nal win over Miami, assisting Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. on the fi rst goal and scoring the second in that 2-0 win ... had a two-goal match in the regular- 2004 18/ 6 18 2-4= 8 season meeting vs. the RedHawks, including the match winner ... also scored the winner in the 2005 23/ 4 13 0-2= 2 Falcons’ next contest, vs. Ohio ... fi rst collegiate goal came vs. Cleveland State ... scored in the Career 41/10 31 2-6=10 win at Eastern Michigan ... had assists in road victories over Central Michigan and Toledo. CAREER BESTS High School: An All-Ohio First-Team selection in 2004, who also was named to the NSCAA/ Goals 1 at Navy 9/10/04 adidas High School Girls All-America Team ... four-year letterwinner for Berea (‘05) under coach Chris Dundr ... earned all-conference and All-Greater Cleveland honors in each of those 1 at Akron 10/3/04 four seasons ... Pioneer Conference MVP and Greater Cleveland MVP as a senior ... had at Assists 2 vs. Duquesne 8/27/04 least 20 goals in each of her four seasons ... helped the team to a pair of district semifi nal ap- 2 at Eastern Michigan 9/26/04 pearances ... also played basketball and softball for the Braves. 1 Two Times Points 2 Four Times Personal: Corbie Lynn Yee was born July 29, 1987, in Middleburg Heights, Ohio ... currently undecided upon a major ... daughter of Ken and Laurel Yee ... has an older brother and an older sister ... played club ball with the Internationals ... that team represented Ohio North at the 2004 Region IV Tournament.

#0 • CHRISTY ZABEK GOALKEEPER • 5-6 • SO./SO. HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. (HENDERSONVILLE) 2005: Saw action in three matches off the bench, as the Falcons won the MAC regular-season and tournament titles ... did not allow a single goal in 66:19 ... was called upon to make just one save, in the Ball State match ... played the entire second half of the Falcons’ 6-0 win over Cleveland State, combining with Ali Shingler on that shutout win ... played 8:35 at BSU, and also was in net for the last 12:44 of the Falcons’ shutout win over Buffalo.

High School: A four-year starter at Hendersonville (‘05) under coach Russ Plummer ... an all-state performer as a senior for the Commandos ... three-time all-county and all-district team pick ... the Sumner County GK of the Year as a senior, also being named the District 9 Defensive MVP that season ... team went 66-23-10 during her four years, including a 23-2-2 mark and a state Tiernay Tilford

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fi nals appearance during her junior season ... Spanish Club ... Honor Society treasurer ... named the school’s Female Athlete of the Year. YEE YEAR BY YEAR Year MP/MS Shots G-A=Pts. Personal: Christina Leigh Zabek was born Jan. 21, 1987, in Corinth, Miss. ... marketing major 2005 22/13 36 6-3=15 with a 3.67 cumulative GPA through her fi rst year on campus ... daughter of Ed Zabek, Jr., and Melissa Zabek ... the youngest of three daughters ... father played baseball at Indiana State ... CAREER BESTS club team, the Brentwood Impact, earned three consecutive state championships from 2002-04 Goals 2 at Miami 10/2/05 and was ranked sixth in Region III and 37th nationally ... selected to the Tennessee State ODP 1 Four Times team fi ve consecutive years ... Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Assists 1 Three Times Points 4 at Miami 10/2/05 Goal-scoring Streak 2 (10/2-7/05) #25 • ALEXA ARSENAULT Point-scoring Streak 3 (10/21-28/05) GOALKEEPER • 5-7 • FR./FR. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA (ST. THERESA OF LISIEUX) High School: A three-year starter for St. Theresa of Lisieux Catho- lic H.S. ... helped her team to the York Region Championship ... also earned four basketball letters for the Lions. Personal: Alexa Katrina Arsenault was born March 14, 1988, in Rich- mond Hill, Ontario ... plans to major in education at BGSU ... daughter of Jacques and Helen Arsenault ... has an older brother ... a National Team of Canada (NTC) Program invitee ... has played club ball for the Unionville Strikers, helping that team to a league title in 2005 ... also played for Vaughan Azzurri ... a region record-holder in the shot put for fi ve consecutive years.

#14 • SAMANTHA BLAND DEFENDER • 5-8 • FR./FR. HILLIARD, OHIO (DARBY) High School: A two-year letterwinner for Hilliard Darby (‘06) under coach Chris King ... a ﬁ rst-team All-Ohio Capital Conference selection ... ﬁ nished her career as the team’s MVP, leading the Panthers in assists from her defender position ... Honor Roll all four years ... played for Darby as a freshman and a senior ... played with the Ohio Premier Fall Corbie Yee Team in her sophomore and junior years. Personal: Samantha Jo Bland was born on Dec. 21, 1987, in Dallas, Texas ... currently undecided upon a major at BGSU ... daughter of John and Becky Bland ... has an older brother and an older sister ... hails from the same high school as current Falcon teammate Lindsay Carter ... has played club ball with Ohio Premier, ZABEK YEAR BY YEAR captaining that team ... as mentioned, played two years with the Ohio Premier Fall Team. Year MP/MS Min. Svs GAA Record 2005 3/0 66:19 1 0.00 0-0-0

#10 • JEN CZAPKA CAREER BESTS MIDFIELDER • 5-2 • FR./FR. Minutes 45:00 vs. Cleveland State 9/16/05 UXBRIDGE, ONTARIO, CANADA Saves 1 at Ball State 9/30/05 (ST. MARY CATHOLIC SECONDARY) Shutout Streak 66:19 (9/16-05-Current) High School: Earned a pair of letters at St. Mary’s Catholic Second- ary School (‘06) ... an Honor Roll student each year ... Ontario Scholar SHUTOUTS Award. 9/16/05 vs. Cleveland State (45:00) # W 6-0 Personal: Jennifer Marie Czapka was born May 29, 1988, in North 10/16/05 vs. Buffalo (12:44) # W 4-0 York, Ontario ... plans to major in business ... daughter of Peter and # combined with Ali Shingler for shutout Karen Czapka ... the oldest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... has played club soccer with the Unionville Strikers and Pickering Eagles, helping those teams to numerous honors ... Strikers earned a Canadian Professional Soccer League championship in 2005, and also won the CGSL League and CGSL Cup titles ... Strikers U17/18 team was ranked number-one in Ontario and #2 in Canada in ‘05 ... Eagles won the U21 Ontario Cup ﬁ nals in the summer of ‘06 ... Ontario Provincial Team member in 2003.

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#7 • RENAE DIETRICH DEFENDER • 5-8 • FR./FR. CINCINNATI, OHIO (OAK HILLS) High School: An All-Greater Miami Conference performer at Oak Hills (‘06) under coaches Chuck Laumann and Lindsey Doll ... three- year letterwinner who scored a total of 14 goals ... helped the High- landers to a combined 22-9-6 record over her fi nal two seasons ... also earned a pair of basketball letters. Personal: Renae Elise Dietrich was born on Feb. 29, 1988, in Cincin- nati, Ohio ... currently undecided upon a major at BGSU ... daughter of Steve and Roseanna Dietrich ... the fourth of fi ve children ... has two brothers and two sisters ... has played club ball with the Cincinnati Futbol Alliance (formerly Westside United) as well as with the CUP program ... the latter team won state and regional championships in 2003 and appeared in the national semifi nals ... sister, Danielle, played four years of women’s soccer at Ohio State, concluding her career in 2005 ... uncle, Todd Dietrich, earned four basketball letters (1978-81) at Western Michigan.

#1 • TIFFANY HANSEN GOALKEEPER • 5-4 • JR./JR. LEXINGTON, OHIO (LEXINGTON) (UNIV. OF LOUISVILLE) 2005 at Louisville: Played in two matches, starting both ... had a 1-1-0 record and a goals-against average of just 0.50, allowing only one goal in 180 minutes ... had a total of four saves ... picked up a win in Big East Conference action, making one save in a complete-match shutout HANSEN YEAR BY YEAR win, 1-0, over South Florida ... other appearance came at UAB, as she Year MP/MS Min. Svs GAA Record had three saves in a 1-0 loss. 2004 * 8/6 547:44 13 1.31 5-2-1 2004 at Louisville: Played in eight matches during her freshman season, making six starts ... 2005 * 2/2 180:00 4 0.50 1-1-0 posted a 5-2-1 record, picking up a shutout and combining on two others ... had a 1.31 GAA, Career 10/8 727:44 17 1.11 6-3-1 with 13 saves in 547:44 of action ... blanked Butler in her collegiate debut, facing two shots * at the University of Louisville in the season opener vs. the Bulldogs ... had ﬁ ve stops in a 1-0 loss vs. #18 Ohio State ... three saves in a road win over Ohio ... played the ﬁ rst 64 minutes of a shutout win over Evansville ... also combined on a shutout win over Morehead State, without being forced to make a save ... picked up the win against Murray State ... named to the AD Honor Roll, Dean’s List and Conference USA Commissioner’s List, while also earning the C-USA Commissioner’s Medal ... was a Red and Black Scholar. High School: A four-year letterwinner at Lexington H.S. ... twice earned all-conference honors for the Minutemen, posting a career GAA of 0.76 and 26 shutouts ... team won the conference and district championships all four years ... team captain and a four-year scholar athlete. Personal: Born on March 26, 1985, in Fort Wayne, Ind. ... daughter of John and Lonnie Han- sen ... has a twin brother ... a four-year member of the Ohio ODP ... played club ball for Ohio Premier.

#22 • FAITH JUILLERAT FORWARD • 5-6 • FR./FR. MASON, OHIO (MASON) The 2006 sophomores (left to right): Kristin High School: A four-year letterwinner at Mason (‘06) under coaches McDonald, Brianne Eisenhard, Christy Zabek, Angie Edmonds and Paul Reedy ... the Fort Ancient Valley Conference Susan Hunter and Corbie Yee. Player of the Year as a senior ... earned All-Ohio Third-Team honors that season, and was a two-time all-league, all-city and all-district ﬁ rst- team pick ... scored 41 career goals and added 22 assists for the Comets ... a two-time team MVP, she helped the Comets to the FAVC title as a senior ... also earned two letters in basketball. Personal: Faith Marie Juillerat was born Dec. 9, 1987, in Cincinnati, Ohio ... plans to major in physical education at BGSU ... daughter of Jeff and Michele Juillerat ... has a younger sister ... mother swam collegiately, at Eastern Michigan ... comes from the same high school that produced a trio of Falcons in Leslie Hepﬁ nger, Erika Flanders and Ash- ley Wentzel, all of whom captained the BGSU squad ... has played club ball for FOSC Mirage.

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#23 • KATIE KIRKHOFF MIDFIELDER • 5-8 • FR./FR. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (LAWRENCE CENTRAL) High School: A four-year letterwinner and two-time captain at Lawrence Central (‘06) under coach Chris Harmon ... twice earned all-state honors, being named to the ﬁ rst team as a senior after earning second-team laurels as a junior ... helped the Bears to a combined Conference Indiana record of 32-1-3 over her four years ... totalled 38 career goals and a school-record 40 assists, including 11 goals and 15 helpers as a senior ... earned all-conference and all-county honors in all four years ... team captured three sectional titles. Personal: Kathleen McCarthy Kirkhoff was born Oct. 14, 1987, in Indianapolis, Ind. ... plans to major in sport commu- nication at BGSU ... daughter of Tim and Lisa Kirkhoff ... the oldest of four children ... has two brothers and a sister ... has played club ball for the Carmel United Soccer Club (CUSC) Cyclones since 2000, helping that team to state championships on seven occasions ... played for the state ODP team from 2000-04.

#11 • KAITLYN KOBE DEFENDER • 5-4 • FR./FR. SOLON, OHIO (SOLON) High School: A three-year letterwinner at Solon (‘06) for coaches Tony Moore and Tolga Yanmaz ... two-time All-West- ern Reserve Conference First-Team selection for the Comets ... was named both her school’s Best Offensive Player and Best Defensive Player during her tenure ... also earned one track letter ... in the classroom, was an Honor Roll student and a Scholar Athlete Award recipient on multiple occasions ... National Honor Society member. Personal: Kaitlyn Nicole Kobe was born on Jan. 19, 1988, in Mayﬁ eld Heights, Ohio ... plans to major in math education at BGSU ... daughter of Mike and Cheryl Kobe ... has three brothers ... has played club ball for Everest Soccer Club and Cleveland Cobras.

#5 • COLLEEN KORDAN DEFENDER • 5-8 • FR./FR. STRONGSVILLE, OHIO (STRONGSVILLE) High School: A four-year starter at Strongsville (‘06) under coach Jon Felton ... earned a veritable plethora of honors during her tenure with the Mustangs ... was named an All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as a senior, after helping the team to a second state championship in her four years (2002 and 2005) ... a two-time all-state selection, earning ﬁ rst-team honors as a senior after being named to the third team the prior year ... the Pioneer Conference MVP in 2005 ... team earned district titles in all four seasons, as well as a pair of league titles ... SHS went 73-8-9 in her four years, and never lost a home game (37-0-4) ... Mustangs allowed only 34 goals in those 90 games, and had 68 shutouts. Personal: Colleen Kay Kordan was born Sept. 20, 1988, in Bedford, Ohio ... currently undecided upon a major at BGSU ... daughter of Victor and Diane Kordan ... the youngest of two children ... older brother, Kyle, is also a student at BGSU ... the latest in a long line of Strongsville H.S. products to come to BG ... that list includes Michelle Lisy, Jenny Berlovan and Nikki Pucillo ... has played club ball for the Cleveland United ... was on the Ohio North ODP team in both 2004 and ‘05 ... also was on the regional team and attended the national ODP camp.

The 2006 freshmen – Bottom row (left to right): Faith Juillerat, Samantha Bland, Katie Kirkhoff, Alexa Arsenault, Colleen Kordan, Kaitlyn Kobe and Renae Dietrich. Top row: Simone Toney, Jen Czapka, Kayleigh Zajaros and Stacey Lucas.

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#9 • STACEY LUCAS FORWARD • 5-4 • FR./FR. HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO (WAYNE) High School: A two-time All-Ohio Third-Team honoree at Wayne H.S. (‘06) ... was an all-area and all-conference selection three times each for the Warriors ... the Greater Western Ohio Conference Player of the Year in 2005 ... scored 81 career goals – including 33 as a senior – and added 32 assists ... team advanced to the regional ﬁ nals in 2004 and to the district ﬁ nals the next year ... earned three track letters. Personal: Stacey Lynne Lucas was born on Sept. 22, 1987, in Dayton ... plans to major in education ... daughter of Mark and Kathy Lucas ... has two older brothers ... has played club ball for Ohio Galaxies, leading the team in scoring over four seasons (2002-05) ... also played for Dayton Soccer Academy (DSA) ... attended ODP regional camp and was selected to the state pool in two years.

#24 • SIMONE TONEY DEFENDER • 5-5 • FR./FR. NORTHVILLE, MICH. (NORTHVILLE) High School: A four-year letterwinner at Northville (‘06) under coach Ron Meteyer ... three-year starter who started a total of 77 games for the Mustangs ... helped the team to a combined record of 66-10-6 during her four seasons, including a Western Lakes Athletic Association mark of 34-4-4 ... Mustangs went a combined 22-1-1 and won a pair of league titles over her last two years ... earned all-division and all-district honors ... helped NHS to a state title in the spring of 2003, her freshman year ... also was a four-year letterwinner in basketball, earning team MVP honors in 2004 ... earned All-Metro Dream Team accolades in both sports ... captained both teams as a senior. Personal: Simone Brittany Toney was born on Nov. 11, 1987, in Orange, Calif. ... plans to major in communications with a business minor at BGSU ... daughter of Frederiek and Cynthia Toney ... the third of four children ... has a brother and two sisters ... has played club soccer for the Michigan Hawks, helping that team to a pair of state cup runner-up ﬁ nishes ... prior to the Hawks, played for Ohio Premier (South) ... also has been included in Michigan’s ODP State Pool ... sister, Camille, played two seasons (2004 and 2005) of women’s soccer at UCLA after playing two years at South Carolina.

#8 • KAYLEIGH ZAJAROS MIDFIELDER • 5-9 • FR./FR. BAY VILLAGE, OHIO (BAY) High School: A three-year letterwinner at Bay H.S. (‘06) for coaches Beth Gavin and Gale Fisk ... helped the Rockets to back-to-back state championships in 2002 and 2003 and a semifi nal appearance in ‘05 ... an All-Greater Cleveland First- Team choice as a senior ... BHS went a combined 66-20-4 in her four years, winning four district titles and three regional crowns ... all-conference fi rst-team selection in 2005. Personal: Kayleigh Melissa Zajaros was born on Nov. 3, 1987, in Lorain, Ohio ... plans to major in pre-medicine ... daughter of John and Connie Zajaros ... the third of four children ... has a brother and two sisters ... sister, Allison, played for Cleveland State during the Vikings’ fi rst two years of varsity women’s soccer (2004 and 2005) ... has played club ball with the Cleveland Soccer Academy Impact, as well as with Ohio Premier and Cleveland Cobras ... also has been involved with Ohio North ODP ... attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2005 ... received the Kiwanis Academic Achievement Award on several occasions.

The 2006 juniors (left to right): Gina Rossi, Rachael Ross, Danielle Cygan, Tiffany Hansen, Karie Sahly, Janie Babich and Tierney Tilford.

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QUANTITY AND QUALITY The BGSU women’s soccer senior class, at nine members, was the largest in the history of the program. That group can also stake the claim of being the most successful class in program history. The group, comprised of (left to right) co-captain Natalie Sampiller, co-captain Ashley Wentzel, Megan Rapp, Leah Eggleton, Ali Shingler, Britt Anderson, Samantha Meister, Molly Bremen and Julie Trundle, took the Falcons to heights never before reached since the program’s inception. Some of the highlights of that group’s list of accomplishments ...

• Four trips to the MAC Tournament, after BGSU had qualifi ed just twice in the program’s fi rst fi ve seasons • • Four consecutive trips to the MAC Tournament’s semifi nal round • • Three-straight appearances in the MAC Tournament’s championship match • • Back-to-back MAC Tournament titles and NCAA Championships appearances in 2004 and 2005 • • A school-record 14 wins, a 9-2-0 MAC record and the program’s fi rst-ever regular-season crown in 2005 • • A total of 44 wins, the most over a four-year span in the history of the program • • The 2005 MAC Player of the Year (Samantha Meister) • • Two 2005 All-MAC First-Team selections (Meister and Britt Anderson) and a second-team choice (Julie Trundle) • • The fi rst Academic All-American (Ali Shingler, a fi rst-team selection by ESPN The Magazine) in program history • • Three of the top-seven goal-scorers (Meister, Anderson, Trundle) in program annals • • Five of the top-seven career assist leaders (Trundle, Leah Eggleton, Anderson, Meister and Ashley Wentzel) on the BGSU list • • Five players (Meister, Trundle, Anderson, Eggleton, Wentzel) among the program’s top-13 point-scorers • • A goalkeeper (Shingler) ranked fi rst or second on every BG list, including a school-record fi ve MAC Tournament wins •

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