MICHIGAN STATE (2-1-0) VS. BOWLING GREEN (2-0-1) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 | 2 PM | DeMARTIN STADIUM 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS THIS WEEK’S PREVIEW AUGUST Thu., 26 CLEVELAND ST. W, 2-1 GAMEDAY LOOKING AT THE FALCONS Mon., 30 AKRON L, 1-2 Michigan State men’s soccer concludes its Michigan State leads the overall series with four-game homestand, facing Bowling Green Bowling Green 24-16-6. The Spartans also lead SEPTEMBER on Monday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. in a Labor Day at home 13-6-3. MSU has won the last seven Fri., 3 OAKLAND W, 3-1 battle. games in the series and are unbeaten in the Mon., 6 BOWLING GREEN 2 p.m. BTN+ last 17. The battles have be close in nature Fri., 10 at Tulsa 8 p.m. With the convincing 3-1 win over Oakland on with six of the last seven wins being decided Tues, 14 at Notre Dame 7 p.m. Friday, the Spartans improved to 2-1 this sea- by one goal. The last time the teams met in Fri., 17 at Wisconsin * 8:30 p.m BTN son. Offensively, MSU has gotten off to a quick 2018 was one of the most one-sided with the Tues., 21 DUQUESNE 7 p.m. BTN+ start with six goals in the first three games. Spartans coming out on top 3-0. Sun., 26 INDIANA * 3 p.m. BTN+ PUTTING IN THE TIME Bowling Green is off to a fast start this season OCTOBER Nine Spartans have started all three games this with a 2-0-1 record. The Falcons and the Spar- Fri., 1 PENN STATE * 7 p.m. BTN+ season. Seniors Hunter Morse and Luke Mor- tans have one common opponent in Cleveland Tues., 5 at Michigan * 8 p.m. BTN rell, along with junior Nick Stone, have played State. MSU opened the season with a 2-1 win Sun., 10 at Rutgers * 2:30 p.m. BTN+ all 270 minutes this season. Thirteen different against CSU, while BGSU defeated the Vikings Wed., 13 at Western Michigan 4:30 p.m. players have started at least one game. 3-0 on Sept. 3. Sun., 17 OHIO STATE * 2 p.m. BTN+ Fri., 22 MARYLAND 7 p.m. BTN+ AROUND THE LEAGUE UP NEXT Sun., 31 at Northwestern * 4 p.m. BTN+ Senior midfielder Michael Miller is tied for first After taking on the Falcons, the Spartans then in the Big Ten in goals scored with two. Junior hit the road for three-straight games at Tulsa forward Gianni Ferri is second in the league in on Sept. 11 and Notre Dame on Sept. 14. MSU *=Big Ten matches assists with two in three games. will then open Big Ten action on the road at Home games BOLD Wisconsin on Sept. 17. Home Matches in CAPS OFF TO A FAST START Prior to this season, senior midfielder Michael O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! Miller had scored two goals in 56 games at The Spartan have named four captains this MSU. In the first three games this year, he al- season. Leading MSU will be seniors Jack Beck, ready scored two, including the game-winning Michael Miller, Farai Mutatu and Will Perkins. goal against Cleveland State on Aug. 26. PRESEASON HONORS Overall this season, Miller leads the Spartans Michigan State had three players named to the with two goals and one assist for five points. Big Ten Players to Watch list. Michael Miller is a three-year starter for Michigan State. In his Spartan career, the midfielder has played in 56 games, starting 41. Hunter Morse enters his third year in goal for the Spartans. He has started 27 games in goal for MSU with three career shutouts. Farai Mutatu earned second- Retirement Plans \ IRAs \ College Savings \ Financial Planning team All-Big Ten honors after the spring 2021 season. After battling injuries much of the Michigan Based \ \ year, he ended the season with one goal. 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Hometown/Previous School 1 Hunter Morse GK R-Sr. 6-3 184 Belleville, Mich./Huron 2 Jack Beck M Sr. 6-0 174 Dewitt, Mich./Dewitt 3 Luke Morrell M Sr. 6-0 173 Kalamazoo, Mich./Oakland 4 Chase Inscho D R-Fr. 6-0 193 Rochester, Mich./Stoney Creek 5 Jack Zugay M So. 6-1 151 Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer 6 Dante Morrissette D R-Sr. 6-2 187 Ajak, Ontario./Northeastern 7 Alaa Algahim F R-So. 5-11 166 Hamtramck, Mich./Frontier International 8 Efosa Emovon F Fr. 6-1 176 London, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas 9 Farai Mutatu F Sr. 5-9 164 Haslett, Mich./Haslett 10 Olu Ogunwale M Sr. 5-10 156 East Brunswick, N.J./YSC Academy 11 Gianni Ferri F Jr. 6-0 167 Windsor, Ontario/Holy Names 12 Nick Stone D Jr. 5-10 154 Pinckney, Mich./Pinckney 13 Conner George M Jr. 6-2 170 Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier 14 Josh Adam D Fr. 6-2 168 Brighton, Mich./Brighton 15 Jacob Cromer M So. 5-10 166 Northville, Mich./Northville 16 Kellan Landefeld F R-So. 5-8 145 Livonia, Mich./Stevenson 17 Kadin Shaban M Fr. 5-10 175 Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian 18 Michael Miller M Sr. 6-1 188 Normal, Ill./Normal Community 19 Vedad Kovac M So. 5-8 152 Marrietta, Ga./Lassiter 20 Connor Brazil D R-Sr. 5-8 142 Chesterfield, Mich./Louisville 21 Zack Babiak F Fr. 5-11 159 Rochester Hills, Mich./Vadar Academy 22 Will Perkins D R-Jr. 5-8 143 Detroit, Mich./UofD Jesuit 23 Louis Sala M Sr. 5-10 172 West Bloomfield, Mich./Northern Illinois 24 Greyson Mercer F So. 6-2 201 Heber City, Utah/Wasatch 25 Brandon DeSmyter D R-Sr. 5-7 163 DeWitt, Mich./Northern Michigan 29 Andrew Nicholsen GK So. 6-3 187 Novi, Mich./Detroit Catholic 30 Zac Kelly GK Fr. 5-11 180 Holt, Mich./Holt 32 Lance McGrane GK Fr. 6-2 199 Kingston, Pa./Holy Redemer BOWLING GREEN FALCONS (2-0-1) Head Coach: Eric Nichols / 13th Season | Assistant Coaches: Sean Teepen, Nate Kopunek, Chris Brennan No. Name Pos. Yr./Elig Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 1 Logan Kowalczyk GK Jr. 6-0 Pinckney, Mich./Gahanna (Ohio) Lincoln 2 Gaetano D’Argento M Fr. 5-10 Wayne, Ill./South Elgin 3 Joey Akpunonu D So. 6-3 Toledo, Ohio/St. John’s Jesuit 4 Daniel Lacerda D So. 6-0 Lisbon, Portugal/IADE - Creative Univ. 5 Jacob Erlandson D R-Sr. 6-1 Dayton, Ohio/Huntington (Ind.) Univ. 6 Colin McCort M Sr. 6-3 Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty 7 Abdi Faqi F Jr. 5-7 Mogadishu, Somalia/Toledo (Ohio) St. John’s Jesuit 8 Zach Buescher M R-Sr. 5-9 Holland, Ohio/Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 9 Roberto Fernandez F R-Sr. 5-9 Valencia, Spain/Colegio La Purisima /Milligan Coll. 10 Sergi Martinez M Sr. 5-8 Barcelona, Spain/Eugeni Xammar /Univ. of Hartford 11 Eli Shope F Jr. 5-9 Bowling Green, Ohio/Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 12 Kale Nichols M Sr. 5-10 Bowling Green, Ohio/Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 13 Michael Montemurr D Jr. 5-11 Windsor, Ontario, Canada / Holy Names Catholic 14 Carter Womack D Jr. 5-10 Mason, Ohio/Mason 15 Kyle Cusimano M So. 6-0 Bay Village, Ohio/Bay 16 Brevin Andreadis M R-Fr. 6-1 Cincinnati, Ohio/West Virginia 17 Alberto Anaya M Fr. 5-5 Queretaro, Mexico/ITESM Leon 18 Jake Bergin M Fr. 5-11 Cleveland, Ohio/Rocky River 19 Patrick Koenig F R-Fr. 5-11 Shorewood, Ill. / Naperville North 20 Jensen Lukacsko M Sr. 5-8 Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln 21 Spencer Straka F/M Jr. 6-0 Toledo, Ohio/St. Francis de Sales 22 Marko Rimac F FR. 5-11 Kirtland, Ohio/Saint Ignatius 23 Kyle Blasingame M R-Fr. 5-8 Oswego, Ill./Oswego East 26 Josh Erlandson D Jr. 5-11 Dayton, Ohio/Huntington (Ind.) Univ. 27 Nathan Masters M Jr. 5-7 Sylvania, Ohio/Northview 28 Alec Srodawa GK Sr. 6-0 Copley, Ohio/Copley 33 Brendan Graves GK So. 6-0 Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg 2021 MSU MEN’S SOCCER MSUSPARTANS.COM .