Nov. 4, 2004

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ATHENS, Ohio - Bowling Green State University women's soccer standouts Kristy Coppes and Leah Eggleton have been named to the 2004 All-Mid-American Conference Team. Coppes, a senior, and Eggleton, a junior, each have been chosen to the second team, it was announced at the MAC Tournament banquet Thursday evening (Nov. 4) in Athens, Ohio.

Coppes, a native of Findlay, Ohio (Findlay HS), has played in all 21 of BGSU's matches this year to date, starting 20. She holds nearly all of the Falcons' goal-scoring records. This season, Coppes has school-record totals of 15 goals and 31 points, and also has set a BGSU record with five match-winning goals in 2004.

For her career, Coppes has upped her school-record totals to 49 goals and 104 points. She is tied for third in Mid-American Conference history in goals, and is deadlocked for fifth on the MAC points list.

Coppes' 15-goal total this season includes a six-goal performance in the Falcons' season-opening win over Duquesne (Aug. 27). That total set school and MAC records, and fell just one goal shy of the NCAA single-match record.

Junior Leah Eggleton (photo by Zolton Cohen)

Eggleton, a native of Fairfield, Ohio (Fairfield HS), has played in 17 matches, starting 13. She missed the first four matches of the season due to injury, but still has managed to amass a team-high eight assists, just one shy of the school record. Just a junior, Eggleton already ranks fifth on the BGSU career assists list, with 15.

This year, her eight assists included five in a four-match span, a streak that also tied her for the longest scoring streak on the team this season. She picked up a pair of assists vs. Eastern Michigan, and assisted on a goal in each of the Falcons' three wins during a season-long streak, against Cleveland State, Akron and Miami.

In fact, seven of Eggleton's eight assists have come in MAC play this season, including helpers against Kent State, Buffalo and Western Michigan.

The Falcons at Thursday night's MAC Tournament banquet (photo courtesy Ohio Media Services)

The Falcons are 8-11-2 heading into Friday's (Nov. 5) MAC Tournament semifinal round in Athens. BGSU, the eighth seed for the tourney, posted an upset win at #1 seed Kent State on Tuesday (Nov. 2), and now will face fourth-seeded Western Michigan in a match beginning at 11:00 a.m.

BGSU WOMEN'S SOCCER
ALL-MAC SELECTIONS

FIRST TEAM
Tracy Gleixner, 1998
Erika Flanders, 2002
Samantha Meister, 2003


			

			

			
The seven Falcon seniors pose with coach Andy Richards at Thursday's banquet (photo courtesy Ohio Media Services)
			

			
			

			
			
			
SECOND TEAM
Beth Wechsler, 1998
Beth Wechsler, 2000
Ashley Enser, 2000
Kristy Coppes, 2004
Leah Eggleton, 2004