With just a week left in the fall semester, now is a good time to give a season review for some of the BG sports.
Let's start with soccer.
Both the men's and women's soccer teams made huge strides this season.
Picked to finish sixth in the Mid-American Conference preseason poll, the BG men's soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the MAC Tournament to finish third. The Falcons will return 22 players next season, including 11 freshmen.
Ryan Comiskey emerged as BG's top freshman and made an impact immediately, scoring the game-winning goal in a preseason game against Indianapolis. Goalkeeper Miguel Rosales was another bright spot who will also be returning next season.
Rosales started every match this season and recorded 75 saves to lead the MAC. He was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team and will be a player to watch out for in 2011.
Not to be outdone, the women's soccer team played gutsy soccer all season long, despite its 4-12-4 record. If the Falcons could have tuned a couple of those draws into wins, they would have made the conference tournament for the first time since 2008.
Which brings us to football. Ah yes, the worst season since the 1950s. To say it was a rough season would be an understatement. At 2-10, nothing went right.
Quarterback Matt SChilz injured his throwing shoulder early in the season and never looked comfortable after that, injuries to the offensive line gave way to sacks and a poor running game and the defense was consistently inconsistent. I mean really, I've never seen a defense look so good in generating tunrovers but yet look awful due to the amount of offense it allowed each game.
Next year will be big for Falcon coach Dave Clawson as most of his recruits will be in place as former coach Gregg Brandon and his players are all but gone at this point.
Covering the football team this season was rather interesting, which is why I was looking forward to basketball season far too early.
Now that basketball season is here, I'm back to writing articles that showcase a win. The women's basketball team is off to another fast start with 9-1 record. The Falcons are on a nine-game winning streak and don't show signs of slowing down.
As for the men's basketball team, its in the middle of a streak as well, but not the one a team wants to be on. The Falcons are 1-8 this season and have lost seven straight games.
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