{"id":503085,"date":"2026-10-21T06:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503085\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T06:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:28:13","slug":"mens-soccer-suffers-first-home-loss-of-season-to-bgsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503085\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Soccer Suffers First Home Loss of Season to BGSU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792564093_187_nku_logo.png\" alt=\"Northern Kentucky University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Northern Kentucky University<\/p>\n<p>10\/30\/2026 | 2 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 30 (Fri) \/ 2 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792564093_187_nku_logo.png\" alt=\"Northern Kentucky University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Northern Kentucky University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/opponent-history\/northern-kentucky-university\/77\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>ROCHESTER, Mich. &#8211; The Golden Grizzlies were unable to keep their home unbeaten streak alive, falling to Bowling Green (BGSU) 2-0 at home on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies generated 18 shots to the Falcons&#8217; 15, but put three on goal while the Falcons finished with seven shots on goal. The Golden Grizzlies kept the Falcons scoreless after halftime, but couldn&#8217;t capitalize to pull within reach.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/quentin-ubaydi\/11308\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11308\" target=\"_blank\">Quentin Ubaydi<\/a> and the Golden Grizzlies defense absorbed early pressure, including four Falcons corner kicks in the opening 13 minutes, while <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/gabe-gjokaj\/11313\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11313\" target=\"_blank\">Gabe Gjokaj<\/a> took the Golden Grizzlies&#8217; first two shots by the 10th minute.<\/p>\n<p>BGSU began their tally as Xavier Sims scored in the 22nd minute with assists from Gus Peacock and Joshua Pedersen to put the Falcons ahead 1-0. The Golden Grizzlies answered with a <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/kinan-abdulrazzak\/11310\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11310\" target=\"_blank\">Kinan Abdulrazzak<\/a> shot saved by Jason Ball in the 25th minute and a corner seconds later, but Caue Ramos added another Falcons goal in the 29th minute to leave the Golden Grizzlies down 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland continued to create chances with another corner in the 32nd minute and a Gjokaj shot high in the 33rd minute that sailed just high as her nearly cut the lead. Oakland then generated five shots from the 35th minute to the 44th minute, including saved attempts by <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/grant-mateer\/12877\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12877\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Mateer<\/a> and Gjokaj, but remained down 2-0 at the break.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies opened up their attack in the second-half, but could not cut into the Falcons&#8217; 2-0 lead, as the teams played a scoreless final 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Grizzlies opened the half with a corner kick in the 48th minute and had a four-shot stretch from the 54th minute to the 60th minute, with <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/kinan-abdulrazzak\/11310\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11310\" target=\"_blank\">Kinan Abdulrazzak<\/a>, Edouard Haineault, <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/cullen-greene\/12873\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12873\" target=\"_blank\">Cullen Greene<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/jarrett-pechar\/12869\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12869\" target=\"_blank\">Jarrett Pechar<\/a> each recording attempts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/quentin-ubaydi\/11308\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11308\" target=\"_blank\">Quentin Ubaydi<\/a> kept the Falcons from adding on with saves on Lucas Brinkman, Caue Ramos and Aiden Ptacek, including Ptacek&#8217;s chance in the 76th minute during a Falcons attacking spell. The Golden Grizzlies continued to push late, getting two more shots from Abdulrazzak and an 88th-minute corner, but the score stayed unchanged and the Falcons finished off a 2-0 win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/kinan-abdulrazzak\/11310\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11310\" target=\"_blank\">Kinan Abdulrazzak<\/a> led the Golden Grizzlies with six shots and put one on goal. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/gabe-gjokaj\/11313\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11313\" target=\"_blank\">Gabe Gjokaj<\/a> added four shots, including one on goal. <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/mens-soccer\/roster\/quentin-ubaydi\/11308\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11308\" target=\"_blank\">Quentin Ubaydi<\/a> played all 90 minutes in goal and recorded five saves in his first start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Up next, the Golden Grizzlies host Northern Kentucky University on Friday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester, Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Northern Kentucky University 10\/30\/2026 | 2 PM &#13; Oct. 30 (Fri) \/ 2&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-503085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}