Akron 4, Cleveland State 0
Bowling Green 3, Oakland 0
 

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Stories courtesy of MAC Sports Information Departments
 
Akron 4, Cleveland State 0
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AKRON, Ohio – University of Akron sophomore Johnny Fitzgerald (Tallahassee, Fla.) registered his first career multi-goal effort to spark the 19th-rated Zips (9-3-3) to a 4-0 non-conference triumph over Cleveland State (9-6-0) on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at FirstEnergy Stadium.
 
Fitzgerald earned the brace collecting goals in the 16th (15:23) and 36th (35:55) minutes, respectively, while junior Carlo Ritaccio (Westbury, N.Y.) and sophomore Ryan Kingsford (Herne Bay, England) added second-half tallies for Akron at the 50:27 and 60:05 marks.
 
Freshman Jason Shokalook (Erie, Pa.), the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, directed the Zips' offensive efforts with a game-high six shots, as part of an overall 14-3 edge in shots for Akron on the evening.
 
Senior GK Will Meyer (Solon, Ohio) recorded one save for the Zips to garner Akron's sixth shutout of the season.
 
Fitzgerald scored what proved to be the game-winning tally at the 15:23 mark knocking in a deflection off a blocked shot by Shokalook to give the Zips a 1-0 lead.
 
A left-footed strike from 12 yards out in the 36th minute (35:55) by Fitzgerald off an assist from freshman Malik Henry (Hamilton, Ontario) extended Akron's lead to 2-0.
 
Ritaccio connected on his first goal of the year tapping in a deflection off a shot from senior Daniel Strachan (Lakewood, Ohio) at the 50:27 mark to push the Zips' advantage to 3-0.
 
Kingsford capped the scoring on the night on set piece that saw sophomore Josef Paulus (Hinckley, Ohio) serve a ball into the box off a corner kick which sophomore Will Jackson (Hudson, Ohio) flicked towards the net to Kingsford, who tapped the ball into the back of the net for his fifth goal of the season.

The Zips travel to DeKalb, Ill., for a showdown with league-leading Northern Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 30. The tilt with the Huskies is slated for 3 p.m. ET.
 
 
Bowling Green 3, Oakland 0
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ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University men's soccer team scored three first-half goals to close the non-conference schedule in style, as the Falcons topped Oakland University, 3-0, on Tuesday evening (Oct. 26) at the Oakland Soccer Field.
 
On a cold and windy night – the temperature was 39 degrees at kickoff – BG was red-hot at the start of the match. Alberto Anaya gave the Falcons (10-3-2 [2-1-1 Mid-American Conference]) the lead with just over six minutes gone, and a Michael Montemurri penalty kick doubled the lead with less than 18 minutes elapsed.
 
Abdi Faqi's first collegiate tally made it a three-goal margin, and the Golden Grizzlies (8-6-2 [6-1-1 Horizon League]) could not climb out of that hole.
 
Brendan Graves, making his first start of the season and just the second of his BGSU career, had a pair of saves to earn his first complete-match shutout as a Falcon.
 
Oakland's Finn Jurak was credited with just one save but made several spectacular plays on the night to keep the goal differential at three.
 
BGSU is now 75-8-6 when scoring two or more goals in a match in the Eric Nichols Era. The Falcons have scored at least two goals in 10 of this season's 15 matches, including in five of the six non-conference road contests.
 
The Falcons finished the non-league schedule with an 8-2-1 record, including a 5-1-0 road mark. In those six non-league road matchups, BG outscored the opponents by a 14-4 count.