The Raiders closed the home portion of their schedule on Wednesday evening with a 2-0 defeat of Bowling Green at Alumni Field. The Raiders were paced by senior Braden Fleak who tallied two goals in his final home match, while Matt Koewler combined to make three saves to post WSU's second shutout of the season.

“It couldn't have been a more fitting senior night,” said head coach Bryan Davis. “Just as Braden has done his entire career, he came through for us in a big situation. Every senior had a role in tonight's victory and I couldn't be more proud of the five of them. I feel very blessed for these guys to be my first senior class and am excited for the final two games of the regular season.”

The Green and Gold nearly took an early lead when Uros Grujic played a ball into the 18-yard box from the midfield circle. Fleak flicked the ball off his head and to the feet of Bamberger, who sent a shot towards the net that Schoettley made a diving save on to keep the match scoreless.

The Raiders struck in the 21st minute when Fleak tallied his sixth goal of the season in his final home contest. The senior took a long pass from rookie Austin List, dribbled past the last defender, around the goalkeeper and sent a shot into an open net to push WSU ahead, 1-0, at the 21:08 mark.

The Green and Gold added to their lead late in the second half when Fleak struck again from eight yards out with five-minutes remaining in the match. Freshman Tim Sampson sent a crossing pass to Fleak on the right flank and the senior connected on a laser into the corner of the net to the near post for a 2-0 WSU lead at the 85-minute mark.

Fleak tallied his two goals in his first career home game against IPFW on August 25, 2006 and scored a pair his final home match versus the Falcons on Wednesday, with 30 goals in between. Fleak ranks sixth on the career-goal scoring list with 34 and sits ninth on the all-time points list with 74. Along with Fleak and Grujic, seniors Joe Flach, Adam Harp and Jonah Longino closed out their careers at Alumni Field with a victory as they started it in 2006 with a 4-0 win over IPFW.

The Green and Gold outshot the Flacons 15-11, each team took three corner kicks and the duo of Whisenhunt and Koewler combined to make three saves for the second shutout of the season. Each team took three corner kicks and the Green and Gold held a 6-3 edge in shots on goal.

The Raiders are now 5-9-1 overall and will hit the road for their final two matches of the regular season, traveling to Alabama A&M on Tuesday, November 3 for a 2:00 kickoff. WSU will close out the regular season on November 7 at Butler in a pivotal Horizon League contest.