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  Erika Flanders
Erika Flanders

Player Profile
Hometown:
Mason, Ohio

High School:
Mason

Height:
5-8

Position:
Goalkeeper

Birthdate:
03/02/1981

Experience:
4L

2002:
BGSU Team Captain

Graduated:
2003

Senior Year Media-Guide Bio (plus Senior Year info.) in PDF Format
Flanders Flyer (Nov. 2002) in PDF Format
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Notes: Ends her career holding or sharing every BGSU goalkeeping record ... set the school seasonal record for saves in each of her four years.

2002: The Falcons' team captain ... All-MAC First-Team selection ... named to the MAC's All-Tournament Team, as well as the all-tourney team at Ohio State ... played every minute of every match in goal in 2002 ... named the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 22 ... had a season-high 10 saves in the opener, vs. Michigan State ... made nine stops vs. both Eastern Illinois and Western Michigan, and had eight saves five times ... MAC Honor Roll for third time.

2001: Started all 19 contests in goal ... had a 7-10-2 record, a 1.76 goals-against average and four shutouts ... tied her own school seasonal record in the latter category ... set a new school record with 127 saves, breaking her own mark ... holds the school career records for wins, saves, GAA and shutouts ... set a school single-match record with 17 saves in a tie at Michigan State ... made nine saves in a season-opening shutout at UW-Green Bay ... her performance in those two matches (UWGB, MSU) earned her MAC Player-of-the-Week honors on Sept. 3 ... she allowed just one goal and made 26 saves (.963 sv%) in 210 minutes in those two contests ... those performances got her named to two national teams that same week, the Soccer America Team of the Week and the Soccer Buzz National Elite Team of the Week ... had nine saves in a shutout win at Ohio State ... other shutouts came vs. Samford (six saves) and Akron (five stops) ... had double-digit save totals vs. Buffalo (13) and Toledo (10) ... had scoreless streaks of 242:08 and a school-record 266:55 ... now owns the five longest shutout streaks in BG history ... Academic All-MAC ... MAC Honor Roll for second-straight year.

2000: Started 20 of the Falcons' 21 contests in goal ... had a 10-9-1 record and a school-record goals-against average of 1.37 ... also set BG seasonal records for saves (118), wins and shutouts (four) ... named to the MAC All-Tournament team ... had double-digit save totals four times, including 10 saves in the league title match vs. Miami ... saved a penalty-kick attempt in the first EMU victory ... had a shutout in that match, and also blanked St. Bonaventure, Ball State and Marshall ... named to the MAC's Academic Honor Roll.

1999: Started all 17 matches in which she saw action ... missed the Marshall and Ohio contests due to injury ... had a 5-11-1 record in net, with a 2.08 goals-against average ... set a school record with 14 saves in a 1-0 loss to Ohio State ... also set a school single-season mark with 91 saves ... that record total, which she has since broken twice, also represented the BGSU career record at the time ... earned complete-match shutouts vs. Niagara and Kent, in back-to-back contests ... set a school mark (which she has since broken) by not allowing a goal in a span of 216:22 in mid-September.

High School: Earned four letters at Mason ('99) under coach Angie Edmonds ... was named the Fort Ancient Valley Conference Player of the Year after guiding the Comets to a 14-3 record and a third-straight league title ... team went 45-8-1 her last three years ... also the league's P-O-Y as a junior ... set the school shutout records (13 in a season, 43 in her career)... third team all state as a senior ... had a 0.33 GAA that fall ... also earned two varsity letters in basketball ... that team posted a state runner-up finish and was ranked as high as third nationally by USA Today ... National Honor Society ... class president as both a junior and senior.

Personal: Erika Jean Flanders was born March 2, 1981, in Cincinnati ... an art education major at BGSU who finished with a 3.34 GPA ... daughter of John and Karen Flanders ... has a younger brother ... member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies ... member of National Art Education Association ... also a member of BGSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... father played football and baseball at Earlham College ... played club ball for the Lakota Heat and Club Ohio.

FLANDERS - YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS

Year    MP/MS   Minutes   Svs   GAA     Record
1999    17/17   1517:36    91   2.08    5-11-1
2000    20/20   1834:23   118   1.37   10- 9-1
2001    19/19   1692:05   127   1.76    7-10-2
2002    22/22   2040:18   137   1.24   12- 8-2
Career  78/78   7084:22   473   1.58   34-38-6