Louisville, Kentucky - The Bowling Green Men's Rugby Team (5-1, 3-0 MAC) will play their second conference away game against the MAC No. 3 Seed on Saturday, October 19th against Louisville (4-1, 3-0 MAC). The Falcon's will look to continue their form from the victory over Maryland with their last match being a forfeit win over Dayton. The match will kickoff at 2 pm at Hayes Kennedy Park, Louisville, KY.
 
"The big tst of the year and we're hopefully as ready as we can be going down there to a really hostile environment," said Head Coach Tony Mazzarella. " We're going to have to be the best mentally capable team that we've probably been in the last three years, so we are going to have to be ready. Hopefully that's what we are able to do."
 
The last time the Falcons faced the Cardinals was in the 47-17 2023 MAC Final loss. The Falcon's will need to be at their mental best this weekend in order to prevail over their toughest competition this season. The Falcon's will need to come ready from kickoff after not playing for two weekends due to Dayton forfeiting the match last Saturday.
 
"This is a passionate game for us, we've seen it at practice every day. Coming out of a forfeit where we didn't get to play a game. The boys are itching to get back on the field," said Captain Joey Apel. "I think that with the mentality we have going into this game, we are ready for anything."
 
Last Time on the Field
Last weekend, the Falcons match against Dayton was canceled. As a result the Falcons received a 28-0 forfeit victory and the max 5 points for the MAC table. This victory extended the Falcons to a 11 game win streak in the MAC Conference which started in Fall 2020 with a 91-0 away win over Pitt.
 
Milestone Markers.

• Falcons look to extend their 11 game win streak to 12 away with an away win in Louisville

About Louisville:
 
Last season Louisville finished 3rd in the MAC Conference with 26 points from a record of 5-2, with losses to both Bowling Green and Western Michigan. They finished first for points for (305), second for points against (63) and points differential (+242). The Cardinals also won the 2023 MAC Tournament after a 31-30 victory over Western Michigan (No. 2) in the semi-finals and a 47-17 victory over Bowling Green (No. 1) to win their second consecutive MAC Title.
 
This season, Louisville are 4-1, 3-0 MAC. The Cardinals started with a preseason victory 36-5 over Memphis who are now ranked No. 5 in the D-II NCR Top 20 Coaches Poll. The Cardinals then played three MAC games, going undefeated with wins over Pittsburgh (65-5), Ohio University (85-0) and Western Michigan (27-15). Last Friday, Louisville lost their first match of the season to Notre Dame 29-5 in the Parseghian Cup.
 
Bowling Green vs. Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky | Hayes Kennedy Park
Saturday, October 19th | @ 2 p.m.
 
Up Next
Bowling Green will play their final MAC Conference home game against No. 5 Ohio University. The game will take place at 1 p.m.,  Saturday, October 26th at the Roger Mazzarella Rugby Field.
 
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