October 30, 2023
Casey Thompson, Otterbein
Thompson made 12 saves en route to a pair of shutouts over Marietta and Mount Union to clinch the OAC regular-season crown. He made eight saves against the Pioneers and then another four versus the Purple Raiders, including a stop on a penalty kick in the second half.
October 30, 2023
Jack Kossoudji, Capital
Kossoudji led the Comets with four goals and one assists in wins over Heidelberg and Baldwin Wallace. Against Heidelberg he scored a hat trick in the first 9:56 of the game – believed to be one of the fastest hat tricks from the start of a game in NCAA history. He capped off the week by scoring the game winning goal just 15 seconds after kickoff against BW.
October 23, 2023
Ryan Sommerfield, Ohio Northern
Sommerfield led the ONU offense with a combined seven points on three goals and one assist in the Polar Bears' 3-1 win at Wilmington on Wednesday and 6-0 victory over Muskingum on Saturday. He scored one goal against the Quakers and had two goals on one assist again the Muskies.
October 23, 2023
Casey Thompson, Otterbein
Thompson tallied eight saves across two 1-0 shutouts victories against John Carroll and Baldwin Wallace. Thompson tallied five saves against JCU to take possession of first place in the OAC standings.
October 16, 2023
Izac Coleman, John Carroll
Coleman steered JCU to wins over Baldwin Wallace and Ohio Northern. Offensively, he added a goal and assists against the Yellow Jacket. He played the full 90 minutes vs. ONU, as the Polar Bears managed just one goal on a PK.
Kellan Minch, Ohio Northern
Minch recorded six points in a 10-1 win at Heidelberg, scoring 2 goals and assisting 2 others. He led the way offensively as ONU recorded its largest goal output since an 11-0 win over Thomas More (Ky.) in 2000.
October 9, 2023
Lucas Hickey, Ohio Northern
Hickey played all 180 minutes and recorded a combined three saves in a 1-1 draw with Otterbein on Wednesday and a 3-2 win at Capital on Saturday.
October 9, 2023
Jack Foht, John Carroll
Foht helped the Blue Streaks to a pair of OAC wins last week against Heidelberg and Marietta. Against the Student Princes Foht scored three out of the seven goals, with one of them coming from a penalty kick.
October 2, 2023
Lucas Hickey, Ohio Northern
Hickey played all 90 minutes and earned the win in goal in ONU's 2-1 win over No. 9 Mount Union on Saturday. The one goal he allowed in the game came via a penalty kick.
October 2, 2023
Will Isaac, Otterbein
Isaac helped the Cardinals to a 2-0 record last week with goals in wins over Denison and Capital. Isaac scored a penalty kick to tie the game early in the second half against Denison and then scored the first goal in a 2-1 triumph over crosstown rival Capital.
September 25, 2023
Ethan Ogden, Capital
Ogden recorded his first career shutout on the road against Oberlin and then followed it up with a career-high seven saves vs. DePauw.
September 25, 2023
Hussein Faraj, Heidelberg
Faraj scored two goals in a 3-2 win over Geneva and led the Berg in a 0-0 draw again Oberlin.
September 18, 2023
Adam Kalvitz, Mount Union
Kalvitz anchored the Purple Raiders’ defense that held No. 11 Calvin to just one shot on goal in a 1-0 victory on Saturday. The defense only allowed four shots on goal over two contest last week.
September 18, 2023
Jack Kossoudji, Capital
Kossoudji scored two goals in the second half in a come-from-behind, 3-2, win at Franciscan. He then assisted on the game-winning goal in a 3-1 win over Wittenberg on Saturday.
September 11, 2023
Steven Samuelson, John Carroll
Samuelson anchored the Blue Streak defense in a shut out over Carnegie Mellon and limited Wooster to one goal. He also scored a goal vs. Wooster and drew a foul in the box that led to a JCU goal off a PK.
September 11, 2023
Carter Hancock, Mount Union
Hancock helped lead the Purple Raiders to a 2-0 week. He opened the week by recording his first career hat trick in a 3-1 win over Franciscan on Wednesday. Then, he followed that up by scoring the go-ahead goal in Mount Union's 2-0 win over Washington and Jefferson on Saturday.
September 5, 2023
Christopher Rodriguez, Marietta
Rodriguez anchored the Pioneer’s back line that posted a pair of shutouts last week. Marietta limited Chatham to just three shots on goal in a 1-0 victory and held Washington & Jefferson to just two shots on net in a scoreless draw.
September 5, 2023
Will Shaffer, Ohio Northern
Shaffer scored two goals in ONU’s 4-2 win over No. 5 Kenyon on Friday and added a goal in a 4-0 win at Oberlin on Sunday.
October 31, 2022
Josh Ellis, Ohio Northern
Ellis started and played 80:44 minutes in earning a combined shutout in a 3-0 win over Marietta to end the regular season on Saturday after playing the final 2:48 of Wednesday's 5-1 win at Baldwin Wallace. The Polar Bears secure their first OAC Regular Season championship since 2015 and the No. 1 seed in the OAC Tournament.
October 31, 2022
Jack Kossoudji, Capital
Kossoudji totaled four goals and one assist in wins over Heidelberg and Baldwin Wallace to help the Comets secure a position in the conference tournament. At Heidelberg, Kossoudji score two goals and assisted on another to give himself five points on the day.
October 24, 2022
Jake Vogrin, John Carroll
Vogrin led the Blue Streaks to shutout wins over Otterbein (2-0) and Capital (2-0) last week. Vogrin recorded six saves at Otterbein and three saves against Capital.
October 24, 2022
Jovonni Auddino, Marietta
Auddino scored two goals and assisted on two more in the Pioneers’ 8-0 win over Heidelberg.
October 17, 2022
Michael Owusu, Wilmington
Owusu led the Wilmington defense in two shutout victories over Otterbein and Marietta. The Quakers allowed just six shots on goal on the week.
October 17, 2022
Levi King, Ohio Northern
King scored in both of ONU’s victories over Heidelberg and John Carroll to move into first place in the OAC standings. He also recorded an assist against Heidelberg to tally five points on the week.
October 10, 2022
Thomas Grimes, Wilmington
Grimes allowed just one goal in two victories over Capital and Baldwin Wallace last week.
October 10, 2022
Jamon McCort, Mount Union
McCort recorded his second hat trick of the season in a 5-0 win over Heidelberg on Saturday.
October 3, 2022
Connor Sexton, Capital
Sexton led the Comet’s defense in a 1-0 loss to Ohio Wesleyan and 1-1 draw with Otterbein. At Ohio Wesleyan, Sexton made 12 saves on 27 shots. His 12 saves are a school single-game record. Against Otterbein, Sexton posted five quality saves.
October 4, 2022
Will Isaac, Otterbein
Isaac scored the game-winning goal against Denison, and then scored the lone goal in a 1-1 deadlock against Capital.
September 26, 2022
Zoltan Nagy, Baldwin Wallace
Nagy started in three games last week, making eight saves, allowing just one goal, and posting two shutouts. He made one save while allowing zero goals in 70 minutes of action against Hiram, he made one save with no goals allowed in 80 minutes of action against Earlham and he registered six saves with one goal allowed against Bluffton.
September 26, 2022
Nick Surowicz, Baldwin Wallace
Surowicz posted seven goals and one assist on the week to help BW to a 3-0 record. He posted two goals against Hiram College, three goals against Earlham (Ind.) College and two goals and an assist against Bluffton.
September 19, 2022
Jamon McCort, Mount Union
McCort scored four goals in two games last week, including his first career hat trick in a 6-1 win over Hiram.
September 19, 2022
Josh Ellis, Ohio Northern
Ellis recorded a combined eight saves, as ONU defeated Ohio Wesleyan (1-0) and Hanover (Ind.) (2-0) last week. Ellis was a perfect 7-for-7 in saving each of Hanover's shots on goal as he and the Polar Bears earned their third straight shutout of the season.
September 12, 2022
Sam Holthaus, Marietta
Holthaus anchored the Pioneer defense as Marietta posted a pair of shutouts last week over Washington & Jefferson (W 3-0) and tied Bethany (0-0). The Pioneers allowed just five shots on goal for the week.
September 12, 2022
Elorm Dogbey, Wilmington
Dogbey scored three goals and assisted on another as the Quakers went 2-0-1 with wins over Wittenberg and Kalamazoo.
September 6, 2022
Nathan Neal, Otterbein
Neal scored two goals on the week and helped the Cardinals hold Centre to just six shots in a 4-1 victory before posting a 2-0 shutout at Trine.
September 6, 2022
Will Isaac, Otterbein
Isaac helped Otterbein notch wins over Centre (4-1) and Trine (2-0). Isaac contributed to all four goals again Centre, assisting on three, while score one a penalty kick. He also helped the offense net a pair of goals in a road victory at Trine.
October 25, 2021
Ryan Riccillo, Marietta
Riccillo posted a pair of shutouts against regionally-ranked opponents last week as the Pioneers defeated Mount Union 1-0 and tied John Carroll 0-0. Riccillo finished with week with eight saves.
October 25, 2021
Coby Stover, Otterbein
Stover posted three goals on the week, including two game-winners. Stover put the Cardinals ahead 2-1 before halftime at Wilmington to give the Quakers their first loss. He then scored the equalizing and game-winning goals just two minutes apart in the second half against Muskingum.
October 18, 2021
Andrew McIlvoy, Otterbein
McIlvoy tallied nine saves over two shutouts last week to keep the Cardinals undefeated. Otterbein tied with John Carroll and shutout Heidelberg.
October 18, 2021
Devon Hess, Capital
Hess came in off the bench playing a combined 78 minutes over the two matches and scored three goals on three total shot attempts. The goals were also the first three of the freshman's collegiate career.
October 11, 2021
Benjamin Hryszko, John Carroll
Hryszko scored two goals in a 3-0 victory over Mount Union on Wednesday and then tallied one goal against Capital.
October 11, 2021
Joshua Conroy, Otterbein
Conroy impacted both ends of the field, helping the Cardinals remain unbeaten. He helped post a shutout at Marietta to open the week, and then scored the game-winning goal in the 1-0 victory. Conroy also score a goal and assisted on another in a 4-0 triumph over Baldwin Wallace.
October 4, 2021
Will Isaac, Otterbein
Isaac scored the equalizer and go-ahead goals, while assisting on two more in 4-2 win at Mount Unio
October 4, 2021
Brady Frydl, Capital
Frydl picked up his second six save shutout of the season in a 1-0 win at Baldwin Wallace on Saturday.
September 27, 2021
Connor Gynn John Carroll
Gynn notched three saves and posted a clean sheet against No. 9-ranked University of Chicago to lead the Blue Streaks to a 1-0 upset win.
September 27, 2021
Will Isaac, Otterbein
September 20, 2021
Gavin Long, Marietta
Long scored one goal and assisted on another in a 5-1 win over Franciscan. He then recorded a hat trick in the Pioneer’s 3-0 win over Earlham.
September 20, 2021
Zoltan Nagy, Baldwin Wallace
Nagy made 10 saves on 11 shots in an overtime win against Defiance and posted a shutout against Olivet.
September 13, 2021
Silver Abraham, Otterbein
Abraham recorded his first career hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Case Wester Reserve. All three of his goals were unassisted.
September 13, 2021
Bailey Lach, Capital
Lach led the Capital defense that allowed just 12 total shots over two shutout triumphs over Oberlin and Washington & Jefferson. In addition to his defensive play, Lach assisted on three goals.
September 7, 2021
Sigurd Ilestad, Heidelberg
Ilestad picked up three wins and two shutouts to open the season. Heidelberg defeated Defiance, Earlham and Anderson to post a perfect 3-0 record.
Yusef Muqtadir, Wilmington
Mugtadir led Quakers to an undefeated 2-0-1 record to open the season with three goals and one assist for a total of seven points. He scored the game's only goal in a 1-0 win at Earlham in the season-opener and netted two goals with an assist in the Quakers' 11-0 victory over Mount St. Joseph in the final game of the Kiwanis Classic on Sunday.
April 6, 2021
Connor Robinson, John Carroll
Robinson faced four shots and helped the Blue Streaks to shutout wins over Baldwin Wallace, 1-0 and Marietta, 2-0.
April 6, 2021
Bryan Kern, Ohio Northern
Kern tallied two goals and one assist in a 6-2 victory at Heidelberg on Thursday.
March 30, 2021
Felix Maurer, Wilmington
Maurer faced 20 shots and made nine saves on the week to post shut outs again Ohio Northern, 1-0 and Mount Union, 1-0.
April 30, 2021
Jared Mattei, John Carroll
Mattei scored two game-winning goal on the week to guide the Blue Streaks past Otterbein, 1-0 an Ohio Northern 2-1 (2 OT). His second goal of the week sent JCU home with the win in the 108th minute against ONU on Sunday.
March 23, 2021
Connor Robinson, John Carroll
Robinson posted a four-save shutout, including a save on a penalty kick, to help the Blue Streaks to a 5-0 win over Capital.
March 23, 2021
Seth Gundlach, Ohio Northern
Gundlach had a goal and two assists to lead ONU to a 5-0 victory over Muskingum on Sunday. He also scored the game tying goal with just 2:22 left in the match as the Polar Bear tied 1-1- with Baldwin Wallace.
March 16, 2021
Dakota Penquiet, Marietta
Penquiet played all 90 minutes in goal in the Pioneers’ 2-1 win over Ohio Northern. He faced 15 shots, five on goal and made four saves.
March 16, 2021
Will Isaac, Otterbein
Isaac score two goals, including the go ahead goal, in the Cardinals 3-1 win over Mount Union to open the season.
November 4, 2019
Connor Robinson, John Carroll
November 4, 2019
Luke Maher, Marietta
Maher scored the first goal and assisted on another in Pioneer’s 7-1 win over Muskingum. Maher also scored a goal in a 3-1 win over Baldwin Wallace. Marietta earned the No. 6 seed in the OAC Tournament.
October 28, 2019
Austin Overy, Mount Union
Overy scored his first two collegiate goals this week both being headers off of corner kicks, with one goal in a 1-1 tie against Marietta and scoring the game winner in a 2-1 win over Heidelberg.
October 28, 2019
Liam Heard, Otterbein
Heard scored his first goal of the season on Wednesday night to help the Cardinals top Wilmington, 4-2. He scored two more goals in an 8-1 victory at Muskingum on Saturday, giving him six points on the week.
October 21, 2019
Matt Nigro John Carroll
Nigro lead JCU’s defense that allowed just 12 shots combined and one goal in wins over Otterbein (2-1 OT) and Ohio Northern (1-0) last week.
October 22, 2019
William Turrittin John Carroll
Turrittin assisted on three of JCU’s last week, helping the Blue Streaks to a wins over Otterbein (2-1 OT) and Ohio Northern (1-0).
October 14, 2019
Seth Gundlach, Ohio Northern
Gundlach scored twice and added an assist in the Polar Bear’s 8-0 win over Muskingum on Saturday.
October 7, 2019
Zach Hlas Mount Union
Hlas had five saves and shutout Otterbein 1-0 for his fifth shutout of the season. This is the fourth time Hlas has won the award this season.
October 7, 2019
Joey Geither Baldwin Wallace
Geither scored three goals on the week to lead BW to a 2-0 record. He scored two goals, including the game winner, in a 3-0 victory over Capital. On Saturday, Geither added another in a 7-0 route of Pitt-Greensburg.
September 30, 2019
Dakota Penquite Marietta
Penquite posted 10 saves in the Pioneers’ 2-1 win over nationally-ranked Case Western.
September 30, 2019
Levi King Ohio Northern
King scored two goals, including the game-winner in the 106th minute to lead the Polar Bears past Alma (Mich.) 2-1 on Saturday. King also scored one goal and had an assist in ONU’s 3-1 win over Adrian (Mich.)
September 23, 2019
Zach Hlas Mount Union
Hlas posted his fourth shutout of the season against Denison and picked the win a 2-1 victory over Geneva (Pa). Hlas made six saves on the week. This is Hlas third Defensive Athlete of the Week honor this season.
September 23, 2019
Rylan Wikle Mount Union
Wikle scored three goals over two games last week, including a pair of goals in the last eight minutes to give the Raiders a 2-1 victory over Geneva (Pa.). His third goal was the game winner over Denison.
September 16, 2019
John Lombardo Ohio Northern
Lombardo posted eight saves on the week to help the Polar Bears to shutout wins over No. 7-Ohio Wesleyan (1-0) and Oberlin (4-0) last week.
September 16, 2019
Danny Ruple Baldwin Wallace
Ruple scored a goal in the Yellow Jackets’ 2-0 win over Wooster to set the BW career-goals record (47) on Wednesday. On Saturday, Ruple scored a hat trick in a 5-0 win over Pitt-Bradford and became the first players in program history to attain 50 career goals.
September 9, 2019
Zack Hlas Mount Union
Hlas recorded his second shutout of the season with one save in a 1-0 upset over No. 18 Carnegie Mellon.
September 9, 2019
Jordan Work Muskingum
Work racked up three goals on the week to help the Muskies to wins over Wittenberg (3-2, OT) and Thiel (2-1).
September 3, 2019
Zach Hlas, Mount Union
Hlas faced 22 shots, made 10 saves and allowed just one goal on the week, to help the Purple Raiders to a shutout against Wooster (1-0) and tie against No.7 Case Western (1-1).
September 3, 2019
William Turritin, John Carroll
Turritin had the game winning goal in both of JCU’s victories last week. Against Oberlin, Turritin fired a shot with just 30 seconds left for a 3-2 win. At Rochester, he recorded an assist on the first goal and converted a PK with 35 seconds left in the game for a 2-1 upset win.
October 29, 2018
Zach Hlas, Mount Union
Hlas made eight saves on the week and posted his 10th shutout of the season in a 2-0 win over Ohio Northern to tie the school’s single-season shutout record with 10. Mount Union went 2-0 last week and earned the No. 3 seed in the OAC Tournament.
October 29, 2018
Andy Rolfes, Marietta
Rolfes led Marietta to a pair of wins last week to clinch the No. 6 seed in the OAC Tournament. Rolfes had one assist in the Pioneer’s 4-0 win over Muskingum and then recorded a hat trick in a 4-2 win at Baldwin Wallace.
October 22, 2018
Shane Niemeier Capital
Niemeier anchored the backline in the Crusaders 7-1 win over Muskingum and in a 6-0 win against Ohio Northern. The defense allowed just 22 shots (nine on goal).
October 22, 2018
Chewy Gordon Capital
Gordon scored a hat tricks in both of the Crusaders wins over Ohio Northern (6-0) and Muskingum (7-1) to finish the week with an impressive 12 points. Gordon has tallied four hat tricks this season.
October 15, 2018
Liam McIntosh John Carroll
McIntosh recorded his third shutout of the season in the Blue Streaks 4-0 win over Otterbein and gave up just one goal in a 2-1 win against Ohio Northern. McIntosh finished the week with seven saves on eight shots (.875).
October 15, 2018
Jarrod McDowell John Carroll
McDowell finished the week with five points to help the Blue Streaks to a 2-0 record. He scored two goals in a 4-0 win over Otterbein and assisted on another goal in a 2-1 win over Ohio Northern.
October 8, 2018
Logan Wiedman Capital
Wiedman allowed just one goal in a 193 minutes of play last week to help the Crusaders to a 2-0 record, including a 1-0 2TO win over John Carroll.
October 8, 2018
Niklas Martensson Wilmington
Martensson scored three goals and assisted on two other goals to lead the Quakers to a 2-0 record last week. Martensson scored both goals in a 2-1 overtime victory against No. 13 Mount Union on Saturday.
October 1, 2018
John Lombardo Ohio Northern
Lombardo recorded two shutouts as ONU defeated Adrian (2-0) and Marietta (1-0) last week. He made six saves on the week, which included a vital penalty kick save against Marietta in the final ten minutes.
October 1, 2018
Chewy Gordon Capital
Gordon helped the Crusaders open OAC play with a win over Baldwin Wallace (5-1) by scoring two goals, including the game-winner.
September 24, 2018
Levi King Ohio Northern
King led the Polar Bears last week with three goals and three assists. He scored a goal in each of ONU’s three wins against Thomas More, Anderson, Rose-Hulman. King was also named athlete of the week on Sept. 17.
September 24, 2018
Liam McIntosh John Carroll
McIntosh recorded nine saves on the week to help the Blue Streaks to a 3-1 win at Hiram and a tie (0-0) versus No. 10 Carnegie Mellon.
September 19, 2018
Logan Wiedman Capital
Wiedman tallied 16 saves and allowed just one goal in 180:17 of play to help the Crusaders to 3-0 win at Denison. Wiedman made seven saves and held Case Western Reserve goalless for 90 minutes before the Spartans scored in overtime.
September 17, 2018
Levi King Ohio Northern
King tallied nine shots, three assists and one goal on the week to help the Polar Bears to a 3-0 victory over No. 19-ranked Ohio Wesleyan and a 4-2 win over Oberlin.
September 10, 2018
Zach Hlas Mount Union
Hlas made five saves and posted two shutouts last week to help the Purple Raiders to a 5-0 win over La Roche and a 1-0 win over Westminster.
September 10, 2018
Chewy Gordon Capital
Gordon led the Crusaders to a 2-0 record last week scoring an impressive five goals. He scored two goals against Hanover on Friday and netted a hat trick on Saturday against Waynesburg. Gordon scored the game-winning goals in both games.
September 4, 2018
Danny Ruple Baldwin Wallace
Ruple led the Yellow Jackets to a 1-1 record at the Herb Lauffer Memorial Tournament, including a 3-2 season-opening win over Geneseo (N.Y.). He tallied three goals and one assist on nine shots to be named tournament MVP.
Will Velotta Ohio Northern
In Velotta's first career start against Transylvania, he allowed just one goal and recorded five saves to force a tie 1-1. Velotta also posted his first career victory and shutout in a 9-0 win over Cincinnati State.
October 30, 2017
Jesse Marinaro, John Carroll
Marinaro led JCU to a 2-0-0 record last week and the No. 2 seed in the OAC Tournament. In JCU's 8-1 victory over Muskingum, Marinaro scored one goals and assisted on three more goals. In a 3-0 victory over Mount Union, he scored one goal and had one assists.
October 23, 2017
Zach Lewis, Otterbein
Lewis helped lead the Cardinals to a 2-1 overtime win against No. 9 John Carroll by assisting on the game tying goal before scoring the game winning goal in the third minute of overtime.
October 16, 2017
Nate Norris, Otterbein
Norris posted a hat trick during a six-minute span to help defeat No.-8 ranked Heidelberg and push the Cardinals' winning streak to nine-straight and remain undefeated in conference
October 9, 2017
Collin Hoffmann, Otterbein
Hoffmann posted two shutouts to help the Cardinals to a 2-0 record last week. Hoffmann recorded four saves in 90 minutes in a 2-0 win over Ohio Northern and saw 64:28 minutes of action in a 4-0 win over Muskingum.
October 2, 2017
Tom Sloan, Marietta
Sloan scord one goal in the Pioneers' 2-0 win at Hiram and another goal in 5-2 win at Baldwin Wallace. Marietta finihsed the week with a 2-0 record.
September 25, 2017
Juan Rivas, Otterbein
Rivas helped the propel the Cardinals to their fourth-straight win by scoring three goals and assisting on another in the team's 4-1 win over Earlham, his second hat trick of the year.
October 24, 2016
Jesse Marinaro, John Carroll
Marinaro finished to week with three goals and one assist to lead the Blue Steaks to a 2-0 record. Marinaro scored to two goals and assisted on a third to help lead first place JCU past second place No. 22 Capital, 5-0. Marinaro also scored the game winning goal in 2-1 win over Otterbein.
September 18, 2017
Danny Ruple, Baldwin Wallace
Ruple led the Yellow Jackets to a 2-1 record with wins against the College of Wooster (3-2) and Bluffton University (6-2). Ruple finished the week with four goals and three assists. He capped the week off with his first career hat trick with all three of his goals coming in the first 15 minutes of the game versus Bluffton.
September 11, 2017
Joseph Schulte, Ohio Northern
Schulte led the Polar Bears to the ONU Invitational title and a perfect 3-0-0 record on the week. He scored a goal in all three of ONU's victories and added an assist in a 2-1 victory over Wittenberg.
September 5, 2017
Liam McIntosh, John Carroll
McIntosh posted a pair of shutouts over the weekend, making six saves in his 180 minutes of play. JCU defeated Denison, 1-0, on Friday and Kenyon, 1-0, on Sunday.
October 17, 2016
Collin Hoffmann, Otterbein
Hoffman posted two shutouts to help the Cardinals to a 1-0-1 record last week. Hoffman made eight saves in a 2-0 win at Wilmington and 12 saves in a scoreless draw against Heidelberg.
October 10, 2016
Liam McIntosh, John Carroll
McIntosh averaged 4.5 saves per game and posted two shutout in 180 minutes of play to help the Blue Streaks to a 2-0 record last week with win over Marietta and Heidelberg.
October 3, 2016
Justin Niswonger, Capital
Niswonger has repeated as the OAC Player of the Week, helping the Crusaders to shutouts over regionally-ranked Ohio Wesleyan and Otterbein. Niswonger made 13 saves in 180 minutes of play last week.
September 26, 2016
Justin Niswonger, Capital
Capital junior goalkeeper Justin Niswonger (Centerville) recorded two shutouts to help the Crusaders to a 2-0 record last week. He posted his first shutout in a 1-0 win at Wooster and his second against regionally-ranked Thomas More, in a 2-0 victory.
September 19, 2016
Dean McNeil, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern junior goalkeeper Dean McNeil (Medina) posted two shutouts last week and now ranks third in ONU history with 20 career shutouts. He made eight saves, including three crucial saves in overtime agaist No. 13 Wesleyan. The Polar Bears finished the week with 1-0-1 record.
Other Nominees: Jesse Marinaro, JCU...Justin Niswonger, CAP...Taylor Reasoner, MAR...Dylan Lias, MTU...Logan Davis, BW...Carl Bergstrom, WILM
September 12, 2016
Matt Kinkopf, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern senior forward Matt Kinkopf (Hamilton/Cincinnati Christian) led Northern to a 4-0-0 record, including two shutout victories. He finished the week with four goals, four assists and two game winning goals.
Kinkopf is now tied for fourth all-time at Ohio Northern with 45 goals, tied for 10th all-time at ONU with 23 assists, and tied for fourth all-time with 113 total points
September 6, 2016
Dean McNeil, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern junior goalkeeper Dean McNeil (Medina) posted a career-high nine saves and recorded his 16th career shutout to lead the Polar Bears to a 4-0 victory over Oberlin College. ONU has improved to 2-0.
November 2, 2015
Matt Kinkopf, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern junior forward Matt Kinkopf (Hamilton/Cincinnati Christian) led the Polar Bears to the OAC Regular-Season title last week scoring a team-high three goals and recording two assists. Kinkopf scored two goals in a 3-0 victory against Baldwin Wallace. In a win over Marietta, Kinkopf scored his OAC leading 16th goal of the season and added two assists.
Other Nominees: Jesse Marinaro, JCU…Justin Niswonger, CAP…Dylan Lias, MTU
October 26, 2015
Jesse Marinaro, John Carroll
John Carroll sophomore Jesse Marinaro (Brunswick) had a hand in all three of the Blue Streaks goals, scoring two and assisting on the other. Marinaro scored the game-winning goal against Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday. He has scored at least one point in seven of his last nine matches.
Other Nominees: Alex Holtom, OTT…Aaron Liezert, MTU…Matt Kinkopf, ONU
October 19, 2015
Dean McNeil, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern sophomore goal keeper Dean McNeil (Medina) faced 14 shots on the week and recorded his tenth career shutout in the Polar Bears’ victory over Otterbein. He is now tied for fifth in the programs all-time shutout list.
Other Nominees: Mario Suarez, CAP…Nick Toney, WILM, Jesse Marinaro, JCU…Tyler Sholl, MAR
October 12, 2015
David Janusz, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern junior forward David Janusz (Oregonia/Lebanon) led the Polar Bears last week recording a team-high seven points. Janusz recorded two goals and one assist en-route to the Polar Bears 5-2 win over Wilmington. He also recorded the game-winning goal to propel ONU past Mount Union.
Other Nominees: J. Mattina, JCU…J. Niswonger, CAP…J Akindipe, MTU…T. Reasoner, MAR…R. Homoki, HEID
October 5, 2015
Taylor Reasoner, Marietta
Marietta senior forward Taylor Reasoner (Hudson) led the Pioneers to a pair of victories last week scoring four of the Pioneers’ five goals. He tallied Marietta’s first two goals in a 3-0 win over Bethany and then scored both goals in the 2-0 win over Wilmington.
September 28, 2015
Matt Kinkopf, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern junior forward Matt Kinkopf (Hamilton/Cincinnati Christian) led the Polar Bears to a 2-0 record last week, helping ONU defeat Defiance 5-1 and Anderson (Ind.) 5-1. Kinkopf recorded his second hat trick of the year in the victory over Defiance, while also adding one assist. He also scored two goals and recorded one assist in the victory over Anderson (Ind.).
Other Nominees: Dlyan Lias, MTU…Kevin Pachuta, JCU…Nate Norris, OTT
September 21, 2015
Taylor Reasoner, Marietta
Marietta senior forward Taylor Reasoner (Hudson) recorded his first career hat trick in 37 minutes, taking only four shots, to help the Pioneers to 9-0 win over La Roche. He also assisted on another goal. The Pioneers finished the week with a 2-0 record.
Other Nominees: Dylan Lias, MTU, Calvin Saunders, CAP…Brett Hanna, MUSK…Craig Wallace, BW…David Janusz, ONU…Noah Coons, OTT…Chris Koczak, HEID
September 14, 2015
Matt Kinkopf, Ohio Northern
Ohio Northern junior forward Matt Kinkopf (Hamilton/Cincinnati Christian) led the Polar Bears to a 2-1 week, helping ONU defeat Wittenberg 2-1 and Thiel, Pa. 9-0. Kinkopf recorded his first career hat trick in the first half against Thiel, Pa., while also adding one assist. Kinkopf also scored the game winning goal in the 49th minute to lift the Polar Bears past Wittenberg.
Other Nominees: Dalton Browsky, JCU…Colin Federer, MUSK…Alexander Basiakos, CAP…Dylan Lias, MTU…Zach Johnson, MAR…Luis Rivas, OTT
September 8, 2015
Chris Koczak, Heidelberg
Heidelberg senior forward Chris Koczak (Springboro) led the Berg to a 1-1-1 record last week, tallying three goals and one assists. Koczak scored two goals and had one assists in a win over Adrian. Against Wittenberg, the Berg trailed 1-0 heading late into the match, Koczak scored on a penalty kick and helped send the game to overtime, where Heidelberg would earn the draw.
November 3, 2014
Men's Soccer
Heidelberg senior midfielder Hamid Shariff (Columbus/Centennial) led the Berg to a 2-0 record and the No. 3 seed in the OAC Tournament last week. Shariff notched two assists against Capital (3-1) and score both goals against Wilmington (2-0).
November 3, 2014
Hamid Shariff, Heidelberg
October 27, 2014
Brian Potocnik, John Carroll
October 20, 2014
Brian Potocnik, John Carroll
October 13, 2014
Brian Potocnik, John Carroll
October 6, 2014
R.G. Florey, Capital
September 29, 2014
Jared Pulliam, Otterbein
September 22, 2014
Reid Wolfe, Otterbein
September 9, 2014
Patrick Sabol, Ohio Northern
September 8, 2014
Brett Hanna, Muskingum
September 2, 2014
Wes Riley, Marietta