2011 NCAC Soccer Players of the Week
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| November 6th | ||||
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Nathan Sprenkel, DePauw
GP/GS: 2/2 DePauw senior goalie Nathan Sprenkel put on an impressive performance in goal to help DPU capture the 2011 NCAC Tournament Championship. Sprenkel corralled nine saves in the Tigers’ 2-1 overtime victory over Hiram in the semifinals, and then hauled in 10 saves in DPU’s 4-2 triumph over Ohio Wesleyan in the championship match. |
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Jessie Huschart, Ohio Wesleyan
GP/GS: 2/2 Ohio Wesleyan junior midfielder Jessie Huschart scored the game-winner in the Bishops’ 1-0 NCAC Tournament semifinal victory over Kenyon on Tuesday, and assisted on the game-winner in OWU’s 1-0 triumph over Allegheny in the NCAC Tournament championship match on Saturday evening. |
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| October 30th | ||||
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Travis Wall, Ohio Wesleyan
GP/GS: 2/2 Ohio Weselyan senior Travis Wall lifted the Battling Bishops to their 20th NCAC title after assisting on the game-winner in OWU’s 2-1 victory over Kenyon on Wednesday and netting the game-winner in the Bishops’ 1-0 triumph on Saturday. In addition, Wall tallied the first goal in Wednesday’s match against the Lords. |
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Hannah Zacharias, Ohio Wesleyan
GP/GS: 2/2 Ohio Wesleyan sophomore goalie Hannah Zacharias led the Battling Bishops to a share of their first NCAC championship since 2004 after posting a pair of shutouts against Dension, 0-0, and Allegheny, 1-0, last week. Zacharias stopped six shots, including four in the second half against the Big Red, and then stopped 12 shots (eight in the second half) in the win over Allegheny on Saturday that secured OWU the No. 1 seed in the 2011 NCAC Tournament. |
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| October 23rd | ||||
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George Skelly, Wooster
GP/GS: 2/2 Wooster sophomore George Skelly, a two-year starting defender for the Fighting Scots, scored his first career goal after heading in a ball in the 81st minute to lift Wooster to a 2-1 victory over Oberlin. The win marked the Fighting Scots first NCAC victory since October 28, 2009. |
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Emily Karr, Allegheny GP/GS: 2/2 Allegheny senior Emily Karr established a single-season program record after posting her 12th and 13th shutouts of the season in wins against Oberlin, 4-0, and DePauw, 1-0, last week. The shutouts also stretched Karr’s current scoreless streak in goal to 760 consecutive minutes. She totalled 10 saves on the week after corralling five in both league matches. |
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| October 16th | ||||
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Sam Meyer, DePauw GP/GS: 2/2 DePauw senior forward Sam Meyer scored the game-winning goal in both Tiger victories last week. He found the back of the net in the second minute of overtime in a 2-1 victory over Wittenberg and jump started the 4-1 victory over Wooster by scoring the first two goals. |
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Abby Weiss, Oberlin
GP/GS: 3/3 Oberlin freshman Abby Weiss netted her first collegiate game-winning goal in the Yeowomen’s 2-1 overtime victory over Kenyon last Sunday. She netted the game-winner just five minutes into the overtime period to give the Yeowomen their first victory over Kenyon since the 2005 season. |
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| October 9th | ||||
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J.J. Dix, Denison
Games Played/Games Started: 2/1 Denison freshman forward J.J. Dix sparked the Big Red’s 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Wooster on Saturday as he assisted on Denison’s first goal in the 76th minute to make the score 1-1, and put the Big Red up, 2-1, just three minutes later on his third goal of the season. The victory over Wooster elevated Denison into a three-way tie for first-place in the league standings. |
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Michele Ring, Wooster
Games Played/Games Started: 2/2 Wooster junior goalie Michele Ring posted back-to-back shutouts in key conference matches last week as the Fighting Scots played league-leading Allegheny to a 0-0 draw and defeated perennial conference power Denison, 1-0. Ring corralled six saves in each of the conference matches to up her season total to 52. |
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| October 4th | ||||
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Travis Wall, Ohio Wesleyan
Games Played/Started:2/2 |
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Becca Romaine, Kenyon
Games Played/Started: 2/2 Kenyon freshman Becca Romaine scored four of the Ladies’ five goals on the week, while assisting on the other score. Romaine netted the game-winner and then assisted on the final score in Kenyon’s 2-0 victory over Wooster, before netting a hat trick in the 3-1 triumph over DePauw. Romaine currently leads the conference in both goals (11) and points (23). |
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| September 25th | ||||
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Oliver Miller-Farrell, Oberlin
Games Played/Started:2/2 |
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Andrea Karl, Denison
Games Played/Started: 2/2 Denison sophomore goalie Andrea Karl totaled 17 saves on the week to help lead the Big Red to a 0-0 draw against No. 25 Ohio Northern and a 1-0 triumph over No. 8 Centre. Karl tied a career-high with seven saves against the Polar Bears and then set a new career-high with 10 stops against Centre. Karl boasts a 0.53 goals against average to go along with six shutouts in 2011. |
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| September 18th | ||||
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Andy Morrison, DePauw
Games Played/Started: 2/2 |
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Cassie Lythjohan, Wittenberg
Games Played/Started: 1/1 Wittenberg junior goalie Cassie Lythjohan came up big in her only action last week as she posted a 1-0 shutout victory over ninth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan. She totaled six saves in 96:40 minutes of action en route to collecting her second shutout of the season. |
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| September 11th | ||||
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David DelGreco, Allegheny
Games Played/Started: 3/3 Allegheny junior midfielder David DelGreco scored three goals on the week, including a two-goal effort in the Gators 5-2 win over Grove City and the game-winner in their 2-1 overtime victory over Heidelberg. |
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Makinzie Krebsbach, Ohio Wesleyan
Games Played/Started: 2/2 Ohio Wesleyan senior Makinzie Krebsbach opened the week by assisting on the game-winning goal in the Battling Bishops’ 2-0 victory over Mt. St. Joseph, and netted all three OWU goals in the 3-1 triumph over Washington & Jefferson. It was Krebsbach’s first-career hat trick. |
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| September 5th | ||||
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Joe Rottinger, Hiram Games Played/Started: 2/2 Hiram junior goalkeeper Joe Rottinger led the Terriers to a 1-0-1 week with 10 saves. Rottinger made seven stops in a 1-1 double overtime tie with defending national champion and top ranked Messiah. He added three more stops in Hiram’s 2-1 decision over Hamline. |
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Becca Romaine, Kenyon Games Played: 2 Kenyon freshman forward Becca Romaine netted a hat trick to help the Ladies to a 3-1 victory over Capital last week. With the trifecta, Romaine became just the 12th player in program history, and the first since 2009 to score three or more goals in a game. |
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