IUPUI's Ohmer, Oakland's Henderson Named Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. - IUPUI midfielder Nate Ohmer and Oakland
defender Winston Henderson were named The Summit League's Men's
Soccer Players of the Week for their performances during the week
of Oct. 19-25.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nate Ohmer, IUPUI
MF, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind./Pike
Ohmer earned his first career Offensive Player of
the Week accolade after scoring three of his four season goals
during the week, including the golden goal in a 2-1 overtime
victory over Oral Roberts. Against ORU, Ohmer notched IUPUI's first
multi-goal game since 2007, both coming within a 10:14 span. Ohmer
knotted the match at one with less than five minutes remaining on
the clock before scoring his game-winner 5:13 into overtime.
Earlier in the week, he scored the game's first goal in a 2-1 loss
at Wright State.
Also nominated: Britton Falkenstern, IPFW; Bryan Perez,
UMKC; Josh Bennett, Oakland; Nathan Sanchez, Western
Illinois.
Previous Winners: Sept. 8 - Makesi Lewis, Oakland; Sept. 14
- David Sarabia, UMKC; Sept. 21 - Stefan St. Louis, Oakland; Sept.
28 - Johnny Dreshaj, Oakland; Oct. 5 - Bryan Perez, UMKC; Oct. 12 -
Makesi Lewis, Oakland/Jonathan Sandoval, Western Illinois; Oct. 19
- Bryan Perez, UMKC.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Winston
Henderson, Oakland
D, So., Walled Lake, Mich./Walled Lake Western
Henderson garnered the first Defensive Player of the Week
award of his career after scoring the game-winning goal in a
victory over Detroit. His first career goal came at an opportune
time as Henderson scored in the 50th minute of a 3-1
triumph. Defensively, Henderson helped his squad limit the Titans
to just one goal, an own goal, in the match.
Also nominated: Ken Cooper, UMKC; Oskar Gasecki, Western
Illinois.
Previous Winners: Sept. 8 - Mitch Hildebrandt, Oakland;
Sept. 14 - Andrew Techanchuk, Oral Roberts; Sept. 21 - Ken Cooper,
UMKC; Sept. 28 - Tyler Keever, IUPUI; Oct. 5 - Mitch Hildebrandt,
Oakland; Oct. 12 - Stephen Paterson, Western Illinois; Oct. 19 -
Donovan Dowling, IPFW.
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