UMKC's Sarabia, ORU's Techanchuk Named Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. - UMKC forward David Sarabia and Oral Roberts
goalkeeper Andrew Techanchuk were named Summit League Men's Soccer
Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for their performances
in their two matches last week.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
David Sarabia, UMKC
F, Fr., Miami, Fla. (Florida Christian)
Sarabia earned the Offensive Player of the Week accolade after
earning MVP honors at the UAB "Soccer For A Cure" Classic and
helping his team to the tournament title. The freshman scored just
the seventh hat trick in school history in a 3-1 victory over
Memphis. His three-goal performance made him the first freshman and
the youngest player in school history to achieve that feat. Sarabia
came to UMKC as a goalkeeper but has been playing forward this
season.
Also nominated: Colin Helmrich, IPFW; Yogi Snider, IUPUI;
Martin Browne Jr., Western Illinois.
Previous Winner: Sept. 8 - Makesi Lewis, Oakland.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Andrew Techanchuk, Oral Roberts
GK, Jr., Tulsa, Okla. (Jenks)
Techanchuk earned the Defensive Player of the Week honor
after posting consecutive shutouts in two outings during the
weekend's Golden Eagles Classic. In a 0-0 double overtime tie
against UNLV, Techanchuk made 10 saves in his 110 minutes in net.
Against Houston Baptist, he stopped six shots to preserve a 1-0 ORU
victory. The back-to-back shutouts were the fifth and sixth of his
career.
Also nominated: Donovan Dowling, IPFW; Ken Cooper, UMKC;
Andrew Ryan, Western Illinois.
Previous Winner: Sept. 8 - Mitch Hildebrandt,
Oakland.
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