Oakland's St. Louis, UMKC's Cooper Named Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. - Oakland forward Stefan St. Louis and UMKC
goalkeeper Ken Cooper earned The Summit League's Men's Soccer
Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for their performances
in their two matches over the weekend.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Stefan St. Louis, Oakland
F, Sr., Chaguanas, Trinidad (Fatima College)
St. Louis earned his third career Offensive Player of the Week
accolade and first of the season after being named to the Panther
Invitational All-Tournament team for his performance. Against host
Milwaukee, St. Louis scored two goals, including the game-winner
that broke a 2-2 with just over 10 minutes remaining in the match.
He has three goals on the year, two of which have been
game-winners.
Also nominated: Todd Faulkinberry, Centenary; Max Touloute,
IPFW; Bryan Perez, UMKC.
Previous Winner: Sept. 8 - Makesi Lewis, Oakland; Sept. 14 -
David Sarabia, UMKC.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ken Cooper, UMKC
GK, Jr., St. Louis, Mo. (Oakville)
Cooper earned his second career Defensive Player of the
Week honor and first this season after a shutout of
nationally-ranked Drake and a selection to the Holiday Inn at the
Plaza UMKC Invitational All-Tournament team. Cooper blanked the No.
23 Bulldogs by making eight saves to lead his team to the win. In
the previous match, Cooper made 11 saves in a 1-0 double-overtime
loss to Loyola-Chicago. For the week, Cooper posted a 1-1 record
and totaled 19 saves, a .950 save percentage and a 0.46 goals
against average.
Also nominated: Tyler Keever, IUPUI; Machel James,
Oakland.
Previous Winner: Sept. 8 - Mitch Hildebrandt, Oakland; Sept.
14 - Andrew Techanchuk, Oral Roberts.
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