Trio Receives Season's Initial Men’s Soccer Awards
Trio Receives Season's Initial Men’s Soccer Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Kyle Hyland and Oakland's Miche'Le Lipari were named initial recipients of The Summit League's Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week award and IUPUI's Eduardo Cortes collected the Defensive Player honor for their performances during the season's opening weekend. Hyland and Lipari are the league's co-leaders in goals scored while Cortes recorded a shutout victory in his collegiate debut.
OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Miche'Le Lipari, Oakland
Jr. // MF // Macomb, Mich.
Lipari scored two goals within a span of 38 seconds to lead Oakland to a 3-0 victory over New Hampshire in the Aug. 24 season opener. His first goal stood as the game-winner and his second goal equaled his 2011 season output. Lipari converted his goals on his only two shots on goal in the match against the Wildcats, who went on to a 1-0 shutout win over Michigan State on Sunday.
Kyle Hyland, IUPUI
Sr. // MF/D // Bay Village, Ohio
Hyland led IUPUI to a 2-0 victory and accounted for both goals in the season opener against Detroit. He recorded the first multi-goal game of his career and equaled his career goal total in 54 matches entering the season. Hyland's game-winning goal was the second of his career.
Also nominated: Jordan Collins, Eastern Illinois; Nate Shipman, Fort Wayne; Vance Rockwood, Omaha.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Eduardo Cortes, IUPUI
Fr. // GK // Dallas, Texas
Cortes blanked Detroit and earned his first career victory in IUPUI's 2-0 season opening victory. In his collegiate debut, Cortes faced 14 total shots and made six saves. Cortes' shutout effort resulted in a scoreless first half and maintained the Jaguars' one-goal lead through the 85th minute.
Also nominated: Garret Creasor, Eastern Illinois; Scott Messer, Oakland; Emir Alihodzic, Omaha.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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