WIU’s Gochneaur and OU’s Messer Collect Men’s Soccer Honors
WIU’s Gochneaur and OU’s Messer Collect Men’s Soccer Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois' Austin Gochneaur was named Offensive Player of the Week and Oakland's Scott Messer garnered Defensive Player of the Week honors as The Summit League announced its Men's Soccer Players of the Week. The duo received their accolades for their performances from Aug. 28-Sept. 3.
OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Austin Gochneaur, Western Illinois
Fr. // F // Ankeny, Iowa
Gochneaur earned his first career award after scoring a pair of goals to lead Western Illinois to a 2-1 victory over Big East foe DePaul. Making his second career start, Gochneaur's first collegiate goal came just 1:05 into the match. With the score tied at one, he scored the eventual game-winner at 68:12 to lift the Fighting Leathernecks to victory. On the week, Gochneaur totaled four shots on goal.
Also nominated: Chris Boswell, Eastern Illinois; Scott Williams, Fort Wayne; Ian Block, IUPUI; Kyle Bethel, Oakland.
Previous winners: 8/27 - Miche'Le Lipari, Oakland / Kyle Hyland, IUPUI.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Scott Messer, Oakland
Jr. // GK // Clarkston, Mich.
Messer received his first career award after a recording a pair of shutout victories and extending his scoreless minutes streak to 270:53. Against Cleveland State, Messer made four saves, including a key one-on-one stop, in a 1-0 Oakland overtime victory. Two days later, he totaled three saves against Vermont to preserve a 1-0 win. Messer has not allowed a goal this season and has helped Oakland to a 3-0 record and No. 4 regional ranking.
Also nominated: Brandon Cloutier, Fort Wayne; Michael Sass, IUPUI; Matt Grosey, Omaha; Yves Dietrich, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: 8/27 – Eduardo Cortes, IUPUI.
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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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