Fort Wayne’s Tom and Kotzock, WIU’s Bales and Dietrich Collect #SummitMSOC Weekly Awards

10/13/2014 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Corey Tom and Western Illinois' Charlie Bales received Summit League's men's soccer Offensive Players of the Week while his teammate goalkeepers Raphael Kotzock of IPFW and Yves Dietrich of WIU were named Defensive Players of the Week following their performances Oct. 6-12.

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Corey Tom, Fort Wayne
Jr. // F // Fort Wayne, Ind.
Tom earned his first career Player of the Week award after accounting for each of Fort Wayne's two goals in a 1-0-1 week. In a Summit League match against Oral Roberts, Tom scored the game-winning goal in the 63^rd minute to lift the Mastodons to a 1-0 victory. Earlier in the week, Tom scored IPFW's goal in a 1-1 tie at Detroit, the second-place team in the Horizon League. Tom leads the 'Dons with nine points and has two game-winners this season.

Charlie Bales, Western Illinois
Sr. // D // Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Bales second career honor is as many weeks after a three-point week, including a third-consecutive game-winning goal. Against Milwaukee, Bales netted his third consecutive game-winning goal with a marker in the 69^th minute of a 2-0 victory. The tally was his fourth goal in three games and moved him into a tie for 12^th in the NCAA for game-winning goals. Facing regionally-ranked Omaha, Bales assisted on the eventual game-winner at the eight minute mark of a 1-0 victory. Bales has a four-game point-streak and leads The Summit League with 12 points on the season.

Also nominated: Kosta Kordistos, Denver; Uriel Macias, IUPUI

Previous recipients: 9/2 – Eric Kronenberg, Denver; 9/8 – Mark Moulton, Omaha; 9/15 – Jacob Bevan, Western Illinois; 9/22 – Mario Alvarez, Western Illinois; 9/29 – Austin West, Fort Wayne; 10/6 – Charlie Bales, Western Illinois

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Raphael Kotzock, Fort Wayne
So. // GK // Munich, Germany
Kotzock received his second career honor and in a three-week span after recording his third shutout of the season. Facing Oral Roberts in a Summit League matchup, Kotzock recorded five saves to preserve the 1-0 victory. He ranks second in the league for most shutouts, is third in saves and save percentage and fourth in goals against average.

Yves Dietrich, Western Illinois
Sr. // GK // Floeha, Germany
Dietrich collected his third career accolade and second in as many weeks after extending his shutout streak to 450:00 minutes, tying him for the longest active streak in NCAA Division I. In a 1-0 Summit League victory over regionally-ranked Omaha, Dietrich made two saves for his career-high sixth shutout of the season. Earlier in the week against Milwaukee, Dietrich turned in a seven-save performance in a 2-0 triumph. Dietrich currently leads The Summit League in five categories: minutes played, saves, save percentage, wins and shutouts.

Also nominated: Taylor Hunter, Denver; Eduardo Cortes, IUPUI

Previous recipients: 9/2 - Ben LaCourse, Oral Roberts; 9/8 – Nick Miller, Omaha; 9/15 – Felipe da Silva, Omaha; 9/22 – Jake Christensen, Omaha; 9/29 – Raphael Kotzock, Fort Wayne; 10/6 – Joseph Ghitis, Omaha / Yves Dietrich, Western Illinois

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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, 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 eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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