Fort Wayne, IUPUI Tandems Claim #SummitMSOC Weekly Awards

11/3/2014 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne teammates Corey Tom and Cody Schweitzer and the IUPUI duo of Joshua Ayala and Eduardo Cortes were named Summit League men's soccer Players of the Week. Tom and Ayala received offensive awards while Schweitzer and Cortes earned defensive accolades following their performances Oct. 27-Nov. 2.

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Corey Tom, Fort Wayne
Jr. // F // Fort Wayne, Ind.
Tom garnered his second award of the season after a three-point week that factored into both Fort Wayne victories. In a critical 1-0 league win over Omaha, Tom assisted on the game-winning goal in the 49^th minute to catapult the Mastodons from sixth to second in the standings and keeping the tournament hopes alive. Earlier in the week, Tom scored the game-winning goal unassisted in a 1-0 victory over Valparaiso, marking IPFW's first-win since 1986 over its intrastate rival.

Joshua Ayala, IUPUI
Fr. // M // Cypress, Texas
Ayala received his first career award after lifting IUPUI to a key league victory. In 1-0 triumph over Denver, Ayala scored the game-winning goal in the 76^th minute. The marker was Ayala's second of the season, both of which are game-winners.

Also nominated: Vance Rookwood, Omaha; Charlie Bales, Western Illinois.

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; 10/13 – Corey Tom, Fort Wayne / Charlie Bales, Western Illinois; 10/20 – Tarik Salkicic, Oral Roberts / Mario Alvarez, Western Illinois; 10/27 – Mark Moulton, Omaha

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Cody Schweitzer, Fort Wayne
Fr. // GK // Fort Wayne, Ind.
Schweitzer earned his first career honor after lifting Fort Wayne to victory in a "must-win" match against Omaha. With seven saves, Schweitzer earned his first career league shutout and second whitewashing of the season in the 1-0 triumph that kept the Mastodons in contention for a Summit League Tournament berth. Schweitzer moved into the league lead for save percentage (.889) and ranks third in goals against average (0.80) for league games.

Eduardo Cortes, IUPUI
Jr. // GK // Dallas, Texas
Cortes collected his seventh career honor and first of the season after a shutout victory over Denver. He blanked the league's top scoring team for just the second time this season after recording four saves for his ninth career shutout, The seven career league honors for Cortes equal the most on record (since 1995), both overall and for defensive awards.

Also nominated: Jake Christensen, Omaha; Erick Bloom, Western Illinois.

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; 10/13 – Raphael Kotzock, Fort Wayne / Yves Dietrich, Western Illinois; 10/20 – Yves Dietrich, Western Illinois; 10/20 – Nick Miller, Omaha

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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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