DU’s Carsonie and Dunk, IUPUI’s Cortes Collect #SummitMSOC Weekly Awards

9/28/2015 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver midfielder Frank Carsonie was named Summit League Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week while IUPUI goalkeeper Eduardo Cortes and Denver defender Reagan Dunk garnered the league's Defensive Players of the Week awards for their performances Sept. 21-27.

FRANK CARSONIE, DENVER
Fr. // MF // Hilliard, Ohio

Earned his first career Offensive Player of the Week Award
Scored the game-winning goal in No. 12 Denver's 2-0 win at Western Illinois to open league play
Played in just 39 minutes and scored his first collegiate goal
Helped the Pioneers remain undefeated on the year (7-0-1)

Also nominated: Tyler Oliver, Eastern Illinois; Cristian Soto, IUPUI; Logan Mendez, Omaha; Matthew Rogers, Oral Roberts; Jacob Bevan, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Fazlo Alihodzic, UNO; Sept. 8 – Mark Moulton, UNO; Sept. 14 – Chandler Crosswait, DU; Sept. 21 – Logan Mendez, UNO

EDUARDO CORTES, IUPUI
Sr. // GK // Dallas, Texas

Tallied his eighth career Defensive Player of the Week award and first of the season
His eight weekly awards are the most all-time in league history both defensively and overall
Made 13 saves against 14 shots on goal (0.82 GAA) in 110 minutes of action
Helped IUPUI preserve a 1-1 double overtime draw against No. 23 Omaha
Had a .929 save percentage in the match as the Jaguars recorded a point against the Mavericks

REAGAN DUNK, DENVER
Jr. // D // Dallas, Texas

Collects his first career Defensive Player of the Week award
Helped limit Western Illinois to just three shots on goal and nine total shots
Assisted on both goals in No. 23 Denver's 2-0 victory
Helped the Pioneers improved to 7-0-1 and remain the lone undefeated team in The Summit League

Also nominated: Ben LaCourse, Oral Roberts

Previous honorees: Aug. 31 – Kortne Ford, DU; Sept. 8 – Joseph Ghitis, UNO; Sept. 14 – Jesus Perez, UNO; Sept. 21 – Dan Jackson, DU

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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