September 9, 2015

Midwest Roundup - Week 1

By D3soccer.com Contributors

Note: This edition of the Midwest Roundup is abbreviated, but will include additional conferences starting next week.

NCAC

North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC)

Men:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule
Women:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule

Men

Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan are a perfect 3-0-0 to start the year, while Denison, DePauw, and Wabash are all 2-0-0 having started the year unblemished.

Notable wins included Kenyon beating Otterbein and Ohio Wesleyan beating Kalamazoo.

Player of the Week: F - Tony Amolo (Jr.) - Kenyon

Women

Only the Big Red of Denison remain unscathed after Week 1, winning all three of their games against John Carroll, Mount Union, and Hanover.

At 2-1-0, Wittenberg sit alone in second place in the early season standings.

Player of the Week: F - Maggie Armstrong (Fr.) - Denison

SLIAC

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC)

Men:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule
Women:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule

Men

Favorites Westminster (Mo.) are tied with Spalding at the top of the standings after Week 1, both with 2-1-0 records.

Westminster (Mo.) took down Illinois and Lakeland after losing to Millikin. Meanwhile, Spalding bounced back from a season-opening loss to Mt. St. Joseph to beat LaGrange and Huntingdon.

Offensive Player of the Week: F - Drake Trease (Sr.) – Westminster (Mo.)
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Logan Spencer (Sr.) - Spalding

Women

Four teams have 2-1-0 records to start the season and are all tied at the top of the leaderboard – Fontbonne, MacMurray, Spalding, and Westminster (Mo.).

Favorites Webster are 1-2-0, losing to two tough opponents in Franklin and Rose-Hulman.

Offensive Player of the Week: F - Morgan Henry (So.) – Westminster (Mo.)
Defensive Player of the Week: D - Maddie Redohl (So.) - Fontbonne

SAA

Southern Athletic Association (SAA)

Men:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule
Women:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule

Men

Birmingham-Southern is a perfect 3-0-0 after Week 1 of the regular season. The Panthers swept their slate of games against Huntingdon, Wilmington, and Louisiana.

Millsaps has a winning record at 2-1-0 and sits in second place. They earned wins versus Louisiana and Wilmington, their only Division III opposition last week.

Offensive Player of the Week: D - Dallas Coyne (Jr.) - Birmingham-Southern
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Vaughn Moore (Sr.) - Oglethorpe

Women

Coming off their best season in program history, including a trip to the Elite Eight, Centre has started the year strongly, going 3-0-0 with convincing wins over Rose-Hulman, Transylvania, and Ohio Wesleyan

Birmingham-Southern, Hendrix, and Rhodes are each 2-1-0 entering the second week.

Offensive Player of the Week: F - Destinie Graves (Jr.) - Centre
Defensive Player of the Week: D - Tori Dillard (Jr.) - Centre



Midwest Roundup

 

The weekly Midwest Roundup will survey the Division III men's soccer landscape throughout Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri and look at some of the key match-ups, results, and standout performances, identifying who is trending up and who is trending down each week.

Columnist

Jordan Vejar

Jordan Vejar is a 2017 graduate of Marian University (NAIA) where he was a starting center back/center midfielder. He comes from an extensive, competitive playing background where he played for one of the nation’s top club teams, Javanon FC; played 4 years for Indiana ODP; and is a decorated goal and assist record holder at his high school. . [see full bio]

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