Midwest Roundup - Week 2

By D3soccer.com Contributors

North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC)

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

Men

It’s been an impressive start for most of the NCAC, with the top five teams still undefeated. Kenyon and Wabash are both 5-0-0. In their most notable performances, the Lords came from behind to take down Carnegie Mellon, who the previous weekend had topped Messiah, while the Little Giants knocked off three HCAC opponents in Earlham, Manchester, and Anderson.

Denison is 4-0-0. The Big Red knocked off Wilmington and previously unbeaten Thomas More to keep their record spotless. Ohio Wesleyan is 5-0-1 after finishing second in the Bob Allen Nissan Classic at Centre College. The Bishops beat Spalding 3-1 before battling the Colonels of Centre to a 1-1 2OT draw. DePauw is 4-0-1, beating Franklin and Olivet while tying Kalamazoo. The Tigers had a stingy defense over the three games, picking up two shutouts.

Player of the Week: F - John Ingham (Sr.) - Oberlin

Women

The Big Red of Denison are leading the way in the NCAC, posting a perfect 5-0-0 record to start the season. They beat Otterbein and Baldwin-Wallace to have their best start to the season since 2008. Wittenberg are 4-1-1 after beating Wilmington and tying Case Western Reserve this past week.

Wooster rounds out the top 3 with a 3-1-1 record. They posted three shutout victories this week, beating Earlham 4-0, Saint Vincent 4-0, and Muskingum 3-0. DePauw and Kenyon are an even 3-3-0 on the season, while two NCAC teams remain winless in Ohio Wesleyan and Allegheny.

Player of the Week: F - Maggie Smith (Jr.) - Kenyon

Southern Athletic Association (SAA)

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Women:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule

Men

Only one team in the SAA is below .500 after two weeks, with Birmingham-Southern remaining unbeaten after five games. BSC took down Fontbonne by a 2-0 scoreline before battling UAA foe Washington U. to a 0-0 2OT draw. Overall, the Panthers are 4-0-1.

Millsaps is 4-1-0 after picking up a pair of 2-1 victories over Austin and Centenary and sit in second place in the standings. After starting 0-1-1, Rhodes earned two wins this week when they defeated Illinois College and Piedmont in a pair of shutouts. Centre won their annual Bob Allen Nissan Classic, knocking off Emory 1-0 in double overtime before earning a 1-1 draw against then-No. 5 Ohio Wesleyan. The Colonels are now 2-2-1 on the season.

Offensive Player of the Week: F - Christian Gateskill (Jr.) - Centre
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Marvin Castellanos (Jr.) - Birmingham-Southern

Women

The Colonels of then-No. 12 Centre are off to an impressive start, tallying two more wins this week to go 5-0-0 overall. They beat John Carroll 3-0 on the road and DePauw 4-1 at home.

Berry is undefeated with a 3-0-1 overall record. The Vikings picked up wins at LaGrange and against Maine Maritime. Birmingham-Southern and Hendrix are both 4-1-0, while Rhodes also has a winning record at 3-2-0.

Offensive Player of the Week: F - Samantha Lallas (Sr.) - Hendrix
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Jordan Rausch (So.) - Hendrix

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC)

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

Men

Eureka has posted a 3-0-0 record for the best mark in the SLIAC after two weeks. Wins over Lincoln Christian, Iowa Wesleyan, and Rockford have the Red Devils perfect through three games.

Elsewhere, Spalding made some noise this weekend by upsetting Emory, who was ranked No. 23 in the NSCAA poll. The Golden Eagles dropped their other contest of the week to then-No. 5 Ohio Wesleyan to sit at 3-2-0 overall. Favorites Westminster (Mo.) beat Ozarks in their only contest of the week to improve to 3-1-0 on the season. Overall, it’s been a slow start to the year for the SLIAC. The combined record for all ten teams is 11-29-1.

Offensive Player of the Week: M/F - James Bowen (Fr.) - Eureka
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Raul Belman (Jr.) - Westminster (Mo.)

Women

Spalding has the only record above .500 in the SLIAC at 3-2-0. The Golden Eagles picked up a win over NAIA opponent Midway before dropping a 5-0 contest at Hanover this week. Meanwhile, favorites Webster had a tough week, losing both games–first to Lake Forest, then to Augustana. The Gorloks are 2-3-0 overall.

Blackburn is 3-3-0 after posting three wins this week, topping Rockford, Mt. Mary, and Wisconsin-Lutheran. Eureka is 3-3-1, and Greenville is 2-2-1 after the second week of the regular season. Only Iowa Wesleyan is winless in the SLIAC.

Offensive Player of the Week: F - Meghan Sykora (So.) - Blackburn
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Jourdin McFarland (Jr.) - Blackburn

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC)

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Women:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule

More than two weeks removed from the beginning of league action, the HCAC's best non-conference records belong to the Mount St. Joseph men and women.

Men

Mount St. Joseph take a 4-0-0 record and back-to-back shutouts into a difficult stretch this week against traditional powers Wittenberg and Wabash out of the North Coast Athletic Conference. Sophomore forward Austin Webb has propelled preseason men’s favorite Rose-Hulman to a 4-1-0 record, scoring four goals to lead the Fightin’ Engineers. Transylvania is off to a slow start at 1-1-3, but the Pioneers went 4-4-0 in non-conference action a year ago before fighting Rose-Hulman for conference supremacy every step of the way

Player of the Week: F - Austin Webb (So.) - Rose-Hulman

Women

The Mount St. Joseph Lions, like their men's team, have run off four successive wins as well as two shutouts to start the year. HCAC favorite Hanover hasn’t disappointed to date and look to be the toast of the league after knocking off NCAC foe Kenyon in overtime in early September and posting five goals against then-No. 13-ranked Aurora over the weekend.

Player of the Week: F - Anna Cornacchione (Jr.) - Hanover

Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC)

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Women:  Standings  |  Conference Schedule  |  Composite Schedule

With conference play still two weeks away, the Coe women and Luther men accumulated the most out-of-conference wins. It's been a good start for many of the conference teams as five men’s and six women’s teams have at least three victories.

Men

Luther sports a four-match win streak that has seen them out-score their opponents 16-2. Loras, now ranked No. 13, has played a robust schedule to date which includes wins over perennial powers Wheaton (Ill.) and UW-Oshkosh and resumes this week with matches against the Chicago and DePauw.

Offensive Player of the Week: M - Bryce Leonard (So.) - Central
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Jacob Peterson (So.) - Loras

Women

Coe opened their season by reeling off six straight wins, limiting the opposition to just four goals in the span, before tying Illinois Tech in double overtime this past Saturday. The Loras Duhawks (5-1-0) have a five-match win string in tow as the senior forward combination of Danielle Vujovic and Katie Truesdale has served notice of their strength posting a combined 13 goals. Luther, Wartburg and Dubuque are also off good starts at 4-1-0, 4-2-0 and 3-1-1, respectively.

Offensive Player of the Week: F - Danielle Vujovic (Sr.) - Loras
Defensive Player of the Week: GK - Lauren Thormodsgard (Jr.) - Luther

Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC)

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

Men

No one has stormed out of the gate, but Ohio Northern (4-2-0) and John Carroll (3-1-1) have had the most positive starts. Mount Union coach Carter Poe earned his first win at the helm of the Purple Raiders with a 3-1 decision over Bluffton University, while Luis Rivas posted a hat trick for Otterbein in a win over Ohio Christian to spotlight a 1-1 week.

Athlete of the Week: F - Matt Kinkopf (Jr.) - Ohio Northern

Women

Ohio Northern (3-1-1) and Baldwin Wallace (3-1-2) are the two schools that have opened above .500.

Athlete of the Week: F - Katie Goedecke (So.) - Mount Union