MIAC Soccer Athletes-of-the-Week

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MIAC Men's Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week

Simon Ginet, Carleton
Arlington, Mass. / Arlington

Most college freshmen soccer players spend their first season adapting to a new level play and figuring out where they fit in. However, Carleton's Simon Ginet (Arlington, Mass.) did much more than that last week as he led the Carleton men's team to a pair of huge wins. Ginet tied a school record with three assists in a 6-1 win over Northwestern, and he followed that up with his first collegiate goal, which just happened to be the game-winning goal in the Knights' 1-0 win over 15th-ranked Augsburg. For his huge week, Ginet has been named the MIAC Men's Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week.

Ginet showed off his playmaking ability in last Tuesday's 6-1 nonconference win against Northwestern by setting up Carleton's first three goals in the win, including the game winner at the 55:58 mark which broke a 1-1 tie. However, Ginet's biggest play of the week came Saturday. After more than 82 scoreless minutes, Ginet stole the ball from the Auggie defense and slotted home the game-winning goal at 82:40 to give Carleton the huge conference win, and hand Augsburg its first MIAC loss of 2011. It also snapped Augsburg's home win streak, which had reached 17-straight.

The two wins helped Carleton improve to 7-3-2 overall this season, and the Knights currently sit atop the MIAC standings with a 4-0-1 conference record. Carleton's 13 points are tied for the most in the league with Gustavus. The Knights will face two important MIAC home games this week when Saint Mary's visits Northfield Wednesday for a 4 p.m. contest, and Hamline travels to Carleton for a 1 p.m. MIAC match on Saturday.

MIAC Women's Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week

Aileen Scheibner, Hamline
Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge

The Hamline women's soccer team continues to enjoy the most successful season in program history, and a lot of that success has been keyed by freshman star Aileen Scheibner (Woodbury, Minn./East Ridge). Scheibner's heroics last week helped Hamline go 1-0-1, as her two goals helped secure a tie against regionally-ranked UW-Stout and, for an encore, she scored the game-winner in double overtime to power the Pipers past Saint Mary's. As a result of her big week, Scheibner has been named the MIAC Women's soccer Athlete-of-the-Week.

Scheibner's two-goal outburst in just an 11-minute span just after halftime turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 Hamline lead as she scored at 46:55 off a feed that set her up with a close-range shot, and she struck again at 58:08 when her shot from 20 feet out found the left corner of the net. She showed off her long-range shot again a few days later as her shot from 25 yards out hit the bottom of the crossbar and deflected into the net to give the Pipers the double-overtime win over Saint Mary's. Scheibner's big week moved her totals to 20 points and eight goals this season, and she's tied for first and tied for second on the MIAC leader board in those categories, respectively.

Currently 7-2-3 overall and 2-2-2 in MIAC play, Hamline is just one win or three points away from moving into a tie for the fourth and final spot in the conference playoff field. This week, the Pipers can really help their playoff positioning with a pair of huge home games in conference play. Wednesday, they'll host Gustavus at 4 p.m. and Saturday defending MIAC Champion Carleton comes to St. Paul for a 1p.m. match.

Courtesy of MIAC