MIAC Soccer Athletes-of-the-Week
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MIAC Men's Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week
Tim Wills, Carleton
Portland, Ore. / Central Catholic
The Carleton men's soccer team won a pair of close games last week to remain atop the MIAC standings as the only team without a loss in conference play. Senior Tim Wills (Portland, Ore./Central Catholic) led the way, has he has all season, by contributing to all four of the Knights' goals in the two victories. He scored both goals - including the overtime game-winner - against Saint Mary's, and followed by assisting on both of Carleton's goals in a win over Hamline. For his performance, Wills has been named the MIAC Men's Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week for the second time this season, and it is the third week in a row a Carleton player has claimed the honor.
In Wednesday's win over Saint Mary's, Wills scored the first goal of the game in the 54th minute. Then after the Cardinals tied the score and forced overtime, he delivered the game winner with a close-range shot with time winding down in the first overtime period. He followed that up by assisting on the only two goals in Carleton's 2-0 win over Hamline Saturday, setting up the game-winner in the 83rd minute with a perfect through ball, and then he assisted on an insurance score six minutes later on a give-and-go. Wills' big week padded his status as Carleton's all-time leader in goals (32), assists (31) and points (95), and this season he has seven goals and four assists for 18 points, and he ranks in the top eight in the MIAC in all three categories.
The Knights have four overall games left and three MIAC matches in its quest for a conference title and playoff berth. Tuesday, they'll host Ripon at 4 p.m. in nonconference action and Saturday they'll travel to Arden Hills to face Bethel in a 2:30 p.m. conference match. Carleton will wrap up the regular season next week with matches against St. Thomas and St. Olaf.
MIAC Women's Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week
Bri Clark, Augsburg
Mound, Minn. / Mound-Westonka
The Augsburg women's soccer team won two huge MIAC contests last week and pulled itself back into the playoff race behind a big offensive week from junior Bri Clark (Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka). The forward scored one goal apiece in the Auggies' wins over St. Olaf and Gustavus, including the game-winner against the Gusties. For her performance, Clark has been named the MIAC Women's Soccer Athlete-of-the-Week.
In Augsburg's 2-1 win over the Oles last Tuesday, Clark gave her team the early momentum by cashing in off a corner kick just 2:28 into the game. The goal proved to be huge as the Auggies handed St. Olaf its only loss in MIAC play thus far. For an encore, Clark scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Gustavus 24 minutes into the match to give Augsburg its second big win of the week. This season, Clark has nine goals, three assists and 21 points. She is tied for third in the MIAC in goals, fourth in points and fifth in shots per game (3.23), and her three game-winning goals are tied for the second-most in the league in 2011.
With the two wins, Clark and the Auggies improved to 7-6-1 overall and 4-2-1 in conference play, and they're currently tied for sixth - just two points out of the fourth and final playoff spot. Augsburg has four games left on its regular season schedule, starting with Wednesday's home tilt vs. St. Catherine at 7:30 p.m. it will travel across the metro to face Hamline Saturday at 11 a.m. and it wraps up the regular season next week with MIAC matches against Concordia and Saint Mary's.
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