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Bay City, Mich. -- Ashland University senior goalkeeper Ryan Cruise has been chosen as the GLIAC Men's Soccer "Player of the Week" it was announced by the league office.

GLIAC Men's Soccer "Player of the Week":

Ryan Cruise - Ashland University

(SR, GK, Ormskirk, England/Hartwell College)

Ashland University senior goalkeeper Ryan Cruise led the Eagles to a pair of shut-out victories last week. Cruise played 94:08 minutes of shutout ball against Tiffin on Friday in a 1-0 overtime victory. On Sunday he continued to play well, shutting out the Findlay Oilers in a 1-0 victory. He tallied seven saves in the two contests, and has not allowed a goal in the last 212:54 minutes as keeper. The two shutouts bring Cruise's total to four on the season. He has 67 saves on the year.

Men's Soccer Honor Roll: Brennan Williams - UF ; Jeff Frisch - TU 

-- GLIAC Men's Soccer Weekly Notes --

Ashland - Ashland went 2-1 over the past week. The 20th ranked team in the country, AU lost to Mount Vernon on Tuesday (Oct. 21), 4-0, in a match where a majority of the starters rested. At close to full strength on Friday (Oct. 24), the Eagles took on Tiffin and won in the 95th minute of overtime, 1-0. Senior Aaron Favri scored the golden goal off a pass from sophomore Zach Il'Giovine. On Sunday (Oct. 26), AU hosted Findlay with the Eagles winning, 1-0. Junior Dan Gilmer scored the only goal off a corner kick by senior Torrey Korsog. Senior keeper Ryan Cruise played well in both contests, earning two shutouts. He tallied seven saves in the two contests. Cruise has not allowed a goal in the last 212:54 minutes as keeper. He now has four shutouts on the season. Ashland improved its record to 15-2-1 overall and 7-1 in the GLIAC. AU also clinched the regular season GLIAC championship with its win over Tiffin on Friday. AU has now tallied 36 assists as a team this season, which marks the fourth highest team total in school history. Ashland plays its last regular season match on Friday (Oct. 31) when it hosts Davis & Elkins at 7 p.m.

Findlay - The Oilers lost a pair of games last week to fall to 6-10 on the season...Sophomore Brennan Williams scored the lone goal for Findlay during the week which came in a 5-1 loss at Saint Joseph's...The Oilers also lost 1-0 on the road to 20th ranked Ashland...Williams currently leads the team with seven goals on the year.

Northwood - Northwood men's soccer went on the road and had two victories...NU defeated Saginaw Valley State, 3-1 and Lake Erie (Ohio), 1-0...Ross Aitchison (Berwick, Scotland) opened the scoring against Saginaw Valley with a penalty kick goal...Jacob Walsh (Grand Ledge, Mich.) made four saves to earn the victory...The Timberwolves travel to Urbana (Ohio) Monday, Oct. 27 and host Saginaw Valley on Sunday, Nov. 2, with both matches starting at 2 pm.

Saginaw Valley State - Saginaw Valley State University won one game, and lost one game this week. In the Cardinals' win, SVSU was able to get five goals against Rochester University on Wednesday (Oct. 15). Cardinals got on the board early when senior Brent Walker (Owosso, Mich./Owosso HS) dribbled the ball 30 yards and beat Oiler's goalkeeper Daryl Lotz. Later in the first half, Findlay had a penalty shot, and didn't miss to knot the score at 1-1. A mere 20 seconds later, the Cardinals got back on top when junior Vinny Vasilevski (Shelby Township, Mich./Utica Eisenhower HS) scored at the 41:26 mark to take the SVSU to halftime with a one-goal lead. In the second half, the Cardinals extended their lead at the 56 minute mark with Larry Ferreira received the ball from Paul Gracyk and put it passed Lotz. Vasilevski knotched his second goal of the game at the 64 minute mark to round out the game's scoring. In Sunday's matchup against Ashland, the Cardinals lost 4-3 in the first overtime. Senior Brent Walker (Owosso, Mich.) did manage to tally three points in the game with one goal, and two assists.

Tiffin - Jeff Frisch made 8 saves in a tough overtime loss to Ashland 1-0. The Dragons dropped to 10-6 overall with the loss, with a 4-3 record in the GLIAC.