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BAY CITY, Mich. - Northwood University senior forward Vinnie Vasilevski (Shelby Twp., Mich./SVSU) earned GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week" honors after leading the Timberwolves to a win over previousely unbeaten Saginaw Valley State University last week.
GLIAC Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Week:
Vinnie Vasilevski -
Northwood University
Senior/Forward
Shelby Twp., Mich./SVSU
Senior forward Vinnie Vasilevski
netted the only goal in Northwood’s 1-0 win over Saginaw
Valley State in a battle of GLIAC unbeaten teams. His second
goal of the season was at the 13:30 mark and gave Northwood the
lead for good. The Timberwolves are now 5-0 overall and 3-0
in the GLIAC to stand in first place in the league.
Vasilevski currently ranks second on his squad with two
goals, four points and 11 shots.
GLIAC Men’s Soccer Weekly Honor Roll:
Corey Keister - UF, Nathan Bias - LE, Vinnie Vasilevski - NU, Craig
Neal - SV, Ryan Johnstone - TU.
2011 GLIAC Men’s
Soccer Athletes of the Week: (9/6) Ashton Campbell - TU;
(9/13) Jeremy Ashley - TU; (9/19) Keith Lough - NU; (9/26) Vinnie
Vasilevski - NU.
Ashland
Eagles
The Eagles were 0-1-1 in a
nonconference road trip last week to Erie, Pa. AU played to a
scoreless draw with Gannon through two overtimes on Friday. The
Eagles out-shot the Golden Knights, 18-13, and each team put up
five shots on goal. The Eagles dominated the second half and
overtimes, out-shooting Gannon, 13-7. AU had several chances late
in the game, but could not put away a game-winner. On Sunday, the
Eagles were the victim of one bad minute in the first half in which
No. 6 Mercyhurst scored twice. The Lakers took a 3-0 lead in the
second half to put the game away. Ashland returns to GLIAC play on
Friday when it plays at Northwood. AU also plays Saginaw Valley
State on Sunday.
Findlay Oilers
The Oilers went 1-0-1 last
week. They began the week with a 2-1 win at Ohio Valley and
concluded with a 1-1 tie in double overtime at home against Ohio
Dominican. Senior Corey Keister scored the Oilers lone goal
in the tie against the Panthers and assisted on another in the win
at Ohio Valley. Freshman Chris Bailer and sophomore Alex
Oliver scored goals for Findlay in the win over the Fighting
Scots.
Lake Erie Storm
Lake Erie College went 1-1 on the
week, as it suffered a heartbreaking loss late to Urbana and
defeated Alderson-Broaddus. Against Urbana, Lake Erie led
through 85 minutes on the strength of sophomore Nathan Bias
(Dayton, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont) goal converted a feed from
classmate Stewart Bath (Billingham, England/Averett University),
but fell in overtime, 2-1. Lake Erie rebounded to defeat
Alderson-Broaddus Sunday, 2-1. Lake Erie got on the board
first in the 11th minute, when freshman Danny Eborall (Sheffield,
England) scored his third goal of the season from 10 yards out on
the right side, with the feed coming from senior Miroslav Pezer
(Mentor, Ohio). Junior GK Ricky Carreira (Toronto, Ont./Dante
Alighieri Academy) was fantastic in the contest and accomplished
the rare feat of saving two penalty kicks in a single game.
Bias is currently tied for the GLIAC lead with five goals and
second with 12 points.
Northwood Timberwolves
Northwood is now the lone unbeaten
team in the GLIAC after earning a 1-0 win over previously
undefeated Saginaw Valley State Friday (September 23) ... NU is now
5-0 overall, 3-0 in the GLIAC ... the Timberwolves were out-shot
7-4 against the Cardinals, marking the first time this season
Northwood had been out-shot ... Northwood won the game despite
being down to 10 players for the final 17:32 of the contest ... the
lone goal of the game was scored by Vinnie Vasilevski (Shelby Twp.,
Mich.) with the assist going to Keith Lough (Edinburgh, Scotland)
... Lough has registered at least one point in all five games
played ... he currently ranks second in the GLIAC in points per
game (2.20) ... the Timberwolves will travel to Ohio Dominican
Tuesday before hosting Ashland and Lake Erie this weekend.
Ohio Dominican Panthers
After opening GLIAC play at 2-0,
ODU went 0-1-1 this past weekend falling to Tiffin,1-0, just over
two minutes into the second overtime at home on Friday and rallying
to tie Findlay in regulation and holding on for a 1-1 draw through
two extra sessions on the road Sunday. ODU keeper Dean Dziewit
(So./Waterford, MI) appeared to make the diving save on Michael
O’Neill’s golden goal for the Dragons, but his momentum
carried him off his line and he was unable to corral the ball
before it crossed the goal line. Senior Felix Darko (Reynoldsburg,
OH) saved the Panthers from their second loss of the weekend with
his third score of the year in the 83rd minute against the upstart
Oilers. His 21st goal of his career ties him for sixth on
ODU’s all-time career goals chart. Three of ODU’s six
games have gone to additional time with the Panthers holding a
0-2-1 mark in those contests. A quick turnaround awaits ODU as it
plays its third contest in five days, welcoming Northwood (Mich.)
to Panther Field for a 5 p.m. start this Tuesday, Sept. 27, before
hosting preseason No. 10 Charleston (W. Va.) at 7 p.m. on Friday,
Sept. 30.
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals
The Saginaw Valley State University
men’s soccer team fell to Northwood University 1-0 and tied
Davenport 1-1 in double overtime. The loss to Northwood was the
Cardinals first loss of the season and the end of their five game
win streak. The Panthers were the first to get on the scoreboard
when they scored with just ten minutes left of play in the first
half going up 1-0 over the Cardinals. Davenport would carry the 1-0
lead over Saginaw Valley into half time. The Cardinal did not tie
the score until freshman Craig Neal (Bay City, Mich. / Bay City
Western HS) found the back of the net off a pass from sophomore
Lachlan Savage (Canton, Mich. / Plymouth Salem HS) with just four
minutes left in regulation time. Neither team would be successful
in the two overtimes ending the contest with a 1-1 tie. With the
tie the Cardinals move to 5-1-1 overall on the season, while
Davenport moves to 1-6-3 overall on the season. Saginaw Valley will
be back in action on Friday (Sept. 30) when they return home to
take on Lake Erie for a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (GLIAC) competition. Game time is scheduled for 4:30
pm.
Tiffin Dragons
Tiffin’s Michael
O’Neill drilled home a low shot from 23 yards out in the
second overtime period, propelling the Dragons to a thrilling 1-0
victory at Ohio Dominican. O’Neill scored the game-winner off
a pass from Ashton Campbell, who returned after missing two games
due to injury. The two squads had battled throughout regulation and
the first overtime, with TU goalkeeper Jeremy Ashley making 6 saves
over 103 minutes. He got the win in goal and posted his fourth
shutout in the process.
