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BAY CITY, Mich. - Ashland University goal keeper Justin Nolan (Medina, Ohio/Highland) earned GLIAC Men's Soccer "Athlete of the Week" honors after earning two shutouts in a pair of wins for the Eagles last weekend over Ohio Dominican (2-0) and Urbana (1-0, 2OT).

GLIAC Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Week:
Justin Nolan - Ashland University
Sophomore / Goalkeeper
Medina, Ohio/ Highland

Ashland freshman Louis Clark recorded five points this week, all in the first half of Ashland’s 3-0 win over Saginaw Valley State on Sunday afternoon. He scored in the 14th and 34th minutes and assisted on Adam Spannbauer’s (Akron, Ohio/Firestone) goal in the 31st minute. The freshman now has a league-high 11 goals this season and is tied for fifth in AU’s single-season history with four games to play. He also has two assists on the season and is tied for the league lead in points per game (1.85).

GLIAC Men’s Soccer Weekly Honor Roll:  Keith Lough - NU,  Anthony Palazzolo - SV, Ashton Campbell - TU

2010 GLIAC Men’s Soccer Athletes of the Week:  (9/7)Ryan Morales - NU, (9/13) Ashton Campbell - TU, (9/20) Anthony Palazzolo - SV,  (9/27) Tyler Gleason - OD, (10/4) Ashton Campbell - TU, (10/11) Joe Pissocra - OD, (10/18) Louis Clark - AU, (10/25) Justin Nolan - AU

Ashland Eagles

The Eagles were 2-0 with shutout home wins over Ohio Dominican (2-0) on Friday and Urbana (1-0, 2OT) on Sunday. The Eagles got a penalty kick goal from Louis Clark (Brighton, England/Hove Park) and a goal from Danny Lusheck (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) in Friday’s win over the Panthers. The win gave No. 16 Ashland a four-point lead in the GLIAC standings. It also extended AU’s 21-game unbeaten streak in GLIAC regular season play. On Sunday, senior James Livingston (Aughton, England/University of Liverpool) scored the game-winner with 20 seconds to play in double-overtime against Urbana. Clark had the assist on the play. Sophomore goalkeeper Justin Nolan (Medina, Ohio/Highland) played every minute in net for the Eagles and now has five shutouts this season. He made five saves over the weekend and holds a 1.06 goals against average.

Findlay Oilers

The University of Findlay men’s soccer team fell 2-1 to Northwood at home on Thursday and then tied Saginaw Valley State 1-1 on Saturday at DeHaven Field.  Junior Corey Keister scored the Oilers lone goal against the Timberwolves while senior Joey Gogolin found the back of the net against the Cardinals.  On the season, senior Brennan Williams leads the team with four goals.

Lake Erie Storm  

The Storm played just a solo game this week, falling to Ohio Dominican, 3-1, on Sunday.  In the loss, junior forward Marco Gaudio (Cambridge, England/Impington Village College) provided the goal for Lake Erie.  The goal was Gaudio’s eighth on the season for a team which has scored 13 goals.  In goal, sophomore Ricky Carreira (Toronto, Ont./Dante Alighieri Academy) made 14 strong saves.  Carreira now has 150 on the season, and entering last week led NCAA Division II in saves.

Northwood Timberwolves

Northwood clinched a spot in the GLIAC Tournament this week, going 1-1 in conference play.  The Timberwolves earned a 2-1 victory at Findlay before falling 2-0 at Tiffin.  The Timberwolves are now 7-5-3 overall, 4-4-3 in the GLIAC.  Northwood is currently tied with SVSU for the final spot in the tournament, but the Cardinals are done for the season and the Timberwolves hold the tiebreaker over SVSU.  Northwood went 1-0-1 against the Cardinals to earn the tiebreaker.  Keith Lough (Edinburgh, Scotland) scored both of NU’s goals in the win at Findlay.  He now has a team-leading five goals on the season.  NU has a pair of games this week, traveling to Urbana and Ohio Dominican.

Ohio Dominican Panthers

The No. 22 Panthers split their final two road games this past weekend, falling to No. 16 Ashland, 2-0, in a battle for first place on Friday evening, before rebounding to take down Lake Erie, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon. ODU remains one point behind the Eagles for the GLIAC lead with a conference game remaining. Sean Lipps (Fr./Gahanna, OH) and Pat McGrath (Sr./Cincinnati, OH) both scored their third goals of the season in the win over the Storm. The Panthers step out of GLIAC play, hosting No. 5 Northern Kentucky at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, before concluding the regular season on Sunday, Oct. 31 at 4:30 p.m. as they host Northwood (Mich.). Even though ODU is in the final year of transitioning to NCAA Division II, the Panthers can play in the conference tournament since the GLIAC does not have a automatic qualifier to nationals.

Saginaw Valley State Cardinals

The Saginaw Valley State University men’s soccer team fell to Tiffin, 3-0 and tied Findlay, 1-1 in double overtime this past weekend. The Cardinals were paced by senior Anthony Palazzolo, who had the only shot on goal against Tiffin and scored the goal against Findlay with under a minute left in the contest.  The Cardinals will return home this week to face Urbana  for their final regular season home game.

Tiffin Dragons

The Dragons’ Ashton Campbell, junior, recorded a single tally in each half while Adam Fussell scored his first goal on his first shot of the season as Tiffin defeated Saginaw Valley Thursday afternoon in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown at Paradiso Fields. For the game, the Dragons outshot the Cardinals 20-4, including 6-1 in shots on target. Tiffin scored the only goal in the first half at the 23:33 mark. Freshman Pierre De Pauw was able to keep the ball before it went out of bounds, crossed the ball back to the center for Campbell, who slammed it home for his 11th goal of the season. For the first period, the Dragons put four of their 12 shots on goal. Tiffin added the critical insurance goal from an unlikely source in the 58th minute. Campbell left the ball for his teammate 30 yards out. From there, Fussell blasted the shot inside the left post for his first goal of the season and put the Dragons up 2-0. Campbell added his 12th goal of the season in the game’s 87th minute from De Pauw…The Dragons used steady play to wear down the Timberwolves and score in each half as Tiffin defeated Northwood 2-0 Saturday afternoon at the Paradiso Athletic Complex. For the match, Tiffin outshot Northwood 12-8, including 8-2 in shots on goal. Playing his final home game for the Dragons, Rhys Cannella scored the game’s first goal 10 minutes into the contest. Ashton Campbell capped the scoring in the second half with his team-leading 13th goal. Also playing in his final home contest, TU goalie Jeff Frisch grabbed both shots faced to record his second shutout of the year to improve to 9-3-1 on the season.