Monday, October 31, 2011

MACON, Ga. – Stetson’s Kai Eckenrode and Mercer's Joey Heavner utilized clutch goals this week to help lock in their spots for the 2011 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Championship and earn themselves the A-Sun Player of the Week awards.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Kai Eckenrode, Stetson (Jr. – Midfielder – Springfield, Va. – Communications)
• First Career Player of the Week award
• Netted three goals this week including two against Jacksonville on Sunday
• Scored the game-tying goal against No. 9 UCF on Tuesday in the 85th minute
• Registered the golden goal at Jacksonville to clinch Stetson the two-seed in the A-Sun Championship

OTHER NOMINEES:
• Garret Pettis (Sr., Lipscomb) – Scored league-leading ninth goal in tie vs. Mercer to clinch A-Sun Championship spot
• Ehjayson Henry (So., Mercer) – Tallied three points on the weekend including game-winner against Belmont
• Xavier Silver (Fr., FGCU) – Netted the game-winning goals against Jacksonville and UNF
• Aaron Schoenfeld (Sr., ETSU) – Drove home the game-winning goal against USC Upstate to clinch championship spot

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Joey Heavner, Mercer (Jr. – Defender – Landisville, Pa. – Business)
• Second Career Defensive Player of the Week award; second this season
• Scored the game-tying goal in 2-1 win against Belmont
• Win against the Bruins clinched the Bears a spot in A-Sun Championship
• Helped Bears pick up four points on the weekend, while allowing only two goals

OTHER NOMINEES:
• Nathan Ingham (Fr., FGCU) – Stopped nine shots in two FGCU wins to lock up the one-seed in A-Sun Championship

2011 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Player of the Weeks
Date	Player of the Week (School)	Defensive Player of the Week (School)
Aug. 29	Aaron Schoenfeld (ETSU)	T.J. Brown (Belmont)
Sept. 6	Jonathan Mendoza (Stetson) / Alesi Osorio (ETSU)	Ryan Coulter (ETSU)
Sept. 12	Josey Portillo (FGCU)	Adam Glick (FGCU)
Sept. 19	Brandon Tarr (Belmont)	Joey Heavner (Mercer)
Sept. 26	Andres Navas (FGCU)	Ryan Coulter (ETSU)
Oct. 3	Brandon Tarr (Belmont)	Lou Manning (Belmont)
Oct. 10	Darko Karamatic (Jacksonville)	Andreas Schnabl (Stetson)
Oct. 17	Garret Pettis (Lipscomb)	Nick Dykes (ETSU)
Oct. 24	Jonathan Mendoza (Stetson)	Luis Ocejo (Stetson)
Oct. 31	Kai Eckenrode (Stetson)	Joey Heavner (Mercer)

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