Posted: Sep 08, 2014
BEN MANNINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
DALLAS, a sophomore forward
from Bath, England, has been selected the SCAC Men's Soccer
Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday,
Septemerber 1st through Sunday, Septemeber 7th.
Mannings led Dallas to a pair of
victories in the great northwest as the Crusaders improved to 4-0
on the season.
Mannings scored a pair of game winning
goals, scoring in the 31st minute in a 2-0 win over Linfield and
following that up with a goal in the 88th minute to take a 1-0 win
over Pacific.
All five
of Mannings shots were on
target. He is also helped lead a defense that has yet to allow a
goal in 2014.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Senior midfielder Kellan Klaus of Centenary provided the lone goal in the Gents' 1-0 victory over Howard Payne on Saturday evening and helped the Maroon and White to their best start since 1996. Freshman midfielder Christian Lopez of Southwestern earned his first starts ever for the Pirates, and delivered the first goal of his career vs Hardin Simmons. Sophomore forward Alejandro Martinez of Texas Lutheran scored the game winning goal againt the YellowJackets in overtime, his second goal of the season. It was his first game winning goal of 2014 after tallying four a season ago. Senior midfielder Roberto Camargo of Trinity netted the game-winning goal in overtime against Hardin-Simmons on Friday evening, helping the Tigers escape with the win. Austin College, Colorado College, and Schreiner did not nominate anyone.
| SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Players-of-the-Week |
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| Week 1 | Colton Allen, University of Dallas |
| Week 2 | Ben Mannings, University of Dallas |
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