Men's Soccer

2002 Players of the Week

(October 28 - November 9)
Trevor Eby, Houghton College (offense)
Jim Bennett, Urbana University (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Houghton forward Trevor Eby (New Holland, PA; Lancaster Mennonite H.S.) and Urbana sweeper Jim Bennett (Troy, OH; Miami East H.S.) are the AMC men's soccer Players of the Week.

Eby, a six-foot junior, was selected as the top offensive player for the second straight week after recording four goals and four assists in a pair of wins. He tallied two goals and three assists in an 8-2 victory against NCAA Division II Gannon. He added a pair of goals with an assist in a 6-2 win versus Saint Vincent. Eby moved into fourth place on Houghton's all-time goals scored list with 44.

Bennett, a 6-1 junior, played a key role in Urbana's back-to-back 2-0 decisions against Cedarville and Walsh. He had an assist against Walsh and was part of a Blue Knight defense that finished with a school-record nine shutouts for the season.

(October 21-27)
Trevor Eby, Houghton College (offense)
Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon Nazarene University (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Houghton forward Trevor Eby (New Holland, PA; Lancaster Mennonite H.S.) and Mount Vernon Nazarene goalkeeper Trevor Knowles (Gahanna, OH; Westerville North H.S.) have been named the AMC men's soccer Players of the Week.

Eby, a six-foot junior, scored three goals with three assists to lead Houghton to a pair of North Division wins. he netted two goals and an assist in an 8-1 win over Point Park, and scored once with two assists in a 5-2 victory at Geneva. Eby became just the fifth Houghton player to ever score 100 career points. He now has 40 goals and 24 assists for 104 points.

Knowles, a 6-5 senior goalkeeper, made seven saves in Mount Vernon Nazarene's 2-0 win at Urbana for their sixth shutout of the season. He was also credited with three saves in a 6-1 decision against Trinity International.

(October 14-20)
Ali Lukungu, Tiffin University (offense)
Matt Reid, Cedarville University (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Tiffin midfielder Ali Lukungu (Kampala, Uganda) and Cedarville goalkeeper Matt Reid (Brownsburg, IN; Bethesda Christian H.S.) have been named the AMC men's soccer Players of the Week.

Lukungu, a 5-foot-7 senior, exploded for four goals, all in the first half, of a 5-3 win versus Notre Dame. He also had two goals and an assist in a 4-0 victory against Walsh. The Dragons won two-of-three matches with their lone setback a 2-1 decision at NCAA Division II West Virginia Wesleyan.

Reid, a 6-1 senior, posted back-to-back 1-0 shutouts during Cedarville's 2-1 week to raise his school-record shutout total to 15 for a career. He made nine saves at Mount Vernon Nazarene and five more against Marian IN. Reid stopped three shots in a 2-1 loss to Notre Dame.

(October 7-13)
Jon Leonard, University of Rio Grande (offense)
Brent White, Saint Vincent College (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Rio Grande forward Jon Leonard (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and Saint Vincent goalkeeper Brent White (Mt. Pleasant, PA; Mt. Pleasant H.S.) have been named the AMC men's soccer Players of the Week.

Leonard, a 6-foot-1 senior, repeated as Offensive Player of the Week after scoring four times in two more wins for the unbeaten and NAIA No. 2 Redmen. He netted three goals in a 6-1 victory over Urbana and added one more in a 2-0 win at Mount Vernon Nazarene.

White, a sophomore goalkeeper for Saint Vincent, made six saves in a 4-0 AMC North Division win versus Daeman and stopped six shots in a 5-0 division victory against Point Park. He has allowed just one goal in his last six outings with five shuouts and has six shutouts total for the season.

(September 30 - October 6)
Jon Leonard, University of Rio Grande (offense)
Chris Logan, Notre Dame College (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Rio Grande forward Jon Leonard (Belfast, Northern Ireland) and Notre Dame goalkeeper Chris Logan (Stone, England) have been named the AMC men's soccer Players of the Week.

Leonard, a 6-foot-1 senior, led NAIA No. 3 and undefeated Rio Grande to a pair of AMC South Division victories. He had two goals and two assists in a 5-1 decision over Cedarville. Leonard followed that effort with a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win at Tiffin.

Logan, a 6-1 freshman, helped keep Notre Dame unbeaten in North Division play with two more wins. He stopped five shots in a 2-1 victory over Houghton and recorded three saves in a 1-0 win at Saint Vincent.

(September 23-29)
Ron Mugabi, Tiffin University (offense)
Philip Cavicchia, Roberts Wesleyan College (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Tiffin forward Ron Mugabi (Jinja, Uganda) and Roberts Wesleyan goalkeeper Philip Cavicchia (Brampton, ONT; St. Augustine H.S.) have been selected the AMC men's soccer Players of the Week.

Mugabi, a 5-foot-10 junior, helped Tiffin remain unbeaten through two AMC South Division matches in a 4-0 win versus Mount Vernon Nazarene. He scored one goal and assisted on two others.

Cavicchia, a 6-1 sophomore, led Roberts Wesleyan to its second straight AMC North Division win. He made three saves in a 2-0 victory at Walsh.

(September 16-22)
Nate Webb, Urbana University (offense)
Ed Ball, Ohio Dominican University (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Urbana forward Nate Webb (Hamilton, OH; Badin H.S.) and Ohio Dominican goalkeeper Ed Ball (Garland, TX; Pearce H.S.) are the AMC men's soccer Players of the Week.

Webb, a 6-foot-1 freshman, led the Blue Knights to a 3-2 non-conference win at Thomas More. He scored the tying goal with 15 minutes left in regulation and the winning tally eight minutes into overtime.

Ball, a 6-1 senior, stopped five shots in a 1-0 AMC South Division win at Mount Vernon Nazarene in his only appearance of the week.

(September 9-15)
Jeremy Kephart, Notre Dame College (offense)
Steve Cox, Houghton College (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Notre Dame forward Jeremy Kephart (Parma, OH; Parma H.S.) and Houghton goalkeeper Steve Cox (Markham, ONT; Stouffville District H.S.) have been selected the AMC Players of the Week in men's soccer. Kephart was also named the NAIA National Player of the Week.

Kephart, a 5-foot-9 senior, scored eight goals with four assists to lead Notre Dame to a 2-0-1 week and the Heidelberg Invitational Cup championship. He had three goals and two assists in a 9-0 win at Bluffton; a goal and an assist in a 2-2 tie versus Heidelberg; and four goals with one assist in a 5-0 victory over Siena Heights.

Cox, a 5-11 sophomore, stopped 11 shots in posting back-to-back shutouts during Houghton's 1-0-1 week. He had one save in a 4-0 AMC North Division win over Daemen and tallied 10 saves in a 0-0 tie with Tiffin.

(September 2-8)
Jon Waldo, Cedarville University (offense)
Aaron Vorst, Urbana University (defense)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Cedarville forward Jon Waldo (Brookfield, IL; Riverside Brookfield H.S.) and Urbana goalkeeper Aaron Vorst (Kalida, OH; Kalida H.S.) are the first AMC men's soccer Players of the Week for the 2002 season.

Waldo, a 6-foot-2 junior, scored four goals and tallied three assists as the Yellow Jackets improved their record to 5-0 with three victories. He had two assists and scored in overtime of a 3-2 win at Wittenberg; earned the assist on the lone goal of a 1-0 victory at Indiana Wesleyan; and netted the first three goals in a 4-0 win at Taylor.

Vorst, a 6-2 sophomore, made seven saves to lead Urbana to a 2-0 victory over Huntington. It was his third shutout of the season and he lowered his goals against average to 0.33. The Blue Knights are unbeaten through four matches.

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