Indiana and Rutgers Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors
Hoosiers’ Mihalic and Scarlet Knights’ Asher claim weekly awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Tommy Mihalic, Indiana
M – Fr. – Skokie, Ill. – Niles North
- Scored a pair of goals in his collegiate debut to help guide Indiana to a 3-2 overtime victory at Notre Dame
- Tied the game at 1-1 in the 34th minute with his first career goal
- Sent the game to overtime when his 88th-minute goal tied the contest at 2-2
- Claims his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
- Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Ryan Wittenbrink (March 30, 2021)
Defensive Player of the Week
Oren Asher, Rutgers
GK – Jr. – Herzliya, Israel – Maccabi Herzliya
- Earned a pair of shutouts to open the 2021 season as Rutgers went 1-0-1 against Delaware and Temple
- Made four saves in the 2-0 shutout of Delaware
- Recorded one save in the scoreless draw with Temple, a sprawling stop at the near post to preserve the clean sheet in the 58th minute
- Earns his third career Defensive Player of the Week award and first of the season
- Last Rutgers Defensive Player of the Week: Oren Asher (March 9, 2021)
2021 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Players of the Week
Aug. 31
O: Tommy Mihalic, Fr., IND
D: Oren Asher, Jr., RU
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