Indiana and Rutgers Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors

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 34^th minute with his first career goal
• Sent the game to overtime when his 88^th-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