Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Earn Honors (10-21-02)
10/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 21, 2002
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - After clinching its seventh straight Big Ten Conference Regular Season Championship, a trio of seniors on the Indiana men's soccer team have garnered individual honors. Senior midfielder Ryan Mack was named College Soccer News' National Player of the week and for the second straight week, both the Big Ten Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week are Indiana Hoosiers the Big Ten office announced Monday. Senior forward Pat Noonan earned offensive honors for the third time this season and the sixth time in his career while senior back John Swann received the defensive award for the second time this season. Mack, Noonan and Swann are three of seven IU seniors who did not suffer a conference regular season loss in their careers.
Noonan paced Indiana's offensive attack in a pair of road wins at Kentucky and Ohio State. Against the Wildcats, the two-time All-American accounted for both IU goals, including the game-winner. After the Wildcats scored to tie it up with five minutes remaining, Noonan struck right back, tallying the decisive goal 30 seconds later. At Ohio State, the Hoosier co-captain provided both a goal and an assist as Indiana clinched its seventh straight Big Ten regular season title at Ohio State. Noonan has scored a team-best 27 points (10 goals, 7 assists) this season.
Swann continued his stellar defensive play last week in IU's two wins and scored the game-winning header on Sunday against Ohio State. The goal was the IU co-captain's third of the season and 10 in his career. Swann, a native of Brownsburg, Ind., was also the conference defensive player of the week on Sept. 2, 2002.
Mack, a fifth-year senior, was selected by College Soccer News as the National Player of the Week for his continued good play last week. The publication is honoring Mack for the second time this season as he was named to CSN's National of the Week on Sept. 16. The two-time All-American scored his sixth goal of the season in Indiana's win over the Buckeyes and assisted on another against Kentucky. Mack hit the 20-point mark for the season last week and leads the Hoosiers with eight assists.
Indiana, now 12-1-2 on the season, will travel to California for a pair of games this weekend. The Hoosiers will battle Cal State Fullerton on Friday, Oct. 27, and then face UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, Oct. 27. Both games are at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, Calif.
