Bacharach Tabbed Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
10/31/2023 4:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
BLOOMINGTON — What's scarier than a 6-foot-4 defender? A 6-foot-4 defender that can create scoring opportunities.
IU defensive midfielder Hugo Bacharach's frightening affairs won him the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor this cycle as announced by the conference office on Wednesday (Oct. 31). The Spanish senior scored a goal and provided an assist in IU's 4-1 rout of Rutgers on Sunday that clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.
Bacharach scored IU's first goal against Rutgers, rebounding a Joey Maher shot on goal in the fifth minute. He helped ice the game in the 90th minute, dispossessing Rutgers in midfield before releasing an incisive through ball to Samuel Sarver, who finished the fourth goal.
Bacharach is the third Hoosier to win a Big Ten weekly award this season. Maher was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 17, and Sarver won the offensive award on Oct. 10.
Since moving into a defensive midfielder role, primarily, in IU's 2-1 win at Penn State in early October, Bacharach has four goal contributions (one goal, three assists). IU has not given up multiple goals in any match he's played in that role, including both games he played last week.
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IU defensive midfielder Hugo Bacharach's frightening affairs won him the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor this cycle as announced by the conference office on Wednesday (Oct. 31). The Spanish senior scored a goal and provided an assist in IU's 4-1 rout of Rutgers on Sunday that clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.
Bacharach scored IU's first goal against Rutgers, rebounding a Joey Maher shot on goal in the fifth minute. He helped ice the game in the 90th minute, dispossessing Rutgers in midfield before releasing an incisive through ball to Samuel Sarver, who finished the fourth goal.
Bacharach is the third Hoosier to win a Big Ten weekly award this season. Maher was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 17, and Sarver won the offensive award on Oct. 10.
Since moving into a defensive midfielder role, primarily, in IU's 2-1 win at Penn State in early October, Bacharach has four goal contributions (one goal, three assists). IU has not given up multiple goals in any match he's played in that role, including both games he played last week.
@IndianaMSOC
For all the latest on Indiana University men's soccer, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaMSOC on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
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