INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Midwest Athletic Conference has released its Men's and Women's Soccer Athletes of the Week: Matt Raines from Trevecca Nazarene University and Taylor MacIver of Ursuline College.
Matt Raines
Trevecca Nazarene University - Junior - Midfielder
Matt Raines scored a pair of goals and added a pair of assists in three contests last week, all on the road.
In a 3-2 win over conference opponent Kentucky Wesleyan, Raines had an assist on the game-winning goal with less than two minutes remaining in the contest. In the team’s second game of the week the Trojans fell to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, but Raines managed a goal in the 5-3 loss.
Raines closed out the week with a goal and an assist in a 3-0 shutout against Trinity International University. His goal was the first of the game, proving to be the game-winner.
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Matt Raines’s bio (from TNUtrojans.com)
Taylor MacIver
Ursuline College - Freshman - Forward
Taylor MacIver scored a school record five goals in a 6-1 win over Salem International University on Tuesday, the Arrows only game of the week. The five goals were more goals than any G-MAC school scored as a team during the entire week.
MacIver, who scored her first collegiate goal in game-winning fashion in the team’s first game of the season, scored her first goal of the match in the third minute. She then continued to carry the offense, scoring three more times in the first half. Her second goal came at the 10 minute mark, then in the 40th minute, she recorded her first career hat trick.
She finished off the first half with her fourth goal with only 54 seconds left before the intermission. Her fifth and final score came in the 53rd minute.
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Taylor MacIver’s bio (from UrsulineArrows.com)