Van Dyke earned his first athlete of the week award this season with outstanding performances in games over regional opponents Ashland and Slippery Rock.
The Cavaliers defeated GLIAC opponent and reigning league champ Ashland, 3-2, and followed that up with a 2-1 win over Slippery Rock, improving to 4-0-0 on the season. Walsh is off to its best start in program history dating back to 1993.
Van Dyke contributed the star power as he contributed to all five goals scored by the team over the week.
The senior scored a hat trick and provided the game winning goal in the Cavaliers win over Ashland. He also assisted the first goal against Slippery Rock and later scored the game-winning goal to beat the Rocks.
Both of Van Dyke’s scoring strikes came within the final six minutes. He currently leads the conference in points, goals, game winners and shots.
Out of the 10 goals scored by the Cavaliers this year, Van Dyke has scored six and assisted one of them.
Walsh will start conference play by traveling to rival Malone on Wednesday this week.