There is plenty of talent throughout the levels of college soccer. Read a recap of the D2, D3, and NAIA teams and players season that dominated the past week.<\/p>\n
Please send any future nominations to college@topdrawersoccer.com<\/p>\n
Week in Consideration: October 2- 8<\/p>\n
D2 Men\u2019s Player of the Week: Christian Hatley, Lander(m)<\/p>\n
In a sensational, creative performance, Hatley assisted five goals to lead the Bearcats to a 6-1 victory over Georgia Southwestern.<\/p>\n
D2 Men\u2019s Team of the Week: Fort Hays State(m)<\/p>\n
Undefeated Fort Hays State made a case as a national contender this week, hitting the road to defeat No. 8 Rogers State 4-0 and Southern Nazarene 2-1.<\/p>\n
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D3 Men\u2019s Player of the Week: Ethan Wirtschafter, Washington (Mo.)(m)<\/p>\n
The Bears faced No. 12 Bearden in a highly anticipated matchup, and Wirtschafter dazzled with a stunning hat trick to propel a 4-0 win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
D3 Men\u2019s Team of the Week: Whitman(m)<\/p>\n
Whitman entertained with two high-scoring victories on the road, first defeating Lewis & Clark 4-2, then George Fox University 4-3.<\/p>\n
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NAIA Men\u2019s Player of the Week: Drew Darnold, Northwestern (Ia.)(m)<\/p>\n
Continuing his breakout season, the sophomore forward buried a hat trick and assisted another goal to sink Mount Marty 5-1, then struck again with a goal and assist to edge Blair Cliff 3-2.<\/p>\n
NAIA Men\u2019s Team of the Week: Dordt(m)<\/p>\n
The Iowa-based program stunned the country over the week, toppling No. 11 Bellevue 4-2, then battling on the road to hold Morningside to a 0-0 draw despite playing a large chunk with ten men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is plenty of talent throughout the levels of college soccer. Read a recap of the D2, D3,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-202173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}