MAC Announces Men's Soccer Player of the Week

MAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week
Saeed Sulemana Baba, Western Michigan, Forward
Junior, Tamale, Ghana (Manarat Jeddah)
Sulemana Baba led Western Michigan to a pair of consecutive wins last week, scoring two goals and notching an assist. Monday, Sulemana Baba helped WMU snap a two-game losing streak, scoring a goal and assisting another in Western Michigan's 5-2 win over Wright State. On Saturday, he scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 Mid-American Conference win over Florida Atlantic in the 87th minute. With the two goals this week, Sulemana Baba has a team-leading 10 on the season, two of those game winners. He ranks among the nation's leaders in goals per game, averaging 1.0 per contest. And with the two wins this past week, Western Michigan surpassed its win total of three in 2008, moving its record to 5-8-0 on the year.

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Other Nominees
David Meves, Akron, Goalkeeper
Freshman, Arlington Heights, Ill. (Christian Liberty Academy)
Meves recorded a pair of shutouts last week as the No. 1 Zips set a program record by winning their first 13 matches of the season. The true freshman recorded three saves in a 2-0 victory at Virginia Tech Tuesday before recording his ninth shutout of the campaign in a 1-0 win against Northern Illinois Saturday. Meves thwarted a number of restart attempts by the Huskies and rejected their only shot on goal as UA improved to 4-0-0 in league play. Meves entered the week as the nation's leader in GAA for the country's top-ranked defense.

Cameron Hepple, Bowling Green, Forward
Senior, Nassau, Bahamas (St. Andrew's)
Scored two goals as the Falcons picked up a MAC win for the first time since 2007. In his first appearance after missing four weeks due to injury, had a pair of goals in BG's lone match, a 4-3 victory at Buffalo. His two goals came nine minutes apart, the second coming with under 14 minutes left in the second half and giving BG a 3-2 lead. It marked his second multiple-goal game of the season, and also the second of his career. He now has seven goals in just eight games this year to date. Hepple leads the Falcons in both goals and points (15). He has career totals of 14 goals and 37 points.

Mike Unwin, Buffalo, Forward
Junior, Basingstoke, England (North Iowa CC)
In the Bulls' MAC matchup versus Bowling Green on Friday evening, junior Mike Unwin recorded a three-point performance with a goal and an assist. In the 47th minute, Mike Unwin set up sophomore Lucas Bassan on a well-executed pass down the left sideline. Bassan took a blast from 20 yards out, beating the Falcons' goalkeeper Dylan Schoettley to tie the contest at 1-1. Defender Akil Howard dished a pass out to Unwin on the attack. Unwin dribbled the ball to the right side of the 18-yard box, pulling the Falcons' goalkeeper Dylan Schoettley out of place. With Schoettley facing a tough angle to cover, UB's leading scorer ripped the shot into the net to give the Bulls a 2-1 lead in the 67th minute. Along with his three points, Unwin gave a solid offensive effort despite the Bulls falling 4-3 to Bowling Green on a penalty kick.