EVANSVILLE, Ind. - After leading the Purple Aces past No. 24 Grand Canyon on Friday night, junior forward Ben Weber of the University of Evansville men's soccer team was named Missouri Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week, it was announced in a release by the conference office on Tuesday.
In Evansville's 1-0 overtime victory over the nationally-ranked Lopes, Weber recorded four shots, putting all four on-goal, and scored the game-winning goal in the 99th minute. Along with his game-winning goal, Weber tallied four shots with all four shots coming on-goal.
The goal was Weber's second career game-winner and fifth career goal, helping the junior earn his first MVC Player of the Week honor.