Athletes of the Week (week of Oct. 17)
Milwaukee
Aubrey Krahn
Hometown: Waukesha, Wis.
Krahn got UWM on the board with an early goal in a 2-1 win over Green Bay. She recorded a goal and two assists, including GW assist to help lead the Panthers to a 4-0 victory over YSU. The forward put up six shots and recorded a total of six points as UWM went 2-0 on the week.
UIC
Kelsie Groot
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Groot tallied 39 kills with a .280 hitting percentage in two games this past weekend. In the Flames’ upset over Oakland, the outside hitter recorded 26 kills including the game winning points in sets four and five. The graduate student also pitched in three assists and three aces to help UIC split the weekend.
Valparaiso
Morganne Longoria
Hometown: Burlington, WI
Longoria continued playing both setter and libero simultaneously, and tallied 61 digs in the Crusaders’ three matches. The junior set a career-high with 36 digs in Valparaiso’s win over Wright State, and averaged 5.55 digs per set for the week.
Detroit Mercy
Marina Manzo
Hometown: Washington Twp, Mich.
Manzo made eight saves in a shutout win over Oakland. The junior goalkeeper then held the league's 2nd highest scoring offense to 1 goal while registering four saves to earn a road point. For the week, she had a .923 save percentage as she went 1-0-1.
Detroit Mercy
Garret Weaver
Hometown: Northville, Mich.
Weaver scored his first collegiate goal versus Northern Kentucky in minute 70:00 to tab the game-winner. The freshman started both contests last week for the Titans, totaling two shots and two shots on-goal. He played all 180 minutes on the Detroit Mercy defense that recorded two shutouts.
UIC
Jose Fuentes
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Fuentes scored the game-winning goal versus Valparaiso on Saturday. The goal marked his second game-winner and fifth of the season. The junior took two of UIC's four shots on goal and the second-most attempts with four.
Detroit Mercy
Josh Flamme
Hometown: Mason, Mich.
Flamme recorded two shutouts for Detroit Mercy, leading the squad to a 2-0 week on the road. The sophomore tallied seven saves with three coming against IUPUI and four more versus Northern Kentucky in League play. The two games marked his first career shutouts.
Milwaukee
Jacob Fase
Hometown: Rockford, Mich.
Fase won three events for Milwaukee at the All Wisconsin meet over the weekend. The freshman hit the wall first in the 200 free (1:44.17), 100 free (47.71) and was on the winning 400 free relay team.
Milwaukee
Sara Bentley
Hometown: Ames, Iowa
Bentley won all four of her events for the Panthers at the All Wisconsin meet. The junior placed at the top of the podium in the 100 back (57.21), 200 back (2:05.84), 100 fly (58.15) and was one of four on the winning 200 medley relay team.
Green Bay
Bailey Wagner
Hometown: West Bend, Wis.
Wagner swept both boards at the All-Wisconsin Invite for Green Bay. The junior won the 3-meter with a score of 294.85 out of 14 divers while also taking the 1-meter title with a score of 284.75 against 17 fellow divers.
Green Bay
Michael Klemm
Hometown: Rockford, Ill.
Klemm swept the boards for Green Bay at the All-Wisconsin Invite. The junior won the 1-meter with a score of 317.70 against 17 other divers while taking home the 3-meter title with a score of 319.75 over 18 fellow competitors.
Athletes of the Week (week of Oct. 17)
