Michigan State and Penn State Earn Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors
Spartans’ Mutatu and Nittany Lions’ Levine named Players of the Week
Offensive Player of the Week
Farai Mutatu, Michigan State
F – So. – Haslett, Mich. – Haslett – Business
- Tallied three points in Michigan State’s Big Ten opener against No. 22 Rutgers last Friday
- Recorded a goal and an assist against the Scarlet Knights
- Got off five shots in the Spartans’ first win of the season
- Earns his first Offensive Player of the Week award
- Last Michigan State Offensive Player of the Week: Ryan Sierakowski (Sept. 25, 2018)
Defensive Player of the Week
Josh Levine, Penn State
GK – Jr. – Rockville Centre, N.Y. – South Side – Economics
- Recorded a clean sheet against Michigan in a double-overtime draw last Friday
- Collected a season-high seven saves in 110 minutes of play, five in the first 20 minutes
- Earned his first shutout of the season
- Garners his second career Defensive Player of the Week honor and first of the season
- Last Penn State Defensive Player of the Week: Brandon Hackenberg (Sept. 24, 2019)
2019 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Players of the Week
Sept. 4
O: Jørgen Wisth Lie, Fr., RU
D: Jack Maher, So., IND
Sept. 10
O: Joe Ortiz, Jr., OSU
D: Sean Caulfield, Sr., IND
Sept. 17
O: Devyn Etling, So., OSU
D: Ben Di Rosa, Jr., MD
Sept. 24
O: Nebojsa Popovic, Gr., MICH
D: Brandon Hackenberg, Jr., PSU
Oct. 1
O: Farai Mutatu, So., MSU
D: Josh Levine, Jr., PSU
