Oct. 16, 2007

WOMEN'S SOCCER OFFENSIVE PLAYER
LIZZY BENDRICK • California Baptist University
Freshman • 5-2 • Forward • San Diego, Calif.
Freshman Lizzy Bendrick recorded a goal and an assist as unranked California Baptist won both of its GSAC games last week.  She assisted on the game-winner at No. 5-ranked Point Loma Nazarene.  Bendrick then scored the game-winner against Fresno Pacific with a 30-yard shot over the keeper.

WOMEN'S SOCCER DEFENSIVE PLAYER
SUZANNE TORRES • Concordia University
Junior • 5-10 • Goalkeeper • Riverside, Calif.
Junior goalkeeper Suzanne Torres made 15 saves and didn't allow a goal as No. 10-ranked Concordia registered a win and a tie in GSAC play last week.  In the win against No. 18 Vanguard, she made 3 saves while recording a 4-0 shutout.  In the 0-0 double-overtime tie at Westmont, Torres had 12 saves in 84 minutes of play.

MEN'S SOCCER OFFENSIVE PLAYER
MUSTAFA CELIK • Holy Names University
Sophomore • 5-11 • Forward • Cologne, Germany
Sophomore forward Mustafa Celik scored 4 goals and assisted on another as Holy Names won both of its games last week. In a 5-0 win at Pacific Union, Celik scored twice. He then had 2 goals and an assist in a 7-0 win at William Jessup.

MEN'S SOCCER DEFENSIVE PLAYER
MIKE BORST • Concordia University
Senior • 5-11 • Goalkeeper • Shelby Township, Mich.
Senior goalkeeper Mike Borst posted 2 shutouts as No. 1-ranked Concordia won both of its conference games last week and remains undefeated.  Borst stopped all 8 shots on goal in 180 minutes of play in both 1-0 shutouts of Vanguard at home and Westmont on the road.  Borst now has 8 shutouts on the season and a GSAC-low 0.28 goals against average.

VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
FABIANA LEOMIL • Fresno Pacific University
Senior • 5-10 • Outside Hitter • Sao Paulo, Brazil
Senior outside hitter Fabiana Leomil recorded 29 kills (4.8 k/g) with a .371 hitting percentage, 15 digs (2.5 d/g), 3 aces, and 6 blocks (1 solo) as No. 1-ranked Fresno Pacific won both of its conference games and remained undefeated.  In the win at No. 6 Azusa Pacific, she had 12 kills, 2 aces, and 3 assist blocks.  In the victory over No. 2 California Baptist, Leomil had 17 kills, 11 digs, and 3 blocks (1 solo).

VOLLEYBALL SETTER
SHU LIU • Fresno Pacific University
Junior • 6-0 • Setter • Shen Yang, China
Junior setter Shu Liu had 68 assists (11.3 a/g), 24 digs (4.0 d/g), 2 blocks (1 solo), and 13 kills (2.2 k/g) with a .524 hitting percentage in NAIA top-ranked Fresno Pacific's 3-game sweeps of top-10 ranked GSAC opponents.  In the win at No. 6 Azusa Pacific, Shu Liu had 35 assists, 6 kills, and 12 digs.  Against California Baptist, she had 33 assists, 7 kills, 12 digs, and an ace.

VOLLEYBALL LIBERO
TIFFANY MARINOS • Fresno Pacific University
Sophomore • 5-9 • Libero • Three Rivers, Calif.
Sophomore libero Tiffany Marinos tallied 48 digs (8 d/g) against 2 top-10 NAIA teams as No. 1-ranked Fresno Pacific won both of its GSAC matches and extended its winning streak to 12 matches in the conference and 21 matches overall.  For the week, she had a serve reception percentage of 1.000 and a .931 serving percentage with 1 ace.

Past NAIA Region II Players of the Week
Oct. 9, 2007
Oct. 2, 2007
Sept. 25, 2007
Sept. 18, 2007
Sept. 11, 2007
Sept 4, 2007