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Semmle Named Conference USA Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week
9/28/2021 1:55:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Senior keeper tallied two shutouts over top 25 teams
DALLAS – Marshall men's soccer senior goalkeeper Oliver Semmle was named the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday. It is the first C-USA weekly honor for Semmle.
The Au am Rhein, Germany native recorded his first two clean sheets of the season and coming over two top 25 opponents.
Over the last week for the 5th-ranked Herd, Semmle totaled seven saves in the matches with a win over No. 20 Akron (2-0) and a draw against No. 10 Kentucky (0-0). He opened the week with two saves against the Zips. Semmle, helping to lead the defensive effort with his passing and direction to his teammates, did not face a shot on goal until the 58th minute and made the stop. He tallied his second save of the night in the 68th minute which was Akron's final shot on goal.
In league action against the 10th-ranked Wildcats Saturday night, Semmle was clutch coming up with five big saves as the teams played to the scoreless tie. He recorded his first save in the 15th minute as the only shot on goal from Kentucky in the first half. In the 47th minute, Semmle recorded back-to-back saves with a great effort to keep the match scoreless. His fourth save of the night came in the 60th minute as the Kentucky attacker attempted to go low but could not beat Semmle.
UK's final shot on goal of the night was in the 93rd minute in the first overtime. Semmle found himself one-on-one with Eythor Bjorgolfsson, the Wildcats leading scorer and an all-conference selection. Semmle stepped out to the edge of the six-yard box to cut off Bjorgolfsson and then deflected the attempted shot out of bounds which gave the Wildcats a corner kick. Semmle then read the corner kick attempt and jumped out to punch the ball away which his defense then cleared out of the box. Marshall did not allow a single shot in the second overtime.
With the back-to-back shutouts, Semmle moved into fourth place all-time in program history with 13 career clean sheets, surpassing Paulo Pita (2018-19) who had 11.5. With one more shutout, Semmle can move into third place ahead of Richard Orrick (1996-98) who has 13.5.
Semmle and his teammates get right back into action on Wednesday at 5 p.m., at Hoops Family Field as the 5th-ranked Herd host the Butler Bulldogs.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall men's soccer team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdMSoccer, Facebook at Marshall University Soccer and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
The Au am Rhein, Germany native recorded his first two clean sheets of the season and coming over two top 25 opponents.
Over the last week for the 5th-ranked Herd, Semmle totaled seven saves in the matches with a win over No. 20 Akron (2-0) and a draw against No. 10 Kentucky (0-0). He opened the week with two saves against the Zips. Semmle, helping to lead the defensive effort with his passing and direction to his teammates, did not face a shot on goal until the 58th minute and made the stop. He tallied his second save of the night in the 68th minute which was Akron's final shot on goal.
In league action against the 10th-ranked Wildcats Saturday night, Semmle was clutch coming up with five big saves as the teams played to the scoreless tie. He recorded his first save in the 15th minute as the only shot on goal from Kentucky in the first half. In the 47th minute, Semmle recorded back-to-back saves with a great effort to keep the match scoreless. His fourth save of the night came in the 60th minute as the Kentucky attacker attempted to go low but could not beat Semmle.
UK's final shot on goal of the night was in the 93rd minute in the first overtime. Semmle found himself one-on-one with Eythor Bjorgolfsson, the Wildcats leading scorer and an all-conference selection. Semmle stepped out to the edge of the six-yard box to cut off Bjorgolfsson and then deflected the attempted shot out of bounds which gave the Wildcats a corner kick. Semmle then read the corner kick attempt and jumped out to punch the ball away which his defense then cleared out of the box. Marshall did not allow a single shot in the second overtime.
With the back-to-back shutouts, Semmle moved into fourth place all-time in program history with 13 career clean sheets, surpassing Paulo Pita (2018-19) who had 11.5. With one more shutout, Semmle can move into third place ahead of Richard Orrick (1996-98) who has 13.5.
Semmle and his teammates get right back into action on Wednesday at 5 p.m., at Hoops Family Field as the 5th-ranked Herd host the Butler Bulldogs.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall men's soccer team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdMSoccer, Facebook at Marshall University Soccer and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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