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The Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) has released its weekly soccer awards for the week of September 15-21. 

There were no nominations for the MCAC Women's Soccer weekly awards.

Riverland Community College goalkeeper Ethan Brown earned the MCAC Men's Soccer Goalkeeper-of-the-Week award. In 180 minutes of action during the week, Brown had eight saves on 11 shots on goal, giving up only three goals in the Blue Devils' two games. Guilherme Baccarin, defender for Riverland Community College, earned the Defensive Field Athlete-of-the-Week award. Baccarin anchored a defense that held their opponents to three goals over two games. He took one shot that was saved. Owen Spaeth, forward for Riverland Community College, earned the Offensive Field Athlete-of-the-Week award. Spaeth took five shots, with four of them on goal. He scored the opening goal in the game against Alexandria Tech, which resulted in a 2-2 tie, and assisted on the game-winning goal against Minnesota West.

As MCAC teams compile games and statistics, keep tabs on Conference leaders at the following links:

MCAC Statistical Leaders: Women: https://mcacsports.org/sports/wsoc/2025-26/teams?sort=name&r=0&pos=   Men: https://mcacsports.org/sports/msoc/2025-26/leaders

MCAC Standings:  Women: https://mcacsports.org/sports/wsoc/2025-26/standings    Men: https://mcacsports.org/sports/msoc/2025-26/standings

	MCAC Men's Soccer Goalkeeper and Field Players of the Week
Ethan Brown Riverland Community College FR / Goalkeeper Ramsey, England	Goalkeeper of the Week Shots on Goal:  11 Goals Against:  3 Saves:  8 Minutes of Play:  180 minutes Noteworthy Information: Brown earned a win over Minnesota West to keep the Blue Devils undefeated in MCAC play. Team Record: 5-2-1 overall, 2-0-1 in the MCAC
Guilherme Baccarin Riverland Community College FR / Defender Florianopolis, Brazil	Defensive Field Athlete of the Week Shots:  1 Shots on Goal:  1 Goals:  0 Assists:  0 Goals Against: 0 Noteworthy Information: Baccarin anchored the Riverland defense that only gave up three goals in two games. Team Record: 5-2-1 overall, 2-0-1 in the MCAC
Owen Spaeth Riverland Community College FR / Forward Rochester, MN	Offensive Field Athlete of the Week Shots:  5 Shots on Goal:  4 Goals: 1 Assists:  1 Noteworthy Information: Owen assisted on the game-winning goal against Minnesota West and scored the opening goal against Alexandria Tech. Team Record: 5-2-1 overall, 2-0-1 in the MCAC

About the Minnesota College Athletic Conference

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State system.  The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions.  The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.