Ottumwa, IA – The No. 2 nationally ranked Indian Hills Men's Soccer squad swept the weekly Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Athlete of the Week awards after an undefeated weekend on the pitch.
Freshmen Enzo de Almeida (Foz do Iguacu, Brazil/Colegio Silva Batista) and Bennett Kouame (St. Louis Park, MN/St. Louis Park) racked up the weekly accolades from the conference office after leading the Warriors to a 2-0-0 record to open the new year. The Warriors knocked off a pair of nationally ranked squads in (RV) Otero Junior College and No. 8 ranked Miami Dade College in Ottumwa.
Almeida was tapped as the league's top offensive performer in the opening weekend of action after tallying a goal in both sides of the Warriors' IHCC Classic series. The freshman provided a well-placed strike to the upper corner to extend the Warriors' lead against Otero in the opening match of the weekend before providing an insurance goal in the 66th minute against Miami Dade to help push the Warriors to the two wins.
On the backline, Kouame was tapped as the ICCAC's Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Warriors to a pair of clean sheets to open the new year. The freshman was stellar for the Indian Hills defense, limiting the opposition to just nine total shots, including zero on net.
The Warriors return to action this weekend to take on Barton Community College (KS) at 7:00 PM Friday night in Council Bluffs, IA on the Iowa Western Community College campus.
NEW YEAR - WHAT TO KNOW
Fans can keep up the Indian Hills Men's Soccer squad all year long through a number of ways:
- X (formerly Twitter): @IHCCAthletics | @IHCCMsoc
- Facebook: Indian Hills Athletics | Indian Hills Men's Soccer
- Instagram: @IHCCMSOC | @IHCCAthletics
- Youtube: Indian Hills Athletics
- Website: www.indianhillsathletics.com
- Catch up with the history of Indian Hills Men's Soccer: Indian Hills Men's Soccer Record Book | Indian Hills Men's Soccer All-Time Awards
- Keep up with former Indian Hills Men's Soccer standouts and where they are now | Next Level Warriors - Indian Hills Men's Soccer
- All home games are played at IHCC Soccer Comlpex on the Indian Hills Ottumwa campus
- Admission to all home matches is free of charge
HOW TO WATCH
As always, GoHillsTV provides free live broadcasts of all Indian Hills home men's soccer games. Fans can tune in a number of ways all season long:
- Facebook: visit www.facebook.com/gohillstv
- GoHillsTV App: Download the Iowa Media Network app on your android or ios device and navigate to the GoHillsTV section
- Website: https://www.gohillstv.com/browse to catch all live and archived information
- Roku Streaming Device (new): Have a Roku TV or streaming stick? Download the GoHillsTV app to start streaming today!
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