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Junior Lucas Hickey named OAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for second time this season

Junior Lucas Hickey named OAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for second time this season
October 9, 2023

By Wes Mayberry

ADA — Ohio Northern junior Lucas Hickey (Conroe, Tex./Oak Ridge) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, presented by Midstream Lighting, for the week of Oct. 2-8.

This marks Hickey's second consecutive OAC Player of the Week accolade and the second of his career.

The recognition comes after he played all 180 minutes and recorded a combined three saves in a 1-1 draw with Otterbein on Wednesday and a 3-2 win at Capital on Saturday.

An All-OAC Second Team selection last season, Hickey has played the entirety of all of ONU's 12 games this year and has a 1.25 GAA with 23 saves, a .605 save percentage and two shutouts. He enters the week ranked fourth in the OAC in GAA.

The Polar Bears (6-4-2 overall, 2-0-1 OAC) return to action on Wednesday at Heidelberg at 4 p.m. followed by hosting Saturday's OAC Game of the Week against John Carroll at 1 p.m.