By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Fort Hays State seniors Santiago Agudelo and Sergio Villalba earned weekly recognition from the Great American Conference for their performances in the final week of the regular season. Agudelo earned Offensive Player of the Week, while Villalba earned Defender of the Week on Tuesday (Nov. 12).
Agudelo had a big week offensively by scoring five goals and adding an assist. In a 6-1 win over Southern Nazarene, Agudelo recorded the fifth hat trick of his career at FHSU. He provided the first two goals of the match, then recorded his hat trick on Fort Hays State’s fifth goal of the match just over three minutes into the second half. In the 3-2 overtime win at Ouachita Baptist, he scored the last two goals for FHSU. He put the Tigers up 2-0 in the first half before lifting the team to victory just 1:20 into overtime with the game-winner. He assisted on Fort Hays State’s first goal of the match, so he had a hand in all three goals for the team. Agudelo had both game winners for the Tigers on the week and now has 13 career game winners at FHSU.
Villalba had two goals and two assists in the 6-1 win over Southern Nazarene in Hays. He scored the third and fourth goals of the match in the latter part of the first half, giving FHSU a 4-0 lead by halftime. He also assisted on the second and fifth goals of the match, both to Santiago Agudelo, who completed a hat trick on Villalba’s second assist. Villalba also played all 91:20 in the 3-2 overtime win for FHSU at Oklahoma Baptist.
Agudelo and Villalba join Goalkeeper of the Week Dillon Dean from Rogers State as recipients of the weekly honors from the conference office.