No. 5 Rio Grande's Dearle is RSC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week again
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- No. 5 University of Rio Grande (Ohio) for the second week in a row had goalkeeper Richard Dearle earn River States Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. The latest honor comes for Oct. 1-7.
Dearle, a junior from Castle Donington, England, posted two shutouts and made four saves on the week. That performance kept him ranked No. 1 in the NAIA in goals against per game at 0.110 with just one goal allowed in nine outings. Dearle made one save in a 14-0 win over CCU and then three saves in a 4-0 shutout of Brescia (Ky.) for his week.
Rio Grande (11-0, 5-0 RSC) plays hosts to (RV) WVU Tech for a conference matchup on Thursday at 7 p.m.