Trio of
Bishops
named USA
South
Athletes of
the Week
Fayetteville,
NC
- The North
Carolina
Wesleyan
Department
of Athletics
is pleased
to announce
that
three
Battling
Bishop
athletes
have earned
USA South
weekly
accolades.
Bryan
Haywood of
football
picked up
his second
straight
Offensive
Player of
the Week
award, while
Benjamin
Kruk and
Michael
Muhseler of
men's soccer
were named
Defensive
Player and
Rookie of
the Week,
respectively.
Football
Offensive
Player of
the Week
Senior
running back
Bryan
Haywood, a
native of
Chocowinity,
NC,
set a new NC
Wesleyan
single-game
rushing
record in a
42-32 win
over USA
South rival
Methodist.
Haywood
accumulated
203 yards
rushing on
25 carries,
good for an
8.1 yard
average. He
also
accounted
for three
rushing
touchdowns
with his
final score
coming with
under three
minutes
remaining in
the game.
Men's Soccer
Defensive
Player of
the Week
Sophomore
goalkeeper
Benjamin
Kruk of
Hamburg,
Germany
earned his
first
Defensive
Player of
the Week
honor after
helping the
Bishops to a
2-0 record
last week
versus USA
South
competition.
In the two
contests,
Kruk played
all 180
minutes
between the
posts
without
allowing a
goal while
stopping
seven shots.
In a 2-0 win
over
Methodist,
Kruk made
four saves,
and in a 4-0
victory over
Greensboro,
he stopped
three shots.
Men's
Soccer
Rookie of
the Week
Michael
Muhseler, a
freshman
forward
from
Hanover,
Germany,
scored twice
in
Wesleyan's
two
victories.
In NCWC's
2-0 win over
Methodist,
Muhseler was
held
scoreless
but managed
two shots.
He followed
that up with
a pair of
goals versus
the Pride,
tallying the
final two
goals of the
match in the
50th and
67th
minutes,
respectively.
Congratulations
to all three athletes on
their
stellar
performances!
