NAPERVILLE, Ill. – North Central’s Ricardo Serrano and Wheaton’s Noah Anthony were named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Soccer Players of the Week Tuesday.

Serrano, a junior midfielder from Quito, Ecuador (Marketing major), tallied two goals and an assist as the Cardinals went 3-0-0 last week. He scored the first goal in a 2-1 win against Millikin on October 17 and in a 4-1 victory over Concordia (Ill.) on October 21. He also added an assist in a 2-0 shutout of Augustana on October 20.

Anthony, a sophomore defender from St. Charles, Illinois and St. Charles North High School (Business/Economics major), helped key Wheaton's defense last week as the Thunder allowed just one goal in its two matches on the way to a 2-0-0 record. The Thunder pick up a 3-0 shutout of Aurora on October 18, followed by a 3-1 win over Illinois Wesleyan on October 20. Anthony scored the game-winning goal against the Titans to give the Thunder sole possession of first place in the CCIW.

2012 CCIW Men’s Soccer Players of the Week

Offensive Players of the Week
Ricardo Serrano – North Central (10/23/12)
Stephen Golz – Wheaton (10/16/12)
Michael Dombrowski – Carthage (10/9/12)
Jonas Pettersson – North Park (10/2/12)
Ryan Johnson – North Central (9/25/12)
Petar Tijanic – Carthage (9/18/12)
Kyle Gorgol – Illinois Wesleyan (9/11/12)
Chad Musgraves – Wheaton (9/5/12)

Defensive Players of the Week
Noah Anthony – Wheaton (10/23/12)
Jakob Aronsson – North Park (10/16/12)
Tyler Cowherd – Augustana (10/9/12)
No Selection (10/2/12)
Tim Ahlberg – North Park (9/25/12)
Andrew Reed – Illinois Wesleyan (9/18/12)
Tim Hegwood – Illinois Wesleyan (9/11/12)
Mike Tworek – North Central (9/5/12)


The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services eight member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2011-12 academic year, the CCIW honored 1,323 academic all-conference recipients, 16 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, 89 all-Americans and three national championship teams.