The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association named Hope forward David Porte and Calvin defender Nick Groenewold as the league’s Men’s Soccer Players of the Week on Monday for matches through Oct. 4. 

Porte, a senior from Mattawan, scored goals in both of Hope’s one-goal triumphs last week including the game-winning score in a 1-0 victory against Trine on Saturday in the 50th minute. He also scored earlier in the week in a 3-2 win over Albion. Porte’s goal in the 52nd minute broke a 1-1 tie shortly after the break. He finished the week with four points on two goals, five shots on goal and nine shot attempts.

Groenewold, a senior from Oak Brook, Ill., anchored the Calvin defense in two shutout victories at home over Adrian and Kalamazoo last week.  Against Adrian he registered a shot on goal with a header near the far post that was cleared off the line by an Adrian defender. On Saturday it was Groenewold that cleared a first-half shot on goal by Kalamazoo that snuck past the keeper with an acrobatic flick of his right foot at the goal line. It marks the second Player of the Week honor for Groenewold this season.