The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association named Calvin defender Nick Groenewold as the league’s Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week on Monday for matches through Oct. 4.

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.