ELMHURST, Ill. - The IUPUI women's soccer duo of Tori Minnich and Catherine Schmidt earned weekly awards from The Summit League on Monday (Aug. 24) with Minnich collecting the offensive award and Schmidt garnering defensive honors. The duo helped IUPUI to an undefeated weekend with a scoreless draw with Eastern Illinois (Aug. 21) and a 4-1 win over UIC (Aug. 23).

Minnich collected her second career Offensive Player of the Week award by depositing a goal and an assist in the 4-1 win over UIC. After IUPUI fell behind in the game's opening minutes, Minnich helped knot the score in the seventh minute, assisting on a game-tying goal. She then registered her first career game-winning goal in the 46th minute, capping a three-point effort. Minnich opened the season with six shot attempts in the draw with Eastern Illinois, one shy of matching her career-high.

Schmidt earned her third career Defensive Player of the Week award by notching a 0.47 goals against average and 4.5 saves per game in the season's first two contests. She earned her third career shutout in the season opener against EIU, making three saves and facing 14 shots in that contest. On Sunday, she made six saves in the victory over UIC, moving to 1-0-1 on the season.

IUPUI will continue the season-opening homestand on Friday night (Aug. 28) when the Jaguars host Marshall at Michael A. Carroll Stadium at 6:00 p.m..