MIAC MEN'S SOCCER ATHLETES OF WEEK
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College forward
Mohamed Sankoh (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Como Park HS) was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Athlete of the Week, it was announced on Tuesday.
A week after scoring his first collegiate goal to help the Auggies clinch a conference postseason playoff berth, Sankoh claimed an even bigger prize on Saturday, when his two-goal effort helped the Auggies to a 3-2, overtime, come-from-behind win over Concordia-Moorhead in the MIAC playoff championship game.
Sankoh tied the game at 2-2 for the Auggies with a goal in the 80th minute, and with 1:52 left in overtime, he scored on a rebound off a scramble in front of the net, giving the Auggies the victory and an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III national tournament.
Augsburg has won seven straight games entering the national tournament, and its 15-4-1 overall record ties the most wins for an Auggie squad in school history (15-2-1 in 1975).
The Auggies open their second-ever trip to the national tournament on Saturday (11/13) at 7:30 p.m., as Augsburg faces St. Scholastica in Whitewater, Wis. Should the Auggies win, they would face the winner of Saturday's Macalester-vs.-Wisconsin-Whitewater game on Sunday (11/14) at 6 p.m., also in Whitewater.
