Submitted by Saint Martin’s University
Saint Martin’s University forward Tody Tolo has been named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for September 21-27.
Tolo, a senior from Tukwila, Washington, played a key role in the Saints 3-1 wins on the road to South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and University of Mary.
For the week, Tolo recorded three goals on seven shots, five of which were on goal, while playing all 180 minutes.
“It is always great when an athlete performs a little higher than the expectations that you gave him,” said Director of Soccer Rob Walker. “We asked Tody to hold the ball up for us, take players on and be dangerous. Now we will have to add scoring goals like Saturday to that request.”
On Saturday against Mary, Tolo recorded a hat trick. He scored all three of the goals in the win.
His hat trick ranks Tolo second in school history for most goals in a game. He is tied with Ruben Orozco, who scored three goals against MSU-Billings in 2008. Xan Nixon holds the record of four goals set in 2008 against Northwest Nazarene.
Saint Martin’s men’s soccer is home this week. On Thursday, the Saints will see Simon Fraser at 3 p.m. and on Saturday SMU will face Western Washington at 1 p.m.
