Michigan State University Athletics
Will Perkins Earns B1G Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week Honors
4/6/2021 2:35:00 PM | Men's Soccer
The redshirt-sophomore defender captures the first honor of the year for MSU.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State redshirt-sophomore Will Perkins was named Big Ten Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week.
Perkins, a defender from Detroit, Michigan, earned the Spartans' first Player of the Week this year honor after guiding Michigan State to its first two-win week of the season. In a win against Wisconsin on March 31 Perkins scored his first career goal in the Spartans' 4-1 victory. In Michigan State's 1-0 road win against Ohio State on April 4, he provided the assist on the game-winning goal.
The defender was also part of the Michigan State defense that allowed only one goal in two games last week.
This is Perkins' first Big Ten Player of the Week honor. It was Michigan State's first defensive honor since Patrick Nielsen earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 9, 2018. Last season, junior forward Farai Mutatu was named Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1, 2019.
No. 6-seeded Michigan State will take on No. 3-seeded Michigan in the quarterfinals of Big Ten Tournament on Saturday, April 10 in Ann Arbor at 1 p.m.
Perkins, a defender from Detroit, Michigan, earned the Spartans' first Player of the Week this year honor after guiding Michigan State to its first two-win week of the season. In a win against Wisconsin on March 31 Perkins scored his first career goal in the Spartans' 4-1 victory. In Michigan State's 1-0 road win against Ohio State on April 4, he provided the assist on the game-winning goal.
The defender was also part of the Michigan State defense that allowed only one goal in two games last week.
This is Perkins' first Big Ten Player of the Week honor. It was Michigan State's first defensive honor since Patrick Nielsen earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 9, 2018. Last season, junior forward Farai Mutatu was named Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1, 2019.
No. 6-seeded Michigan State will take on No. 3-seeded Michigan in the quarterfinals of Big Ten Tournament on Saturday, April 10 in Ann Arbor at 1 p.m.
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