Offensive Player of the Week  Roberto Ordonez, Cal State Fullerton | Junior • Midfielder • McAllen, Texas

• Cal State Fullerton junior midfielder Roberto Ordonez compiled three goals and one assists in two games. 

• Ordonez put away the game-tying goal and assisted on the game-winner in the Titans' 2-1 comeback home victory over Air Force Thursday night. 

• The McAllen, Texas product found the back of the net twice in Sunday's 4-1 home win over UCLA. The win is the largest margin of victory against the Bruins for the Titan program and the first since the 2000 season. 

• Cal State Fullerton is on a five-game unbeaten streak and is 4-2-2 on the year. 

  And just like that the Titans score the equalizer on a perfect counter-attack finished off by Roberto Ordonez! #TusksUp pic.twitter.com/HG27Bk5xVu

  — Titans Men's Soccer (@FullertonMSOC) September 15, 2023

• Also Nominated: Cason Goodman (UC Davis), Bilal Mihoubi (Cal State Bakersfield), Nemo Philipp

Defensive Player of the Week  Brandon Limes, Cal State Bakersfield | Redshirt Junior • Goalkeeper • Edgewood, Wash.

• Cal State Bakersfield redshirt junior goalkeeper Brandon Limes tallied nine saves in two shutout victories on the road. 

• Limes recorded a career-high seven saves in Thursday's 1-0 road win at Utah Tech. The Roadrunners played the final 33 minutes with an 11-on-10 disadvantage due to a red card. 

• The Edgewood, Wash. native made a pair of stops to lead Cal State Bakersfield on a 1-0 road win, Sunday at UNLV. The Roadrunners competed for the final 12 minutes with a player disadvantage.  

• With a four-game winning streak, Cal State Bakersfield is 4-1-2 on the year. 

• Also Nominated: Inaki Iribarren (UC San Diego), Tetsuya Kadono (Cal State Fullerton), Cooper Wenzel (CSUN); 

53' | Brandon Limes hasn't had to do too much tonight, but he had sound hands on this, his second save of the night. Still scoreless in the desert.#RunnersOnTheRise pic.twitter.com/QL6AIIQ0M6

— CSUB MEN'S SOCCER (@csub_msoccer) September 18, 2023

Freshman of the Week  Luka Geishauser, Cal State Bakersfield | Freshman • Defender • Dusseldorf, Germany

• Rookie defender Luka Geishauser was a key part of two Cal State Bakersfield shutouts this week. 

• Geishauser came in as a sub at Utah Tech in the second half and played in the final 30 minutes. The freshman helped keep the Traiblazers off the scoreboard as Cal State Bakersfield sealed the 1-0 victory.

• On Sunday at UNLV, the Dusseldorf, Germany native started on the back line and played a full 90 minutes in the Roadrunners' 1-0 shutout win. 

• It is the second straight week that a Cal State Bakersfield player has won the Freshman of the Week award. Jesse Wangusi claimed the top rookie honor on Sept. 11. 

• With a four-game winning streak, Cal State Bakersfield is 4-1-2 on the year.  

 

2023 Big West Men's Soccer Weekly Winners