Two Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis players earned All-Summit League honors this week after their performances against the Eastern men’s soccer team Saturday.

Kyle Hyland scored two goals against the Panthers to add to his game-winner against Valparaiso earlier in the week. He attempted a career-high 10 shots, leading all players in the game.

Hyland had won the Summit League offensive player of the week twice this season, the first time being Sept. 4.

IUPUI goalkeeper Eduardo Cortes earned his third defensive player of the week honor after giving up only one goal in two games against Valparaiso and Eastern.

Cortes also won the award Aug. 27 and Sept. 10.

Weekend results

IUPUI, Oakland and Missouri-Kansas City picked up wins in conference play this weekend. The three teams share the lead at the top of the Summit League with a 1-0 conference record.

Oakland recorded the biggest win of the weekend with a 5-0 victory over Oral Roberts on the road.

Oakland midfielder Miche’Le Lipari led the team in the game with two goals.

Jeff Cheslik, Johnny Dreshaj and Gavin Hoy scored the remaining three goals by Oakland.

Missouri-Kansas City won in overtime against Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne, 2-1.

Kansas City’s Jordan Rideout scored eight minutes into the sudden-death overtime.

Omaha and Western Illinois tied in an overtime game, 1-1.

Standings glance

Western Illinois and Omaha are in the middle of the conference standings after tying each other in their game this weekend.

Eastern, Oral Roberts and Fort Wayne round out the bottom of the standings. Eastern’s overall record is 2-7, while Oral Roberts is 1-7 and Fort Wayne is winless.

Upcoming games

Conference teams will not be playing Summit League games until this weekend, but a few of them will play mid-week games.

IUPUI is back on the road against Western Michigan on Tuesday, while Western Illinois and Fort Wayne are at home against Northern Kentucky and Kentucky, respectively.

Fort Wayne is still looking for its first win this season.

On Wednesday, Oakland and Kansas City are in action.

Duquesne will travel to Oakland for a game at 6 p.m. Wednesday, while Kansas City plays host to Central Arkansas.

Eastern played Central Arkansas earlier this season in an overtime loss.

Panthers surrendering goals

Eastern has given up 18 goals this season, while only scoring 10 goals.

Ten of the opponents 18 goals this season have come in the first half of games against the Panthers, while Eastern has only scored four first half goals.

In all of the Panthers’ losses this season, they’ve had to try to come from behind. In one game, they scored first, but surrendered four consecutive goals after their opening goal. In that game, Dayton won, 4-1.

The Panthers are back on the field Sunday at 1 p.m. against Missouri-Kansas City at Lakeside Field.

Alex McNamee can be reached at 581-2812 or admcnamee@eiu.edu.