{"id":34944,"date":"2017-09-19T09:01:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=34944"},"modified":"2017-09-19T09:01:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:01:49","slug":"obour-named-odac-player-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/obour-named-odac-player-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Obour named ODAC Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in a row, an Eastern Mennonite men&#8217;s soccer player has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Week. Sophomore\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/sports\/msoc\/2017-18\/bios\/obour_daniel_u6p4\">Daniel Obour<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Alexandria, Va.\/Mount Vernon) earned the award this week after spurring the Royals to two more wins, giving them a five-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>After quietly putting in the work over the first two weeks of the season, Obour finally broke through last week with a goal and two assists. He had a dramatic effort in Tuesday&#8217;s 2-1 victory over Ferrum, including the game-winning goal late in the first overtime. Obour also had an assist on EMU&#8217;s first goal as they knocked Ferrum from the realm of the unbeatens.<\/p>\n<p>He also assisted in the game&#8217;s first goal in Saturday&#8217;s 3-2 win at Albright, using his speed to start a breakaway before finding teammate\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/sports\/msoc\/2017-18\/bios\/luna_juan_c3sy\">Juan Luna<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Mount Jackson, Va.\/Stonewall Jackson) for the score just 7:43 into play. Obour is currently tied for the ODAC lead with three assists this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals are off to a 5-1 start to 2017, showing improved balance as seven players have combined to score the team&#8217;s 11 goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/sports\/msoc\/2017-18\/bios\/drafton_dave_fovc\">Dave Drafton<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Alexandria, Va.\/Howard Gardner) was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/msoc\/2017-18\/releases\/20170911unsvah\">named the ODAC Player of the Week last Monday<\/a>. Obour and Drafton are the two attacking flank midfielders in EMU&#8217;s offensive scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Mennonite plays at Gallaudet in Washington, DC, this Wednesday night before opening ODAC play on Saturday at Randolph College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in a row, an Eastern Mennonite men&#8217;s soccer player has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Week. 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