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Jaxon Buckley collects top WIAC soccer honor

By Daily News staff 1 min read
Jaxon Buckley, right, of UW-Stevens Point, competes during an Oct. 27 match against Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis. Buckley, who scored a hat trick in a 3-0 non-conference win over Carthage, was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. (Emma Ehlke/UW-Stevens Point photo)

Sophomore Jaxon Buckley of Kingsford earned All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first-team honors for the UW-Stevens Point men’s soccer team and was named WIAC Offensive Player of the Year.

Buckley received his second-consecutive specialty award after being named WIAC Co-Newcomer of the Year in his freshman season.

This season, Buckley topped the conference with 14 goals. Six of his goals were match-winners, second-most in the country. He posted a pair of hat tricks - at Beloit (Sept. 15) and at Carthage (Oct. 27) - and had four multi-goal matches.

In the first round of the WIAC Tournament, Buckley scored a pair of goals as the Pointers earned a 2-1 win over UW-River Falls.

On Friday, UWSP’s postseason run ended with a 2-1 loss to top-seed UW-Platteville. It marked the second-straight season that the Pointers (11-9-1) reached the WIAC Tournament semifinals in just the third season of the program.

UWSP freshman goalkeeper Aissen Witter of Rothschild, Wis., was named WIAC Newcomer of the Year.

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