For the second time this season, Valparaiso University junior goalkeeper Nico Campbell (Kingston, Jamaica/St. George’s College) has been tabbed the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week.

After surrendering a goal 35 seconds into the Crusaders’ match at #23 New Mexico, Campbell went the final 219:25 of the pair of Valpo contests last week without giving up a goal. The junior made a pair of saves and commanded his area well throughout the Crusaders’ draw at New Mexico as the team earned its third straight result against a nationally-ranked foe. For Campbell, over four matches against top-25 teams that year, he surrendered just three goals and posted a 0.69 GAA.

Campbell followed the draw of the Lobos with another stellar effort Saturday at Northern Kentucky. The junior backstopped the Crusaders to another clean sheet within Horizon League play – their fourth in five league matches this season. Campbell now has posted seven shutouts on the year, tied for second-most in a single season in program history.