ST. LOUIS, Mo. – For the second time this season Missouri State senior goalkeeper Liam Priestley was honored as the Missouri Valley Conference Enterprise Bank Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday.

Priestley owns a 3.52 cumulative grade point average in Finance. The Essex, England native held up two shutouts and made 10 saves during the week, to help the Bears extend their win streak to seven with six straight shutouts. Priestley leads the conference in goals against average (.349), save percentage (.913) and shutouts per game (.727). Among all NCAA players he ranks fourth, second and second, respectively in those categories.

Against Oral Roberts last Tuesday, Priestley made back-to-back impressive and timely saves in the 47th minute of the match. A penalty kick for was rewarded to ORU after a handball. The Golden Eagles lined up for the kick, but Priestley dived to his left to make the save. The keeper kept ORU out of goal almost immediately after by saving a second shot attempt. Priestley tied his career high in saves (8) against ORU.

In the match Saturday against Bradley, Priestley recorded two key saves in the 57th minute. He saved consecutive headers from Bradley and showed off his athleticism to keep the Braves out of goal. His leadership on the defensive side helped give the Bears the chance to extend the match and win the contest 1-0 in overtime.

The Bears (8-2-1, 4-0) return to action Saturday night against Drake at 6 p.m. at home. When they will put the second-longest win streak in the NCAA to the test. For all of the latest information on the Missouri State men's soccer team, visit MissouriStateBears.com or follow @MSUBearsMSoccer on Twitter and Instagram.