Offensive Player of the Week
Ethan Robinson, D’Youville
Sophomore | Forward | Toronto, Ontario
Robinson tallied two goals and two assists in a 1-0-1 week for D’Youville. The DYU sophomore scored two goals and added an assist to help lead the Saints to a 4-1 win over Roberts Wesleyan on Wednesday. This was the first multi-goal game of his career. He also recorded an assist on the Saints' lone goal in their 1-1 tie against District of Columbia on Saturday.
Defensive Player of the Week
Thanasis Shehadeh, Queens
Redshirt Freshman | Goalkeeper | Nicosia, Cyprus
In a week in which Queens clinched the ECC Regular Season Championship, Shehadeh recorded 13 saves and his fourth shutout of the year in conference play as Queens went 1-0-1 on the week. Shehadeh began the week tying a career-best six saves in a 2-2 tie against nationally-ranked No. 20 Mercy. On Sunday, he recorded a career-best seven saves and his seventh shutout of the year in the 4-0 victory over STAC as Queens clinched the program’s first-ever Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed to the upcoming ECC Men’s Soccer Championship.
Rookie of the Week
Thanasis Shehadeh, Queens
Redshirt Freshman | Goalkeeper | Nicosia, Cyprus
In a week in which Queens clinched the ECC Regular Season Championship, Shehadeh recorded 13 saves and his fourth shutout of the year in conference play as Queens went 1-0-1 on the week. Shehadeh began the week tying a career-best six saves in a 2-2 tie against nationally-ranked No. 20 Mercy. On Sunday, he recorded a career-best seven saves and his seventh shutout of the year in the 4-0 victory over STAC as Queens clinched the program’s first-ever Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed to the upcoming ECC Men’s Soccer Championship.
ECC Weekly Honor Roll
Carlos Almeida, Queens
Graduate Student | Forward | São Paulo, Brazil
In a week in which Queens clinched the ECC Regular Season Championship, Almeida recorded a three-point week with a goal and an assist as Queens went 1-0-1 on the week. On Wednesday afternoon against nationally-ranked No. 20 Mercy, Almeida recorded his second goal of the year before the Knights earned a 2-2 ECC tie. On Sunday, Almeida recorded his team-leading seventh assist of the year on junior Harry’s Cooke’s sixth game-winning goal to extend his points tally to 11 as the Knights defeated STAC to the final score of 4-0; that victory clinched the program’s first-ever Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed to the upcoming ECC Men’s Soccer Championship.
Herman Borke, Mercy
Freshman | Midfielder | Nesoeya, Norway
Borke had a team-high-tying five points on the week on two goals and one assist as Mercy went 1-0-1 on the week. The freshman opened the week by scoring the game-tying goal in the 78th minute of Mercy's 2-2 tie against Queens on Wednesday. Borke ended the week with a goal and an assist in Mercy's 4-0 win at Daemen on Saturday.
Harry Cooke, Queens
Junior | Forward | Market Drayton, England
In a week in which Queens clinched the ECC Regular Season Championship, Cooke led the way recording five points with two goals, one assist, and a game-winning goal. On Wednesday afternoon, the junior recorded his sixth assist of the year on senior defender Joaquim Johnson's game-tying goal just before halftime against nationally-ranked No. 20 Mercy. On Sunday, Cooke recorded his fourth brace of the year and team-leading 16th and 17th goals of the year for a team-high 40 points in the first half to go with his sixth game-winning goal as Queens went on to earn a 4-0 victory over STAC; that victory clinched the program’s first-ever Regular Season Championship and the No. 1 seed to the upcoming ECC Men’s Soccer Championship.
Johannes Hanken Tjostheim, Mercy
Junior | Forward | Aalesund, Norway
Hanken Tjostheim had a team-high-tying five points on two goals and one assist as Mercy went 1-0-1 on the week. The junior opened the week with a goal in Mercy's 2-2 draw against Queens on Wednesday. The forward ended the week with a goal and an assist in the Mavericks' 4-0 win at Daemen on Saturday.
Julian Holland, Mercy
Senior | Defender | Tokyo, Japan
Holland had two assists on the week while playing 174 minutes on defense, helping lead the Mavericks to a 1-0-1 record and one shutout on the week. The senior opened the week with an assist on the game-tying goal in the 78th minute of Mercy's 2-2 tie against Queens on Wednesday. Holland also added an assist in Mercy's 4-0 win at Daemen on Saturday, helping lead a Mavericks backline that allowed just two shots on goal.
Giovanni Llamas, District of Columbia
Freshman | Goalkeeper | Bladensburg, MD
Llamas went 1-0-1 in goal on the week, allowing just two goals and making 16 saves. In the Firebirds’ 2-1 victory over St Thomas Aquinas, Llamas made a game-high 10 saves while allowing only one goal. In the 1-1 draw against D'Youville, the UDC freshman made a game-high six saves.
Ignacio Lopez, District of Columbia
Sophomore | Midfielder | Madrid, Spain
Lopez scored both goals in the Firebirds’ 2-1 win over St Thomas Aquinas.
Matthew Solorio, D’Youville
Freshman | Goalkeeper | Kansas City, MO
Solorio allowed just two goals in two games this week for D'Youville. In the Saints' 4-1 win over Roberts Wesleyan on Wednesday, Solorio recorded two saves on three shots faced. In Saturday's 1-1 draw against District of Columbia, he recorded three saves on four shots faced.
ECC Men's Soccer Weekly Award Winners
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sept. 9 - Kevon Evans, St. Thomas Aquinas and Tamas Nagy, Roberts Wesleyan
Sept. 16 - Johannes Hanken Tjostheim, Mercy
Sept. 23 - Myles Palmer, Roberts Wesleyan
Sept. 30 - Harry Cooke, Queens
Oct. 7 - Harry Cooke, Queens (2x)
Oct. 14 - Tamas Nagy, Roberts Wesleyan (2x)
Oct. 21 - Tamas Nagy, Roberts Wesleyan (3x)
Oct. 28 - Ethan Robinson, D'Youville
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sept. 9 - Eirik Elvestad, Mercy
Sept. 16 - Benjamin Van Buren, Mercy
Sept. 23 - Julian Holland, Mercy
Sept. 30 - Johan Morales, St. Thomas Aquinas
Oct. 7 - Eirik Elvestad, Mercy (2x)
Oct. 14 - Thanasis Shehadeh, Queens
Oct. 21 - Thanasis Shehadeh, Queens (2x)
Oct. 28 - Thanasis Shehadeh, Queens (3x)
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Sept. 9 - Callum Hunt, Molloy
Sept. 16 - Callum Hunt, Molloy (2x)
Sept. 23 - Justin Karaburan, Staten Island
Sept. 30 - Bastian Engeli, Queens
Oct. 7 - Callum Hunt (3x)
Oct. 14 - Sebastian Guerrero, Roberts Wesleyan
Oct. 21 - Omar Daoudi, D'Youville
Oct. 28 - Thanasis Shehadeh, Queens (3x)
Previously in the Polls
NCAA SUPER-REGION 1 RANKINGS
UNITED SOCCER COACHES TOP 25 NATIONAL POLL
Preseason (8/6): NR
Week 1 (9/10): NR
Week 2 (9/17): Mercy (24)
Week 3 (9/24): Mercy (25)
Week 4 (10/1): Mercy (14)
Week 5 (10/8): Mercy (10)
Week 6 (10/15): Mercy (20)
Week 7 (10/22): Mercy (20)
UNITED SOCCER COACHES EAST REGION POLL
Week 1 (9/10): Mercy (9)
Week 2 (9/17): Mercy (3), St. Thomas Aquinas (8)
Week 3 (9/24): Mercy (3), St. Thomas Aquinas (9)
Week 4 (10/1): Mercy (2), St. Thomas Aquinas (7)
Week 5 (10/8): Mercy (2), St. Thomas Aquinas (7)
Week 6 (10/15): Mercy (3), Queens (10)
Week 7 (10/22): Mercy (3)
ECC PRESEASON POLL
1. Queens (72 points, 4 first-place votes)
2. Mercy (69 points, 2 first-place votes)
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (67 points, 1 first-place vote)
4. District of Columbia (50 points, 1 first-place vote)
5. Roberts Wesleyan (46 points)
6. Staten Island (34 points, 1 first-place vote)
7. Molloy (28 points)
8. D’Youville (22 points)
9. Daemen (17 points)