Players of the Week
Offensive Player of the Week
Bradyn Brown (Queens)
So., F, Lindenhurst, N.Y., Lindenhurst
Sophomore Bradyn Brown recorded a team-best six points during No. 5 Queens’ 2-0 week. Brown opened the week with a season-best four-point performance, scoring his second goal and game-winning goal of the season while adding two assists in the Knights’ 3-1 victory over No. 6 Wilmington. Brown concluded the week with his third goal of the season as Queens defeated defending ECC Champion Roberts Wesleyan, 3-0, in its ECC opener Saturday afternoon.
Defensive Player of the Week
Anton Mand (Queens)
Gr., D, Muenster, Germany, Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium
Senior Anton Mand helped No. 5 Queens complete an undefeated week with victories over No. 6 Wilmington and defending ECC Champion Roberts Wesleyan. Against Wilmington, Mand recorded his first assist of the season, delivering a long ball for Brown to blast home the game-winning goal, while the Knights limited the Wildcats to eight shots over 90 minutes. In the 3-0 ECC-opening victory, Mand and the Knights held Roberts Wesleyan to just two shots overall, none of which were on target.
Goalkeeper of the Week
Carlos Romero Astacio (Staten Island)
Sr., GK, Santo Domingo, DR, Colegio Loyola
Carlos Romero Astacio ended the previous week with a 1-0-1 record in goal for the Dolphins. He secured his second win of the season in the 4-1 win over Goldey-Beacom with five saves and recorded the draw against D'Youville when he saved eight shots.
Rookie of the Week
Stian Haugland (Queens)
Fr., GK, Sandnes, Norway, Sandnes Videregående Skole
Sophomore Stian Haugland went 2-0 while recording a combined shutout during an undefeated week for No. 5 Queens. Haugland opened the week with three saves as the Knights earned a 3-1 comeback victory over No. 6 Wilmington Wednesday night. In the ECC opener against defending ECC Champion Roberts Wesleyan, Haugland and the Knights held the Redhawks to just two shots overall as Queens earned a 3-0 shutout victory.
Weekly Honor Roll
Marko Borovic (Queens)
So., F, Belgrade, Serbia, Third Belgrade Gymnasium/Palm Beach Atlantic University
Borovic opened ECC play in style, scoring his first game-winning goal of the season with a perfect strike into the top-right corner in the 34th minute against Roberts Wesleyan. He concluded the week with an assist on Taro Aboubakary’s third goal of the season as the Knights defeated the defending ECC Champions, 3-0.
Luis Hipten (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Jr., GK, Miami, FL
Hipten went 1-0-1 on the week with a draw against Monroe (1-1) and a victory over Mercy (3-2) last week. The junior goalkeeper turned aside 11 of 14 total shots faced over two matches for a 1.51 goals against average and a .786 save percentage.
John Hollis (Mercy)
Sr., M, Bradford, England, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Hollis had a team-high three goals and seven points as Mercy went 1-1 on the week. The senior opened the week with a game-high five points on two goals and an assist in the Mavericks’ 3-0 win over AIC on Wednesday. Hollis ended the week with a goal in Mercy’s 3-2 loss to STAC on Saturday.
Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen (Mercy)
Sr., F, Oslo, Norway, Maryville University
Lund-Iversen had a team-high two assists to go with a goal as Mercy went 1-1 on the week. The senior opened the week with an assist in the 3-0 win over AIC on Wednesday and ended the week with a goal in Mercy’s 3-2 loss to STAC on Saturday.
Anthony Martinez (Molloy)
Sr., GK, Bay Shore, N.Y., Bay Shore
Martinez picked up a pair of victories in goal for the Lions this week. The senior made six saves, including one in the final six seconds to secure a clean sheet against Dominican (Sept. 15). To begin conference play, Martinez tallied five saves en route to the triumph over Daemen. To cap the week, Martinez collected 11 saves, a 92 percent save percentage and a 0.50 GAA.
Charlie Morgan (Molloy)
Jr., M, London, England, St. Richard Reynolds Catholic College
Morgan tied a career-high four points Saturday against Daemen on the back of a career-high two goals.
Mael Pierre Paul (Molloy)
Fr., F, Stratford, Conn., Bunnell
Pierre Paul was all around the Molloy offense in a 2-0 week. On Tuesday against Dominican, he paced the game-winning rush for the Lions that led to the contests game-winning goal in the final minute. In Saturday's ECC-opener against Daemen, the rookie totaled a career-high four points scoring his first career goal and dishing out two assists all coming in the games first 10 minutes.
Yair Roman (Staten Island)
So., F, Staten Island, NY, Curtis High School
Roman had a career best outing in the previous win after recording a hat trick against Goldey-Beacom to lead the Dolphins to a 4-1 victory. He finished the week with six points on his three goals and in the ECC opener on Saturday, he was second on the team with two shot attempts.
Jack Veletanga (Molloy)
So., M, Franklin Square, N.Y., Chaminade
Veletanga tallied four points (one goal and two assists) in a 2-0 week for the Lions. The sophomore assisted on Molloy's game-winning goal against Dominican on Tuesday before collecting a goal and assist in the Lions ECC opener against Daemen.
2026 ECC Men’s Soccer Weekly Award Winners
Offensive Player of the Week
Aug. 31 – Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen (Mercy)
Sep. 7 – Tommy Gunn (Queens)
Sep. 14 – Jacob Darwesh Lund-Iversen (Mercy) (2x)
Sep. 21 – Bradyn Brown (Queens)
Defensive Player of the Week
Aug. 31 – Tommy Wagner (Queens)
Sep. 7 – Philip Hauge (Mercy)
Sep. 14 – Anton Mand (Queens)
Sep. 21 – Anton Mand (Queens) (2x)
Goalkeeper of the Week
Aug. 31 – Matthew Solorio (D'Youville)
Sep. 7 – Harry Cooke (Mercy)
Sep. 14 – Matthew Solorio (D'Youville) (2x)
Sep. 21 – Carlos Romero Astacio (Staten Island)
Rookie of the Week
Aug. 31 – Lorenzo Herrera (District of Columbia)
Sep. 7 – Stian Haugland (Queens)
Sep. 14 – Ewan Brodie (D'Youville)
Sep. 21 – Stian Haugland (Queens) (2x)
2026 ECC Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll
1. Queens - 80 points (8 first-place votes)
2. Roberts Wesleyan - 71 points (1 first-place vote)
3. Mercy - 56 points
4. St. Thomas Aquinas - 54 points
5. District of Columbia - 44 points
6. Molloy - 39 points
7. D'Youville - 30 points
8. Staten Island - 20 points
9. Daemen - 11 points
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Founded as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1989 and rechristened the East Coast Conference in July 2006, the ECC was formed to enhance intercollegiate athletic competition among member institutions and to assist them in integrating athletics into their academic program in a fiscally sound way. The ECC is committed to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes, which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits. East Coast Conference members include: Daemen University (Amherst, N.Y.); University of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.); D'Youville University (Buffalo, N.Y.); Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.); Molloy University (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); Queens College (Flushing, N.Y.); Roberts Wesleyan University (Rochester, N.Y.); College of Staten Island (Staten Island, N.Y.); and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, N.Y.). The ECC also is home to 13 associate members in the sports of women’s bowling (3), men’s and women’s indoor track & field (3), men's volleyball (2), field hockey (1), and men’s lacrosse (1).
The ECC sponsors the following championship sports: baseball; men’s and women’s basketball; women's bowling; men’s and women’s cross country; field hockey; men’s and women’s lacrosse; men’s and women’s indoor track and field; men’s and women’s outdoor track and field; men’s and women’s soccer; softball; and men's and women’s volleyball.
The East Coast Conference is a proud member of the NCAA and Division II. Division II is a dynamic and engaging group of colleges, institutions and conferences of varying sizes and educational missions. Division II members encourage and support diversity; value sportsmanship, fairness and equity; and place the highest priority on the overall educational excellence of the student-athlete.