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Week 6 PAC Honors (for events between September 30-October 6)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 6 of the 2024 season.
 

PAC Offensive Player of the Week

Lucas Cross • Franciscan • Junior forward • Clarkston, Mich./Everest Collegiate Cross totaled three goals and seven points to lead the Barons to PAC victories over W&J and Westminster ... He notched two goals, including the game-winner, and one assist for five points in a 4-0 victory over W&J ... Cross would also strike for the first goal in the 56th minute of an eventual 3-1 triumph at Westminster ... The big week kept Cross atop the PAC scoring charts with 13 goals and 29 points.

PAC Offensive Honor Roll

Allegheny senior forward/midfielder/defender Brady Napoleon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon); Chatham sophomore forward Azavier Coppin (Seattle, Wash./Glacier Peak); Geneva junior midfielder Wil Dunda (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley); Grove City junior defender Aidan Eck (Akron, Ohio/C.V.C.A.); Thiel senior forward Hunter Blatt (Greenville, Pa./Greenville); W&J sophomore midfielder Jimmy Gogol (Westminster, Md./Westminster); Waynesburg freshman forward Sarpong Kwabiah (Odenton, Md./Meade)

 

PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week

Hadyn Catalon • Geneva • Senior goalkeeper • Haymarket, Va./Battlefield Catalon picked up two more shutouts this week for Geneva in two big road wins at Grove City and Allegheny ... Against Grove City on Wednesday, Catalon made a key diving save late in the second half off a deflected shot to preserve the 1-0 win, totaling three saves in the tightly contested match ... On Saturday at Allegheny, Catalon made another big diving save midway through the first half to keep the Gators off the board and allow Geneva to secure another 1-0 victory on a late goal and he finished with three more saves in the shutout ... Catalon now leads all of NCAA Division III in shutouts with eight.  In fact, Catalon has started eight games this year in goal and has a shutout in every game.

PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll

Franciscan sophomore goalkeeper Aidan Miller (Galena, Ohio/Olentangy Berlin); Grove City junior goalkeeper Teddy Almeter (Monroeville, Pa./Serra Catholic); Thiel sophomore goalkeeper Bryce Stefanowicz (Greenville, Pa./Greenville)

 

PAC Newcomer of the Week

Cadan Bennett • Allegheny • Freshman goalkeeper • Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland Bennett went 0-1-1 with a 1.00 goals-against average and .800 save percentage in matches against two PAC teams who were undefeated in conference play coming into the match-ups …He was credited with four saves in a 1-1 draw at Waynesburg, who was 2-0 in the league entering the match … Bennett added four saves in a 1-0 loss versus defending conference champion Geneva, who is tied atop the PAC standings at 3-0-1.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll

Chatham first-year midfielder Emilio Herrera (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prep); Grove City freshman midfielder Evan Yoder (Milton, Pa./Milton); Thiel freshman forward Mitchell Strauss (Bradford, Pa./Bradford); W&J freshman defender Alonte Harris (Arlington, Va./Washington Lee)

 

Records & Milestones

Chatham's Azavier Coppin had one goal and one assist and Emilio Herrera scored his first career goal in a 4-2 win over Thiel, which helped the Cougars go 2-0 last week ... Geneva's Wil Dunda scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Grove City and assisted on the only score by Mike Rogers in a 1-0 triumph over Allegheny ... Defensively, the Golden Tornadoes have shut out their last seven opponents to tie the program record for most consecutive shutouts and haven't allowed a goal in the last 662 minutes ... W&J's Alonte Harris netted his first collegiate goal in the sixth minute of play in a response to an early Waynesburg goal, which helped the Presidents to a 4-2 victory ... With a goal and two assists last week, Waynesburg's Sarpong Kwabiah has recorded a point in eight of nine games to begin his Waynesburg career and his 19 points so far this season is tied for seventh in program history.