This Week in PAC Men's Soccer

September 9-15

9/16/2024 3:00:00 PM

Offensive Honors / Defensive, Goalkeeper Honors / Newcomer Honors / Records & Milestones

Week 3 PAC Honors (for events between Sept. 9-15)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 3 of the 2024 season.

 
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Lucas Toohey • Westminster • Senior forward • Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant
Toohey had game-winners in both of Westminster's victories last week … In Wednesday night's 3-0 win over visiting La Roche, he scored his first goal of the year in the 10th minute off an assist from senior forward Dylan Weiss … Toohey then netted the lone goal in Saturday's 1-0 victory at Heidelberg, scoring in the 18th minute … It was his eighth career goal and the game-winners were the second and third of Toohey's career, respectively. 
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore midfielder Will Gruca (Baden, Pa./Ambridge); Franciscan junior forward Lucas Cross (Clarkston, Mich./Everest Collegiate); Geneva sophomore midfielder Collin Yeatts (Martinsburg, Pa./Northern Bedford County); Grove City sophomore midfielder Noah Gray (Glen Mills, Pa./The Christian Academy); Saint Vincent sophomore forward Javier Torres (Nutley, N.J./Bergen Catholic); Thiel sophomore midfielder Pierson Badowski (Grove City, Pa./Grove City); Waynesburg sophomore forward Matthew Serrano (North Potomac, Md./Thomas S. Wootton)
 
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Aidan Eck • Grove City • Junior defender • Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian
Eck's defensive work at outside back helped Grove City to a 1-0-1 record and a 0.50 goals-against average last week … In addition to helping limit Penn State Behrend to four shots on goal, including just one in the second half, he also scored the game-winning goal off a corner kick in the Wolverines' 1-0 win over the Lions ... Eck's efforts also sparked a 1-1 draw with previously undefeated Buffalo State (4-0-1), which was the fewest goals scored by the Bengals this season.
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Allegheny senior defender Brady Napoleon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon); Geneva senior goalkeeper Hadyn Catalon (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield); Thiel sophomore goalkeeper Bryce Stefanowicz (Greenville, Pa./Greenville); W&J sophomore defender Cole Young (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West); Westminster senior defender Peyton Pauline (South Park, Pa./South Park)
 
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Cadan Bennett • Allegheny • Freshman goalkeeper • Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland
Bennett went 1-1-1 with 21 saves, a 1.33 goals-against average, and a .840 save percentage last week … He produced a season-high nine saves in a 2-2 draw with SUNY Geneseo …Bennett logged his first career shutout with five saves in a 1-0 win over Oberlin … He finished the week with seven saves in a 2-1 road loss at Nazareth.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Chatham first-year forward Bennett Haas (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley); Grove City freshman midfielder Evan Yoder (Milton, Pa./Milton); Thiel freshman forward Mitchell Strauss (Bradford, Pa./Bradford Area); Waynesburg freshman midfielder Sarpong Kwabiah (Odenton, Md./Meade); Westminster freshman forward Steven Morrison (Orlando, Fla./Jones)
 
Records & Milestones
Forward Bennett Haas' first career goal helped Chatham earn a 1-1 draw against Penn State Behrend on Saturday ... Franciscan's Lucas Cross scored his sixth goal of the year in the 65' to give the Barons a 2-0 lead against Kenyon and the Barons came away with a 2-2 tie against the fifth-ranked Owls ... Westminster's Steven Morrison scored his first career goal in the Titans' 3-0 win over La Roche.