Men's Soccer | 10/27/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 9 PAC Honors (for events between October 20-26)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 9 of the 2025 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Aidan Dyga • Allegheny • Junior forward/midfielder • Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny
Dyga helped the Gators clinch a postseason berth and a top-four seed in the PAC tournament with three goals in a pair of wins against Franciscan and Thiel … He logged his first career multi-goal performance by scoring both goals in a 2-1 victory at Franciscan … Dyga extended his goal-scoring streak to three consecutive games with another tally in a 5-2 win at Thiel, helping Allegheny tie a season-high for goals in a game … Since he moved to the top of the formation, the Gators are 3-0 and have outscored opponents 12-4.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Bethany junior forward Santiago Waites (Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain); Chatham junior midfielder Xavier Johnston (North Springfield, Va./St. Stephen's and St. Agnes Upper School); Franciscan senior forward Lucas Cross (Clarkston, Mich./Everest Collegiate); Geneva senior midfielder Wil Dunda (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley); Grove City senior midfielder Aidan Eck (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian); Thiel sophomore forward Mitchell Strauss (Bradford, Pa./Bradford); W&J junior forward Jimmy Gogol (Westminster, Md./Westminster)
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Keller Krieger • Grove City • Freshman goalkeeper • Jacksonville, Fla./Providence
With his two shutout performances last week, Krieger lowered his goals-against average to 0.53, which currently ranks No. 1 in single-season program history … He made two saves, both coming in the second half, Wednesday night in a 4-0 win over Saint Vincent that clinched the top seed in the conference tournament … Saturday, he made one save in 77:37 of action as Grove City blanked W&J in the home finale, 4-0 ... It was the eighth shutout of the year for Grove City, who has allowed just 10 goals this year, the lowest total in the PAC.
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Allegheny junior goalkeeper Charlie Hutton (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville East); Chatham junior goalkeeper Maxwell Cottrill (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburrgh CAPA 6-12); Franciscan junior goalkeeper Aiden Miller (Galena, Ohio/Olentangy Berlin); Geneva freshman goalkeeper Noah Buchanan (Evansville, Ind./Mater Dei); Saint Vincent sophomore goalkeeper Kameron Rock (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland); Thiel freshman goalkeeper Dylan Budziak (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Judah Gray • Grove City • Freshman forward • Glen Mills, Pa./The Christian Academy
Gray scored a goal and added an assist Wednesday night in a 4-0 win over Saint Vincent that secured the top seed in the conference tournament for Grove City … He then added a goal Saturday in the Wolverines' 4-0 win over W&J ... Those goals are the first two scores of his collegiate career.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman midfielder Nathan Tolliver (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington); Franciscan freshman midfielder Christian Ludwig (York, Pa./York Catholic); Geneva freshman forward Msafiri Amisi (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite); Saint Vincent freshman forward Daniel Maddock (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin); Thiel sophomore midfielder Giovanni Rossi Jr. (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory); Waynesburg freshman goalkeeper Deven Patel (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales); Westminster freshman midfielder Eli Wastchak (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum)
Records & Milestones
Wil Dunda played the hero in Geneva's playoff-clinching victory over Waynesburg on Saturday, scoring the game-winning goal with 21 seconds to play to send the GTs to a 1-0 win ... Daniel Maddock picked up one goal and one assist and Kameron Rock made three saves in Saint Vincent's 2-0 win against Chatham, helping SVC clinch their berth in the PAC Tournament for the first time in program history ... In his first game back from injury, Mitchell Strauss, who had an assist earlier in the match, netted the game-winner in the 66th minute against Westminster to give Thiel its first PAC win of the season Wednesday ... Westminster's Eli Wastchak scored back-to-back goals in Wednesday's match at Thiel, the first and second of his collegiate career ... Check out the PAC Tournament scenarios to see where each team stands heading into the final matches of the regular season, which ends Wednesday before the PAC Tournament begins with quarterfinal action on Saturday.