Men's Soccer | 10/6/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 6 PAC Honors (for events between September 29-October 5)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2025 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Will Gruca • Allegheny • Junior midfielder • Baden, Pa./Ambridge
Gruca had a goal in both of the Gators' wins last week, including the game-winner in the 90th minute against Geneva ... In their first action of the week, Gruca scored in the 36th minute to tie the match with Waynesburg and after Allegheny scored again two minutes later, the Gators would hold on for the 2-1 victory Wednesday ... Saturday at Geneva, the teams looked destined to tie at 1-1 when Gruca scored on a long free kick with seven seconds to play to give Allegheny a 2-1 win ... Gruca leads the Gators with six goals and 16 points.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Bethany senior midfielder Pablo Aguilera (Madrid, Spain/Colegio Brains); Franciscan senior forward Lucas Cross (Clarkston, Mich./Everett Collegiate); Grove City junior midfielder Noah Gray (Glen Mills Pa./The Christian Academy); Hiram junior forward Colin Casey (Wickliffe, Ohio/Wickliffe); Thiel sophomore forward Andy Mangold (Bradford, Pa./Bradford); W&J junior forward Jimmy Gogol (Westminster, Md./Westminster); Waynesburg junior forward Zachary Johnson (Raceland, Ky./Saint Joseph Central Catholic)
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Cadan Bennett • Allegheny • Sophomore goalkeeper • Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland
Bennett stopped 13 shots and had a .875 save percentage in a pair of PAC wins last week ... He turned aside 10 shots, including four in the final 27 minutes to preserve the Gators' 2-1 victory over Waynesburg Wednesday ... Bennett would make three more saves, all coming in the second half, as Allegheny pulled out a last-second 2-1 win at Geneva Saturday.
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Bethany junior goalkeeper Adam Imhulse (Cincinnati, Ohio/Finneytown); Geneva senior defender Noah Dworakowski (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk); Grove City junior defender Colton Hudson (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional); Saint Vincent senior goalkeeper Kameron Rock (Pittsburgh, Pa./City Charter); Thiel junior goalkeeper Bryce Stefanowicz (Greenville, Pa./Greenville)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Daniel Maddock • Saint Vincent • Freshman forward • North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin
Maddock scored the game winning goal for the Bearcats in their 2-1 road PAC victory at Hiram ... Maddock's goal came in the 68th minute to help secure the road win ... The first-year forward now has seven goals and 17 points, which both rank third in the PAC this season.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman forward Ransom Perkins (Columbus, Ohio/Charles Preparatory School); Chatham freshman midfielder Josiah Lewis (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti); Franciscan freshman midfielder George Phillips (Endwell, N.Y./Seton Catholic Central); Geneva freshman midfielder Luke Kost (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional); Grove City freshman goalkeeper Keller Krieger (Jacksonville, Fla./Providence); Thiel freshman midfielder Mason Melaragno (Erie, Pa./Fairview); Waynesburg freshman goalkeeper Deven Patel (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales)
Records & Milestones
Bethany's Adam Imhulse made a career-high seven saves in a 1-1 draw with Saint Vincent and Pablo Aguilera had his first career two-goal game, both coming in the final 13 minutes, to power Bison to a 3-2 win over Chatham ... With two shutouts last week, Franciscan's Aiden Miller now has three consecutive clean sheets and 13 in his career, second all-time at Franciscan ... Grove City's Noah Gray scored the tying goal in the 81st minute of a 1-1 draw at Geneva and he now has a team-leading eight goals ... Hiram's Colin Casey recorded his first career two-goal game as part of a 3-0 win over Westminster Wednesday ... W&J's Jimmy Gogol, who will graduate early this year, scored the game-winning goal on Senior Day in a 1-0 triumph over Waynesburg.