Men's Soccer | 10/12/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 6 PAC Honors (for events between Oct. 5-11)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 6 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Will Gruca • Allegheny • Senior forward • Baden, Pa./Ambridge
Gruca fueled a 2-0 week for the Gators with eight points (3g/2a) ... Wednesday, he scored the tying goal in the 70th minute and assisted on the game-winner in the 82nd, as Allegheny rallied to beat Franciscan, 2-1 ... Gruca then scored the opening two goals and assisted on the third, as Allegheny won at Waynesburg 6-3 on Saturday.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Franciscan senior midfielder Anthony Vinditti (Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville); Geneva sophomore forward Msafiri Amisi (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite); Grove City junior midfielder Luke Ladas (Parsippany Hills, N.J./Parsippany); Hiram junior midfielder Carmine Boscarello (Olmsted Falls, Ohio/Olmsted Falls); Saint Vincent senior midfielder Bruno Hurtado (Santa Cruz, Bolivia/Santa Cruz Cooperative School); Thiel junior defender Joey Kushon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes); W&J sophomore defender/midfielder Luke Curran (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Saint Joseph); Waynesburg senior forward Matthew Serrano (North Potomac, Md./Thomas S. Wootton); Westminster freshman forward Owen Householder (Clairton, Pa./Thomas Jefferson)
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Logan Joseph • Washington & Jefferson • Sophomore goalkeeper • Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan
Joseph helped the Presidents secure back-to-back shutout victories in conference play against Bethany and Thiel ... Joseph compiled nine saves on the week, with three coming in 90 minutes of action in 2-0 blanking of Bethany .... During the weekend, Joseph secured the second shutout of the week with six saves in 70 minutes of work in 5-0 win over Thiel.
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Allegheny junior goalkeeper Cadan Bennett (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland); Geneva freshman center back Landon Bronson (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern); Grove City senior defender Theo Campbell (Robinson Township, Pa./Robinson Township); Hiram senior defender Jimmy Zeilmann (North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton); Thiel sophomore goalkeeper Dylan Budziak (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor); Westminster senior midfielder Orrin Milcic (Butler, Pa./Knoch)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Mark Bence • Geneva • Freshman midfielder • Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy
Bence scored three goals across two matches for the Golden Tornadoes in their 2-0 week ... He scored once in Geneva's 12-0 road win over Saint Francis on Wednesday ... The freshman then played the hero in the GTs' come-from-behind, 3-1 win over Saint Vincent on Homecoming this past Saturday, scoring a brace to spur Geneva to victory ... His first goal came at the back post on a cross to tie the match, and then he gave the GTs the lead just after halftime with another goal in the 50th minute.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman midfielder Cooper Euziere (Melbourne, Fla./Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy); Grove City freshman defender Xander Coats (Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview); Thiel freshman defender Gus Brasington (Edinboro, Pa./General McLane); W&J freshman forward/midfielder Gavin Patterson (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Westminster freshman goalkeeper Vasilis Kouvelas (Anthem, Ariz./Anthem)
Records & Milestones
Travis Miller scored in his fifth consecutive match in Geneva's 12-0 win over Saint Francis on Wednesday, the first Geneva player to score in five straight matches since Jake McCracken in 2011 ... Luke Ladas scored goals in each of Grove City's two matches last week as the Wolverines stayed undefeated in conference play, notching the first goal Wednesday in a 4-1 win over Westminster, and then opening the scoring Saturday night in Grove City's 2-2 stalemate at Franciscan ... Hiram's Carmine Boscarello scored four goals in a 5-1 over Thiel, the second most in a game in program history, and Jimmy Zeilmann tied a program record for assists in a game with three in the win ... Saint Vincent's Bruno Hurtado scored three goals last week for the Bearcats, with two coming in the final five minutes of SVC's 3-2 comeback win against Waynesburg on Wednesday.