Men's Soccer | 9/28/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 4 PAC Honors (for events between Sept. 21-27)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Ryan Merrick • Grove City • Senior forward • Cranberry Twp., Pa./Eden Christian
Merrick had three goals and an assist in Grove City's three matches last week … He opened the week with two goals Tuesday in an 8-0 victory at Thiel … After recording an assist Thursday against Wooster in a non-conference match, Merrick scored the game-winner in the 89th minute Saturday as Grove City edged Waynesburg, 2-1 … The two conference wins helped keep Grove City atop the conference standings.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior forward Nick Magee (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township); Franciscan sophomore forward Andrew Goduti (Naples, Fla./Barron Collier); Geneva sophomore forward Msafiri Amisi (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite); Saint Francis senior midfielder Álvaro Planas (Valladolid, Spain/Nuestra Señora del Lourdes); Saint Vincent sophomore forward Daniel Maddock (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin); Thiel junior forward Mitchell Strauss (Bradford, Pa./Bradford); W&J senior midfielder Logen Mackey (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny); Waynesburg junior midfielder Sarpong Kwabiah (Odenton, Md./Meade); Westminster sophomore midfielder Alexis Bennetot (Miami, Fla./Florida Christian)
PAC Defensive Player, Goalkeeper of the Week
Vasilis Kouvelas • Westminster • Freshman goalkeeper • Anthem, Ariz./Boulder Creek
Kouvelas helped Westminster to a 1-0-1 week, as he held the line allowing just two goals and making 16 saves in 180 minutes played … In a 2-1 win at Allegheny Wednesday, Kouvelas made five saves on six shots faced… In a 1-1 decision against Franciscan, Kouvelas posted a career-high 11 saves on 12 shots on goal, with one being a penalty kick … Kouvelas leads the PAC in saves (51) and saves percentage (.850), second in saves per game (5.67) and third in goals against average (1.00).
PAC Defensive, Goalkeeper Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore defender Billy Sprott (Moon Twp., Pa./Moon); Geneva freshman defender Finnley McCarty (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern); Grove City senior goalkeeper Anthony D'Ippolito (Mars, Pa./Eden Christian); Saint Vincent senior goalkeeper Grant Archuleta (Yorba Linda, Calif./El Dorado); Thiel sophomore goalkeeper Dylan Budziak (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor); W&J sophomore goalkeeper Logan Joseph (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Ryan Noel • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman forward/midfielder • Reisterstown, Md./McDonogh School
Noel scored in both victories over Saint Francis and Saint Vincent, aiding in the Presidents' flawless week against conference opponents ... Noel scored the fourth goal for the Presidents in the 39th minute in a 5-1 win over the Red Wolves on Wednesday ... The freshman capped off his strong week with a game-winning goal in the 70th minute against at Saint Vincent, as the Presidents came away with a 2-1 victory.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman midfielder Cooper Euziere (Melbourne, Fla./Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy); Chatham freshman midfielder John Iratagotia (Fair Lawn, N.J./Fair Lawn); Geneva freshman center back Landon Bronson (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern); Grove City freshman midfielder Sean Mankowski (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington); Saint Vincent freshman forward Seamus Ballesteros (Prince Frederick, Md./Huntingtown); Thiel freshman forward Peyton Kushon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes); Westminster freshman forward Zayden Herb (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock)
Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Nick Magee collected two goals and one assist in a 7-2 triumph over Saint Francis ... Chatham's John Iratagotia netted his first career goal against Franciscan and also had an assist in the match for three points in the match ... Andrew Goduti led Franciscan to a 1-0-1 week with a two-goal effort in a 3-2 win over Chatham and the lone Barons' strike in a 1-1 draw with Westminster ... With assists on all three Geneva tallies in a 3-0 win over Hiram, Msafiri Amisi was just the second Geneva player in Coach Gary Dunda's 17-year tenure to record three assists in a single match, with Zach O'Connor the only other player to achieve the feat back in the COVID-shortened spring season of 2021... Álvaro Planas assisted on Saint Francis' goal against W&J and scored his second goal of the year in the Red Wolves' match at Allegheny ... Daniel Maddock scored four goals in a span of six minutes in Saint Vincent's 9-0 win at Penn State-Beaver ... Thiel's Mitchell Strauss scored in the 73rd minute and assisted on the game-winner in the 84th minute, as the Tomcats rallied to beat Bethany 2-1 Friday night ... Waynesburg's Sarpong Kwabiah had one goal in a 3-0 win over Bethany and scored again in a 2-1 setback to PAC-leading Grove City ... Zayden Herb assisted in all three of Westminster's goals, with his second in the 2-1 win at Allegheny on the game-winning goal with less than four minutes left to play.