Given Holy Gbode, Medaille College, Men's Soccer - Offensive
Gbode was nearly unstoppable on the offensive side of the field this week, scoring five goals and adding an assist in two games. Gbode started the week by netting a hat trick against Thiel College on Wednesday afternoon, helping Medaille defeat the Tomcats 4-1. He followed that up with two more goals and an assist in the conference opener against Mount Aloysius.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Medaille F Given Holy Gbode was nearly unstoppable on the offensive side of the field this week, scoring five goals and adding an assist in two games. Gbode started the week by netting a hat trick against Thiel College on Wednesday afternoon, helping Medaille defeat the Tomcats 4-1. He followed that up with two more goals and an assist in the conference opener against Mount Aloysius.
BEST OF THE REST: Mount Aloysius M Jonathan Fernandez scored the game-winning goal in a 4-3 overtime victory over Medaille on Saturday and led the Mountie midfield in a 2-0 week...Pitt-Bradford M Steve McFetridge scored the game-winning goal on Saturday to give Pitt-Bradford a 1-0 win over Penn State-Altoona in the conference opener, giving the Panthers a 1-0 start to the conference season for the first time since 2011...PS-Behrend F Zhafar Dzhabarov recorded the game-tying assist and the game-winning goal to help the Lions defeat Geneva 3-1 on Thursday night, shortly after tallying an assist off of a corner kick, he found the back of the net when side volleyed a shot over top of the goalkeeper, giving Behrend its second goal of the game...Franciscan F Leo Herrmann helped the Barons open AMCC action with an impressive 8-2 win over Hilbert as he finished the week with two goals and an assist, including the game-winning goal against Hilbert...Hilbert F Brandon Bundschuh scored both of Hilbert's goals in a pair of games this week...La Roche F Pedro Ansede scored a goal and added an assist in a 1-1 week for the Redhawks.