University of Hartford’s Carlo Cudini (Woodbridge, Ontario/Father Bressani/Winthrop) and Stony Brook University's Chris Scarpati (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East) share this week’s America East Player of the Week award, while UMBC's Steve King (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley) garners the Rookie of Week honor. The awards were announced Monday (October 3).
Cudini led the Hawks to their first point in conference play when he scored back-to-back goals, only the second and third of his career, against Stony Brook on Friday night to lead the Hawks to a 2-2 stalemate with the Seawolves. His first goal came as Daniel Torres sent a cross from 30-yards out and found Cudini, who got past three Seawolves defenders and headed the ball into the bottom left corner from eight yards out. Cudini struck again just under five minutes later as he headed a Costa Kyritsis free kick into the left corner of goal and Hartford led 2-0.
Scarpati posted the first multi-goal game of his career as the senior was credited with both goals as the Seawolves rallied for a 2-2 double overtime tie with Hartford in their America East opener on Friday. With SB trailing 2-0 late in the first half, Scarpati managed a shot off a corner kick that was deflected into the goal by a Hartford player. He added his second goal of the contest 12 minutes into the second half, converting on a penalty kick to knot the game at two.
In King’s three collegiate starts (last three games) he has posted three shutouts and has yet to allow a goal in 293 minutes of action. King has shut out two league foes, Hartford 2-0, and Albany, 3-0. King also blanked Howard over 110 minutes on Wednesday’s 0-0 double overtime tie.