CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For the second time this season, Boston University has swept the America East men's soccer weekly awards. Stephen Knox (Arima, Trinidad/Fatima College High School) and Kelvin Madzongwe (Magwegwe, Zimbabwe/Mpopoma) led the Terriers to a pair of 2-0 wins last week and were named Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. The awards for the week ending Oct. 17 were announced Monday afternoon.
Knox set up three of the Terriers’ four goals in 2-0 victories over Vermont and UMBC last week. The junior forward had assists on both Ben Berube’s and Aaron O’Neal’s scores in the win over the Catamounts. He then set up Ben Havey’s score, which proved to be the game winner, in the victory over the Retrievers Friday. Knox, who also registered five shots on the week, is tied for second among league leaders with five assists on the season. He also was named Co-Player of the Week on Nov. 2, 2009.
Madzongwe continues to be a presence on the backline for the Terriers, who beat Vermont and UMBC by identical 2-0 scores last week and extended their win streak to six games. The freshman sweeper led a defense that allowed just eight combined shots on goal in the two games, with a stretch of 55 minutes in which UMBC did not record a shot. The Terriers have not allowed a field goal (Stony Brook scored on a penalty kick on Oct. 3) in their last 287:05 of play. Madzongwe, who was also named Rookie of the Week on Sept. 27, has started all 13 games in the back for Boston U., which has allowed just 12 goals this season.
Boston U., which also took home both awards on Sept. 27, currently sits in first place in the America East standings at 4-0-0 with 12 points. Binghamton is the other unbeaten team at 2-0-2 and sits in second place with eight points
Team Notes
Albany (4-8-1, 0-3-1 America East) fell to UMBC by a 3-1 decision on Wednesday, Oct. 13 before playing Binghamton to a 1-1 double-overtime tie on Saturday, Oct. 16 … Tjerk Veltman (Amsterdam, Netherlands/HLZ/University of Amsterdam) and Sander Anker (Enschede, Netherlands/Roc van Twente) each netted his first goal of the season against UMBC and Binghamton, respectively … Defensively, the four goals allowed by the Great Danes in the two matches came by either a free kick or a penalty shot … Goalkeeper Adrian Foncette (Arima, Trinidad/Fatima) is leading the league in saves per game (5.5) for the second straight season … The junior turned away a season-high 10 shots against the Bearcats and has also registered three shutouts while carrying a .786 save percentage and a 1.52 goals against average … Bo Jelovac (Belgrade, Serbia/Sveti Sava School) is leading the team in scoring for the second straight year … He has three goals and two assists for eight points … UAlbany, which is winless in its last seven matches after winning four of its first six, concludes its four-game homestand by hosting Vermont on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. … David Burke (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), Andrew Fojanesi (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Hendrick Hudson), Milos Jankovic (Belgrade, Serbia/Secondary School of Sport), Shaun Kane (Stirlingshire, Scotland/Saint Modans), Darko Knezevic (Delmar, N.Y./Secondary School of Sport), Ian Peach (South Hempstead, N.Y./South Side), Anker and Jelovac will be recognized for their contributions to the program prior to the contest.
Binghamton (4-4-4, 2-0-2 America East) enters the week with an eight-game unbeaten streak, going 4-0-4 in the process. That matches the 2008 squad’s mark, which was established from Aug. 31-Sept. 26. The program record of 14 matches without a loss was set by the 2003 team, which went 8-0-6 from Sept. 24-Nov. 22 ... In four America East Conference games, junior midfielder Ryan Walter (Snyder, N.Y./Nichols) has two goals and two assists. Against Hartford on Oct. 13, Walter had a career-high three points (one goal, one assist) ... sophomore midfielder Adam Whitehead (Rochdale, England/Our Lady’s RC) leads the Bearcats with eight total points. He netted his second goal of the season in the Bearcats’ game against Albany on Oct. 16.
Boston University (9-3-1, 4-0-0 America East) continued its stellar play with back-to-back 2-0 shutout victories over a three-day period to improve its win streak to six games ... The Terriers have scored at least two goals in each of the wins, marking the most consecutive multi-goal games in a row since recording nine in 2004 ... 26th-year head coach Neil Roberts is assured of his 25th winning season and now just needs four more wins to reach 300 total ... Junior Stephen Knox (Arima, Trinidad/Fatima College (HS)) posted a total of three assists, including two against Vermont, to take the assist lead on the team with five ... Junior Ben Berube (Somerset, Mass./Somerset) improved his streak of recording the game-winning goal to five contests against Vermont but saw it end against UMBC ... He now has 16 points off six goals, which is tied with senior Aaron O’Neal (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam) for most scores on the team ... Senior Ben Havey (Preston, England/Loughborough University) tallied the first goal and assisted on the second score from senior Ryan Shea (Boston, Mass./Hanover) ... Havey now has four goals and four assists for 12 points ... Redshirt freshman Brandon Briggs (Carson City, Nev./Carson) posted six saves and now has six shutouts on the year ... The Terriers’ defense has not allowed a goal in 270:05 minutes ... Having already bettered last year’s league record of 3-4-0, the Terriers next play at New Hampshire on Saturday (Oct. 23).
Hartford (4-7-0, 2-2-0 America East) finished the week 1-1-0 with a 2-1 double overtime loss at Binghamton (Oct. 13) and a 1-0 win over New Hampshire (Oct. 16) ... On Wednesday, Patrick Boucher’s (Cromwell, Conn./Cromwell) team-best third goal in the 71st minute redeemed the Hawks from a 1-0 halftime deficit and tied the score at 1-1. However. Binghamton senior Scott Zobre disrupted the Hawks’ attempt at completing the comeback when he scored 1:35 into the final sudden-victory overtime period ... Binghamton and Hartford each finished with 10 shots in the match ... Matt McElroy (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) tallied one save in the loss ... James Stamopoulos (Mississauga, Ontario/Port Credit Secondary) tallied the game-winning goal in the final minute of the first half to lead the Hawks over the Wildcats at Al-Marzook Field on Saturday evening ... Junior Luke Citriniti (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) was tested just once in the contest, earning his second shutout of the season and improving to 2-1-0 ... Hartford outshot New Hampshire, 12-5, in the match including an 8-3 advantage in the second frame ... Each of the Hawks’ four wins have been shutouts at Al-Marzook Field where the squad is 4-1-0 on the season ... Hartford hosts Army on Wednesday (Oct. 20) at 7 p.m. to close out the non-conference slate and then travels to UMBC on Saturday (Oct. 23) for a 1 p.m. match.
A record crowd of 2,781 packed UMBC Stadium, but the visiting Boston University Terriers defeated UMBC (6-4-2, 1-1-2 America East), 2-0, before a live television audience (Fox Soccer Channel) on Oct. 15... UMBC’s previous record high was 1,505 fans who attended UMBC’s home match vs. Loyola in 2009 ... The loss snapped UMBC’s season-high four-game unbeaten streak ... The Retrievers opened the week with a 3-1 win at Albany... Senior forward Levi Houapeu (Germantown, Md./Watkins Mill) scored a pair of goals and freshman back Daniel Welsh (Fife, Scotland/Stewart’s Melville College) recorded his first collegiate goal ... UMBC won for the first time in four tries at Albany and was off to its best conference start (1-0-2) since 2005 when they opened at 3-0-0 ... Houapeu now has nine goals in 12 games this season and has 74 career points (28-18-74), moving into eighth place on UMBC’s all-time scoring list ... The two-goal effort by Houapeu was the fifth multi-goal game of his career and first since scoring twice at Towson on Sept. 8 ... Junior midfielder Andrew Bulls (Millersville, Md./McDonogh) assisted on two of UMBC’s three goals vs. Albany and has now posted two assists in a game on three occasions this season ... The preseason Hermann Award candidate now has 23 career assists, moving into second place on the school’s all-time list ... Junior goalkeeper Dan Louisignau (Wilmington, Del./Concord/U. Virginia) suffered his first loss (3-1-2) as a Retriever in a two-save effort vs. Boston U. ... UMBC will face Penn State in University Park, Pa., on Wednesday, before celebrating “Senior Day” at UMBC Soccer Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 23 vs. Hartford ... The game vs. the Nittany Lions (8-4-1) will be shown on the Big Ten Network on a delayed basis at 4:00 p.m. on Oct. 21.
New Hampshire (5-3-4, 0-2-2 America East) finished the week 0-1-1 with a tie against Stony Brook University (Oct. 13) and a loss to the University of Hartford (Oct. 16) … Senior goalkeeper Colin O’Donnell (Hampden, Mass.) notched his career-best sixth shutout, compiling five saves, as the Wildcats played the Seawolves to a 0-0 draw in double-overtime on Wednesday evening at LaValle Stadium … Stony Brook outshot UNH, 20-14, in the contest, including a 10-5 advantage in the second frame, however the Wildcats held a 4-2 edge in shots in the second overtime period … Against Hartford, the ‘Cats held the Hawks scoreless for almost 45 minutes of play, but a late first half goal by the Hawks proved to be enough to claim victory, as UNH fell to Hartford, 1-0, on Saturday evening at Al-Marzook Field … James Stamopoulos provided the game-winner for the home team, picking up a rebound off a shot by Sam Groves at the right post and putting it past O’Donnell at 44:15 … Hartford outshot UNH, 12-5, in the contest, including an 8-3 advantage in the second frame … O’Donnell finished with a game-high three saves … The senior keeper tops the America East in goals against average (0.50), save percentage (.887) and shutouts (6) … He also ranks third in both saves (47) and saves per game (4.27) … Additionally, the netminder ranks 6th and 10th nationally in save percentage and goals against average, respectively … Offensively, Brad Hilton (Merrimack, N.H.) leads the ‘Cats with six points on two goals and two assists … New Hampshire returns to action Wednesday, Oct. 20 when the Wildcats travel to Holy Cross to take on the Crusaders at Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m.
Stony Brook (7-5-3, 1-1-2 America East) played to scoreless draws in each of its two matches last week to earn two points in the America East standings ... The Seawolves sit in a fourth-place tie with UMBC with three matches remaining ... Stefan Manz (Bronx, N.Y.) was the highlight of the week, making 13 saves in the two matches combined to give him his fifth and sixth clean sheets of the season ... He had a career-high nine saves at Vermont, which matches an America East season high for keepers ... He has put up shutouts in three consecutive matches and hasn’t allowed a goal over his last 331 minutes played ... He is tied for the league leads in shutouts ranks second in saves...Manz lowered his goals against average to 1.03 ... Leonardo Fernandes (North Babylon, N.Y.) led the Seawolves on offense with nine shots on the week ... Stony Brook takes on Binghamton Saturday, trailing the Bearcats by three points in the standings.
Vermont (6-5-4, 1-2-1 America East) moved to 6-5-4 overall and 1-2-1 in league play with a loss and a draw last week ... The Catamounts dropped a 2- 0 decision at Boston U and played to a scoreless tie with Stony Brook ... Sophomore Dave Ramada (Essex, Vt./Essex) made six stops against the Seawolves to earn his second career shutout ... Junior Nick O’Neill (Peoria, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame) leads UVM in scoring with six goals, the most a Catamount has scored since the 2006 season ... Senior Kyle Luetkehans (LaGrange, Ill./Lyons Township) enters the week having played in 62 career games and has started 31 straight for the Catamounts ... He has started every match since the start of his junior season ... UVM will play just one match this week, traveling to Albany on Saturday (Oct. 23).