BOSTON - Conference play in men's soccer continued over the weekend, resulting in four one-goal contests with UMBC, UMass Lowell, New Hampshire and Vermont coming away victorious. The championship seeding picture will be heavily impacted this week as each of the eight teams play a pair of conference games.
Here are the week seven award winners:
Co-Player of the Week
Billy Heavner, UMBC - Jr., Goalkeeper, Landisville, Pa.
- Made six saves in UMBC's shutout 1-0 win over Albany, his fourth blank sheet of the season.
- Four of those stops came in the second half with the Retrievers playing a man down for the game's final 47 minutes.
- This is Heavner's first career Player of the Week honor.
Co-Player of the Week
Bernard Yeboah, Vermont - Jr., Forward, Worcester, Mass.
- Tallied three points in Vermont's 2-1 win over Hartford Saturday.
- Scored the Catamounts' first goal in the 48th minute and set up the game winner in the 83rd minute.
Rookie of the Week
Chris Arling, New Hampshire - Fr., Midfielder, Windham, N.H.
- Set up UNH's first goal in a 3-2 win over Stony Brook Saturday.
- This is Arling's second-straight weekly honor.
Notes
- UMBC, UMass Lowell, New Hampshire and Vermont all posted one-goal league wins Saturday.
- Vermont scored a pair of 2nd half goals and held on for a 2-1 victory at Hartford for the team's 1st conference win of the year.
- The loss snapped Hartford's 16-game home unbeaten streak.
- Gregg Hauck headed home a free kick and Billy Heavner made 6 saves as UMBC beat Albany, 1-0.Wuilito Fernandes scored the lone goal of the game as UMass Lowell topped Binghamton, 1-0.
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- UMBC is unbeaten in its last 27 games vs. America East opponents, including postseason (22-0-5), the longest such stretch in league history.
- UNH improved to 2-0-0 in conference play with three first-half goals from three different players in a 3-2 win over Stony Brook
- America East teams are 39-26-10 in non-conference action this season, a .587 winning percentage.
- Eight of those wins have come over teams that reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago (Binghamton and UMBC over Ohio State, UMBC over Oakland, Hartford and UMass Lowell over Monmouth, Albany, UMass Lowell and New Hampshire over Hartwick).
- Conference play continues with four games Wednesday: Vermont hosts UMBC (2:30 p.m), Binghamton at New Hampshire (7 p.m.), New Hampshire hosts Stony Brook (7 p.m.), Hartford at Albany (7 p.m.), Stony Brook at UMass Lowell (7 p.m.).
Weekly Award Winners
Aug. 31 - Co-Players of the Week: Gregg Hauck, UMBC & Jason Orban, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Martieon Watson, Stony Brook
Sept. 8 - Player of the Week: Darius Madison, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Carlos Clark, Albany
Sept. 14 - Player of the Week: Leo Melgar, Albany; Rookie of the Week: Edward Venta-Yepes, UMass Lowell
Sept. 21 - Co-Players of the Week: Zach Galluzzo, Binghamton & Austin Kroll, UMass Lowell; Rookie of the Week: Serge Gamwanya, Stony Brook
Sept. 28 - Player of the Week: Darius Madison, UMBC; Rookie of the Week: Patrick Jean-Giles, UMBC
Oct. 5 - Player of the Week: Chris Wingate, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Chris Arling, New Hampshire-Giles, UMBC
Oct. 12 - Co-Players of the Week: Billy Heavner, UMBC & Bernard Yeboah, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Chris Arling, New Hampshire