BOSTON - With just one regular-season game left for each America East men's soccer team, the six-team field for the upcoming conference championship is known, but with just four points separating those six teams in the conference standings, no seeds have been decided to this point. The regular-season concludes Wednesday the six tournament teams squaring off with one another: Binghamton vs. Albany, New Hampshire vs. Vermont, UMBC vs. Stony Brook.
Here are the week 10 award winners:
Co-Player of the Week
Afonso Pinheiro, Albany - So., Forward, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Tallied five points on two goals and an assist to lead Albany to a key 3-0 road win at Vermont Saturday.
- The five points are the most by an America East player in a conference game this season.
Co-Player of the Week
Vince Erdei, Stony Brook - So., Forward, Budapest, Hungary
- Scored three goals, including two game winners, in a pair of big wins for Stony Brook last week.
- Tallied two scored in a 3-0 win at #17 Hofstra Tuesday.
- Had the game winner in a 201 overtime win over then first-place Binghamton Friday.
Rookie of the Week
Serge Gamwanya, Stony Brook - Fr., Midfielder, Kinshasa, Congo
- Had four points in Stony Brook's two wins last week.
- Set up the game-winning score in a 3-0 win at #17 Hofstra Tuesday.
- Scored the tying goal and set up the game winning overtime of the Seawolves 2-1 win over then first-place Binghamton Friday.
Notes
- The six-team field for the 2015 America East Men's Soccer Championship is set with Albany, Binghamton, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, Vermont and UMBC making up the field.
- Just four points separate the teams in the conference standings with one game remaining.
- Albany got five points from Afonso Pinherio to beat Vermont, 3-0, Saturday and secure a home game in either the quarterfinals or semifinals.
- The Great Danes, winners of four straight conference games, sit atop the standings at 4-2 with 12 points.
- New Hampshire and Stony Brook both posted clutch 2-1 overtime wins over Hartford and Binghamton, respectively Friday night.
- The Wildcats, Seawolves and Bearcats are all 3-2-1 in league play and tied for second with 10 points.
- UMBC beat UMass Lowell, 1-0, Saturday to move into a fifth-place tie with Vermont at 2-2-2 with eight points.
- The six tournament teams square off Wednesday to decide seeding: Binghamton vs. Albany, New Hampshire vs. Vermont, UMBC vs. Stony Brook.
- Stony Brook and New Hampshire both posted non-conference wins over ranked teams #17 Hofstra and #24 Dartmouth.
- America East teams are 43-29-11 in non-conference action this season, a .584 winning percentage.
- Ten 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, New Hampshire and Vermont over Hartwick, New Hampshrie over Datmouth).
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
Oct. 12 - Co-Players of the Week: Billy Heavner, UMBC & Bernard Yeboah, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Chris Arling, New Hampshire
Oct. 19 - Co-Players of the Week: Jake Barros, Albany & Brian Wright, Vermont; Rookie of the Week: Harrison Weilbacher, Binghamton
Oct. 26 - Player of the Week: Jason Orban, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Harrison Weilbacher, Binghamton
Nov. 2 - Co-Players of the Week: Afonso Pinheiro, Albany & Vince Erdei, Stony Brook; Rookie of the Week: Serge Gamwanya, Stony Brook