BOSTON - America East's men's soccer teams continued to excel last week, going 10-3-2 in non-conference action. League play gets underway this week with four conference contests on Saturday.
Here are the week five award winners:
Player of the Week
Darius Madison, UMBC - Sr., Forward, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Tallied five points on two goals and an assist in a pair of UMBC wins last week.
- Recorded his third career multi-goal game and first as a Retriever, scoring twice, including the game winner, in a 3-2 comeback win over George Washington Tuesday.
- Set up a score in UMBC's 2-0 win over George Mason Saturday.
- This is Madison's second Player of the Week honor of the season. He also earned the honor Sept. 8.
Rookie of the Week
Patrick Jean-Giles, UMBC - Fr., Midfielder, Woodbridge, Va.
- Scored his first collegiate goal in UMBC's 2-0 win over George Mason Saturday.
- His score in the 10th minute proved to be the game winner.
Notes
- America East teams went 10-3-2 last week to improve to 37-22-9 on the season, a .610 winning percentage.
- Seven 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, UMass Lowell and New Hampshire over Hartwick).
- New Hampshire continued to stay unbeaten with a win over Northeastern and a tie at #21 Columbia.
- At 6-0-2, the Wildcats' .875 win percentage ranks among the best in the country.
- Hartford, UMBC and Vermont each won a pair of games last week.
- The Hawks posted 2-1 wins over Central Conn. State and St. Francis (Pa.) and have won three in a row.
- Kennedy O'Shea and Darius Madison combined for 11 points in UMBC's wins over George Washington and George Mason.
- Brian Wright tallied four points in Vermont's wins over UMass and Bryant.
- The Catamounts have won four straight and are unbeaten in their last five games.
- Albany (over Lafayette), UMass Lowell (over Bryant) and Stony Brook (over Fairleigh Dickinson) also picked up wins.
- UMBC's Darius Madison and Vermont's Brian Wright are tied for the league lead with 12 points.
- Conference play kicks off Saturday with four games: Binghamton at Vermont (1 p.m.), New Hampshire at UMass Lowell (3 p.m.), Albany at Stony Brook (1 p.m.), UMBC at Hartford (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