#13 New Hampshire Improves to 9-0-2, Week #7 #AEMSOC Awards Unveiled
BOSTON – Thirteenth-ranked New Hampshire remains one of the lone unbeaten teams in the country. The Wildcats, who are 9-0-2, beat UMBC on Saturday and is a perfect 3-0-0 in #AEMSOC play. UAlbany, Hartford and Vermont also came away with league victories.
Here are the conference's week #7 award winners of the 2019 season:
#AEMSOC Weekly Award Winners – Oct. 14
Offensive Player of the Week
Austin DaSilva, UAlbany – So., Forward, Brookfield, Conn.
- Scored four goals in a perfect 2-0-0 week for UAlbany last week.
- Had two scores in each of the Great Danes’ wins over Hofstra and UMass Lowell.
- This is DaSilva’s first career Offensive Player of the Week award.
Defensive Player of the Week
Aron Runarsson, Vermont – Sr., Goalkeeper, Akureyri, Iceland
- Stopped all six shots he faced in a pair of shutout wins last week.
- Had four stops in a win over Dartmouth on Tuesday and a pair of saves in a victory over Binghamton on Saturday.
- This is Runarsson’s first Defensive Player of the Week honor of his career.
Rookie of the Week
Frosti Brynjolfsson, Vermont – Fr., Midfielder, Akureyri, Iceland
- Tallied five points on a goal and three assists in two Vermont wins last week.
- Racked up a goal and two assists in the Catamounts’ 4-0 win over Binghamton on Saturday.
- This is Brynjolfsson’s first career Rookie of the Week honor.
2019 Weekly Award Winners
Sept. 3 – Offensive Player of the Week: Noah Luescher, Binghamton; Defensive Player of the Week: Alejandro Robles, New Hampshire; Rookie of the Week: Rasmus Tobinski, Vermont
Sept. 9 – Offensive Player of the Week: Donnett Sackie, New Hampshire ; Defensive Player of the Week: None Awarded; Rookie of the Week: Addrian Knights-Browne, Hartford
Sept. 16 – Offensive Player of the Week: Fabian Lutz, New Hampshire; Defensive Player of the Week: Jimmy Slayton: Rookie of the Week: Rasmus Tobinski, Vermont
Sept. 23 – Offensive Player of the Week: Rasmus Tobinski, Vermont; Defensive Player of the Week: Jimmy Slayton, Hartford: Co-Rookie of the Week: Mats Roorda, Binghamton; Co-Rookie of the Week: Rasmus Tobinski, Vermont
Sept. 30 – Offensive Player of the Week: Antonio Colacci, New Hampshire; Defensive Player of the Week: Jimmy Slayton, Hartford: Rookie of the Week: Rasmus Tobinski, Vermont
Oct. 7 – Offensive Player of the Week: Bjarki Ragnar, UAlbany; Defensive Player of the Week: Patrik Gujic, UMass Lowell: Rookie of the Week: Rasmus Tobinski, Vermont
Oct. 14 - Offensive Player of the Week: Austin DaSilva, UAlbany; Defensive Player of the Week: Aron Runarsson, Vermont: Rookie of the Week: Frosti Brynjolfsson, Vermont
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