#15 UNH Stays Unbeaten to Highlight Start of #AEMSOC Play

#15 UNH Stays Unbeaten to Highlight Start of #AEMSOC Play

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BOSTON – #AEMSOC play kicked off over the weekend and saw Hartford, UMass Lowell, New Hampshire and Vermont post wins in their season openers. The 15th-ranked Wildcats improved to 7-0-2 and remain one of just nine unbeaten teams in the country.
 
Here are the conference's week #5 award winners of the 2019 season:
 
#AEMSOC Weekly Award Winners – Sept. 30
Offensive Player of the Week
Antonio Colacci, New Hampshire – Sr., Midfielder, Bradenton, Fla.
  • Tallied six points on two goals and two assists to lead #15 New Hampshire to a pair of wins last week.
  • Had a goal and an assist in each of UNH’s wins, at Quinnipiac and vs. Binghamton.
  • This is Colacci’s first career Offensive Player of the Week honor of the season.
Defensive Player of the Week
Jimmy Slayton, Hartford – Sr., Goalkeeper, Wethersfield, Conn.
  • Stopped all seven shots he faced in two shutout wins last week.
  • Made four stops in a shutout win over UAlbany on Saturday.
  • The shutouts were Slayton’s fourth and fifth in a row as he hasn’t allowed a goal in his last 525:10 of play.
  • This is Slayton’s third consecutive Defensive Player of the Week honor of the season and also the third of his career.
Rookie of the Week
Rory O’Driscoll, New Hampshire – Fr., Midfielder, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • Scored a goal in UNH’s 2-0 win over Binghamton on Friday.
  • This is O’Driscoll’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: 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: Rookie of the Week: Rasmus Tobinski, Vermont

  
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