CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Boston University, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Loyola Maryland all opened the Patriot League men’s soccer slate with wins over the weekend, while Holy Cross and Navy played to a draw. American, Holy Cross and Lafayette will rest before continuing League play this upcoming weekend, while Army, Boston U., Bucknell, Colgate, Lehigh, Loyola, and Navy will all take on non-League competition before beginning the second weeks’ worth of League games. Two games are slated for Friday and three will be played on Saturday, with four of the five contests being shown on the Patriot League Network.
The 2017 Patriot League season kicked off on Friday with preseason favorite, Loyola, visiting the defending champions Colgate. With the Greyhounds leading 1-0, the Raiders knotted the score when junior defender Aram Ouligian headed one in in the 81st minute. However, Loyola capped off the win with another goal just over two minutes later.
Lafayette earned its first win and shutout of the season, giving up just one shot on goal across 90 minutes against Bucknell, while Boston U. earned its second win of the season with a 2-0 shutout of American.
Currently, Lehigh junior forward Mark Forrest leads the League with six goals, a 0.857 goals per game average, 16 points, and a 2.29 points per game average. Teammate Doyle Tuvesson leads with a League high of five assists. On the other end of the pitch, Army sophomore keeper Justin Stoll has a League-best 0.606 goals against average and four shutouts, while Bucknell junior goalie Ryan Ott owns a 0.829 save percentage.
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Last Week’s Results
Tuesday, September 19
West Virginia 3, American 0
Bucknell 1, Saint Peter’s 1 (2OT)
Boston U. 1, Princeton 1 (2OT)
Lehigh 3, Seton Hall 1
Wednesday, September 20
Albany 1, Lafayette 0 (OT)
Holy Cross 3, Northeastern 0
UMBC 2, Navy 0
Friday, September 22
Loyola 2, Colgate 1
Saturday, September 23
Holy Cross 1, Navy 1
Lafayette 1, Bucknell 0
Boston U. 2, American 0
Lehigh 1, Army 0
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Upcoming Schedule
Monday, September 25
Loyola at Cleveland State, 6 p.m. (watchESPN)
Syracuse at Colgate, 7 p.m. (PLN)
Tuesday, September 26
Boston U. at Brown, 7 p.m. (ILDN)
St. John’s at Lehigh, 7 p.m. (PLN)
Saint Joseph’s at Navy, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Army, 7 p.m. (PLN)
Wednesday, September 27
Bucknell at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m. (NECFR)
Friday, September 29
Lafayette at Holy Cross, 4:30 p.m. (PLN)
Colgate at Army, 7:30 p.m. (PLN)
Saturday, September 30
American at Bucknell, 3 p.m.
Boston U. at Lehigh, 6 p.m. (PLN)
Navy at Loyola, 7 p.m. (PLN) |
The men’s soccer weekly awards for Sept. 18 – 24 went to Mark Forrest (Lehigh), Barry Sharifi (Loyola Maryland), Christian Moyse (Lafayette), Will Smith (Lehigh), and TJ Walker (Loyola Maryland).
Corvias Patriot League Men’s Soccer Weekly Awards
CORVIAS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MARK FORREST, LEHIGH Jr., F, Douglasville, Pa.
Forrest led the Mountain Hawks to a pair of wins over the week, including the League opener against Army on Saturday night. The junior tallied an assist on Lehigh’s first two goals in its 3-1 win over Seton Hall on Tuesday and then scored the game winner in the 10th minute of the 1-0 victory over the Black Knights.
CORVIAS MIDFIELDER OF THE WEEK
BARRY SHARIFI, LOYOLA MARYLAND So., M, Jericho, N.Y.
Sharifi had a hand in both of the Greyhounds’ goals during the 2-1 road win over defending Patriot League champion Colgate on Friday night. The sophomore scored the first goal of the game in the 22nd minute and then earned his assist when he sent in a cross to teammate TJ Ward with less than 10 minutes in the game to seal the victory.
CORVIAS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
CHRISTIAN MOYSE, LAFAYETTE Sr., D, Melville, N.Y.
Moyse scored the lone goal in the Leopards’ first win of the season, a 1-0 victory over Bucknell on Saturday. The senior deflected a header off a corner across the front of the goal and into the right-side netting for the winner, all while allowing the Bison to just one shot on goal. Earlier in the week, he helped the defense hold Albany – then ranked seventh in the nation in scoring offense – to just three shots on target in a 1-0 overtime loss.
CORVIAS GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK
WILL SMITH, LEHIGH So., GK, Devon, Pa.
Smith earns his second-straight weekly award, after totaling 10 saves across two wins and 180 minutes of action in net. The sophomore faced seven shots against Seton Hall, making two saves in the 3-1 victory. He followed up with a career-high tying eight saves on 15 shots in the League-opening 1-0 win over Army at home on Saturday night.
CORVIAS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
TJ WALKER, LOYOLA MARYLAND Fr., M, Huntingtown, Md.
Walker tallied the game-winning goal in the Greyhounds’ 2-1 League-opening victory over defending Patriot League champion Colgate on Friday in Hamilton, N.Y. The freshman’s goal in the 83rd minute was the first of his career and came just over two minutes after the Raiders equalized the game.
HONORABLE MENTION
JOHN MARC CHARPENTIER, LEHIGH Sr., D, Silver Spring, Md.
Charpentier helped the Mountain Hawks to a 1-0 victory over Army, marking and holding the League’s shot leader Rex Epps to just three and one on goal.
SAM CARTER, LOYOLA MARYLAND So., D, Queens, N.Y.
Carter recorded an assist on the Greyhounds’ goal in their 2-1 win over Colgate on Friday, helping limit the Raiders to just three shots on target.
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