ECC Men's Soccer Report - Week Two

Posted: Sep 11, 2023

Offensive Player of the Week
Kevon Evans, St. Thomas Aquinas (Junior - Forward, Ossinging, N.Y.)
Ranked second in the nation in points (10) and third in goals (4), Evans continued his hot start to the season by recording five points on one goal and three assists on the week. In the Spartans’ 6-2 win over Bloomfield, Evans assisted on goals in the sixth minute and 47th minute before scoring unassisted in the 53rd minute. The STAC senior would go on to pick up an assist in the Spartans’ suspended match with Felician.

Defensive Player of the Week
Eirik Elvestad, Mercy (Junior - Goalkeeper, Oslo, Norway)
Elvestad went 1-0-1 in goal with six saves, an .857 save percentage, and 0.50 goals against average last week. The junior made two saves with just one goal allowed in a 1-1 draw with Adelphi before making four saves to earn the shutout win over Southern Connecticut State.

Rookie of the Week
Marius Pignat-Larsen, Mercy (Freshman - Back, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Pignut-Larsen helped lead a Mavericks backline that did not allow a goal in the 135 minutes he played last week. Against Adelphi, the freshman played the second half and helped lead Mercy to a 1-1 draw. Against Southern Connecticut State, Pignat-Larsen played all 90 minutes and led a Maverick backline that earned a 1-0 shutout win over the Owls.

ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Jake Balme, Queens (Sophomore - Goalkeeper, Sheffield, England)
Balme made seven saves across two matches last week, recording three saves in a 1-1 draw against Felician before making four saves in a 1-0 loss against #14 Southern New Hampshire.

Harry Cooke, Queens (Sophomore - Forward, Market Drayton, England)
Cooke scored his first career goal in a 1-1 draw with Felician.

Carlos Fernandes, Mercy (Senior - Forward, Lisbon, Portugal)
Fernandes scored the match-winning goal in the 53rd minute in Mercy's 1-0 win over Southern Connecticut State.

Harry Firth, Daemen (Senior - Goalkeeper, Reading, England)
Firth turned away five shots in the full 90:00 in Daemen’s 1-1 draw with Saint Michael’s.

ECC Men's Soccer Players of the Week

Date	Offensive	Defensive	Rookie
9/5	Johannes Hanken Tjostheim, Mercy	Amari Thompson, Staten Island	Elijah Douglas, Daemen Miguel Espinosa, Staten Island
9/11	Kevon Evans, St. Thomas Aquinas	Eirik Elvestad, Mercy	Marius Pignat-Larsen, Mercy

Standings

	-	Conference					Overall
-	PTS	GP	Record	Win %	PF	PA	GP	Record	Win %	GF	GA	Last 10	Streak
St. Thomas Aquinas	22	8	7-0-1	0.938	20	2	17	10-2-5	0.735	40	17	7-0-3	Tied 1
Mercy	18	8	5-0-3	0.813	22	6	18	9-4-5	0.639	40	21	5-3-2	Lost 1
Dist. Columbia	13	8	3-1-4	0.625	13	7	20	6-7-7	0.475	27	29	3-3-4	Lost 1
Queens (N.Y.)	12	7	4-3	0.571	12	10	18	9-7-2	0.556	41	31	5-4-1	Won 2
Roberts Wesleyan	11	8	3-3-2	0.500	19	17	16	5-7-4	0.438	29	29	4-4-2	Lost 2
Staten Island	9	8	2-3-3	0.438	10	11	14	4-6-4	0.429	21	21	3-4-3	Won 2
Molloy	7	8	2-5-1	0.313	6	12	17	3-11-3	0.265	15	29	2-6-2	Lost 2
Daemen	6	8	2-6	0.250	10	22	15	3-11-1	0.233	19	42	2-8	Lost 1
D'Youville	0	7	0-7	0.000	3	28	12	0-12	0.000	5	57	0-10	Lost 12