ECC Men's Soccer Report - Week Five

Posted: Oct 02, 2023

	Offensive Player of the Week Johannes Hanken Tjostheim, Mercy (Sophomore, Forward - Aalesund, Norway) Hanken Tjostheim recorded a hat trick (38', 45', 56') in Mercy's 6-2 win over Roberts Wesleyan. Hanken Tjostheim now has six goals on the season, which ties for third in the ECC.
	Co-Defensive Player of the Week Julian Holland, Mercy (Junior, Back - Tokyo, Japan) Holland scored a career-high two goals, including the match-winning goal, in Mercy's 6-2 win at Roberts Wesleyan and anchored a defensive unit that allowed just one shot on goal in 90 minutes in the Mavericks' 0-0 draw vs. Staten Island.
	Co-Defensive Player of the Week Calle Olle Petter Gunnarsson, St. Thomas Aquinas (Freshman, Goalkeeper - Stockholm, Sweden) Gunnarsson allowed just one goal over 160 minutes of action in two wins last week. The freshman netminder went 9-for-10 in saves with eight saves in a 2-1 win over District of Columbia and two saves in a 5-0 win over D'Youville for a 0.56 goals against average and a .909 save percentage.
	Rookie of the Week Tommy Gunn, Queens (Freshman, Forward - Buenos Aires, Argentina) In the Knights 2-0 week, Gunn recorded four points on two goals, including a match-winner. Gunn scored a goal in Queens' 10-0 win over Dominican and went on to tally his second career match-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Staten Island.

ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Chol Chol, Queens (Sophomore, Forward - Atlanta, Ga.)
Chol recorded the Knights' first hat trick of the season in Queens' 10-0 win over Dominican. Coming off the bench in the first half, Chol scored in the 35th, 47th, and and 62nd minutes of play.

Harry Cooke, Queens (Sophomore, Forward - Market Drayton, England)
In the Knights 2-0 week, Cooke recorded five points on two goals and one assist. The sophomore began the week with his second brace of the year against Dominican before recording his team-leading 12th point on an assist on the Knights' opening goal in a 2-1 victory over Staten Island.

Axel Gamez, District of Columbia (Freshman, Midfielder - Rockville, Md.)
Gamez tallied six points on the week, scoring three goals over two matches. In UDC's 2-1 loss to STAC, Gamez scored the initial equalizer off of a penalty shot. In UDC's 4-0 win over Daemen, Gamez scored two goals to lead the Firebirds to their first conference victory of the season.

Jose Mendez, Queens (Redshirt-Sophomore, Defender - Queens, N.Y.)
Mendez guided the Knights to a 2-0 week as Queens defeated Dominican and CSI. In the victory over Dominican, Mendez recorded three points on one goal and one assist; the Queens native would tally a 50-yard screamer in the first half for his second career goal and added his fourth assist of the season in the victory. Mendez helped Queens end the week on a high note with a 2-1 ECC victory over CSI as Mendez and the Knights defense would hold their opponents to a combined five shots on goal.

Amari Thompson, Staten Island (Sophomore, Goalkeeper - Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Thompson posted a clean sheet behind seven saves in a scoreless draw against Mercy and added another three saves in a 2-1 loss to Queens. Across two matches, Thompson posted an 83.3% save percentage to go along with the 10 saves and a shutout.

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
9/18	Tamas Nagy, Roberts Wesleyan	Juan Cruz Laudino, Queens	Calle Olle Petter Gunnarsson, St. Thomas Aquinas
9/25	Tamas Nagy, Roberts Wesleyan	Eirik Elvestad, Mercy	Tommy Gunn, Queens
10/2	Johannes Hanken Tjostheim, Mercy	Julian Holland, Mercy Calle Olle Petter Gunnarsson, St. Thomas Aquinas	Tommy Gunn, Queens

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