With three wins from the first three games of the season, Oregon State is enjoying its first foray into competitive action in the spring campaign.
The Beavers picked up a pair of wins against tough opponents over the past week, edging Portland 1-0, before defeating Gonzaga by a 2-0 score on Saturday. At the heart of both wins was the latest men’s Player of the Week, as Glorie Amanda tallied all three goals for the Pac-12 program.
Player of the Week: Gloire Amanda, Oregon State
Make it 4 goals for @Gloireamanda7 this season, as he netted two more in today’s win!#GoBeavs pic.twitter.com/woAL2O4BrY
— Oregon State Men's Soccer (@BeaverMSoccer) February 14, 2021
See who joins him as some of the top performances from the past week of action in men’s Division I soccer.
Team of the Week: February 8-14
GK Daniel Kuzemka, Charlotte – With the 49ers making their first appearance of the season, Kuzemka ensured that his side would at least keep a clean sheet. His six stops were crucial in a 0-0 draw against Duke on Friday.
D Oliver Posarelli, Marquette – Three games, three 1-0 overtime wins to start the spring campaign for the Golden Eagles. Posarelli anchored the team’s back line in last week’s win, a defeat of a quality Saint Louis team. He completed 90% of 105 pass attempts to go with that, playing every minute of the Saturday win.
D Charlie Collins, La Salle – Two assists from the defender helped his side secure a 2-1 win against local foes Villanova over the weekend.
D Anderson Rosa, UCF – A freshman from Brazil, the Montverde Academy product notched his first assist of his college career, credited with a helper on UCF’s lone goal in a 1-0 defeat of Temple over the weekend.
D Trey Asensio, Kentucky – After sitting out the fall, Asensio started in central defense for Kentucky last week, helping the Wildcats keep things close against Xavier. The CUSA program secured a 2-1 win in overtime.
M Ryan Dougherty, Lipscomb – The central midfielder enjoyed a stellar shift in a 2-1 victory versus East Tennessee State. A goal and assist were pivotal in Lipscomb’s second win of the season.
M Deniz Dogan, Seattle – Assisting on the opening goal against Houston Baptist, Dogan rounded out the scoring for SU in their first WAC win of the spring campaign.
M Robert Soronellas, North Florida – The sophomore from Florida tallied the winning goal from the penalty spot as the Ospreys defeated Mercer by a 2-1 score.
F Papa Ndoye, SMU – One of the most eye-opening results of the season saw SMU travel to South Florida and defeat their conference foes by a 7-0 score. Ndoye was one of several impressive performances, as he scored twice, including the game’s first goal.
F Gloire Amanda, Oregon State – Along with his three-goal haul in two games, Amanda enjoyed a strong performance in both matches. He created three chances, and completed 75% of his passes in the wins.
F Andrew Halloran, South Carolina – Coming off the bench, the junior bagged a hat trick in Sunday’s 4-2 win over Winthrop.
Honorable Mention: D Nick Taylor (SMU), D Dylan Shockey (Loyola Marymount), D Ian Murphy (Duke), M Kevin Gutia (Incarnate Word), D Keegan Tingey (Stanford), M Jeorgio Kocevski (Syracuse)