GNAC Men's Soccer Report: Week 8

Oct 21, 2019

( FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 14 - 20 )

	PLAYER OF THE WEEK *DeAnte Anderson, St. Joseph (Conn.)* (So., F - Bloomfield, Conn.) Anderson netted all three of the Blue Jays' goals in a 1-1 week, including the game-winner in overtime on Saturday to lift USJ over Suffolk, 2-1. Anderson continued his impressive sophomore campaign by logging his 11th, 12th, and 13th goals of the season to now sit in sole possession of second place on the GNAC goal scoring list. He potted his first of the week in the 74th minute on Wednesday at JWU trying to spark a USJ comeback that fell just short to the league's only unbeaten team. He followed it up with a pair of goals on Saturday versus Suffolk getting his first in the 55th minute with a perfect header off a USJ corner kick before spinning and firing home the game-winner in overtime to take down the Rams. Anderson has now scored in nine of the 13 games that he has played in so far this season including six of his last seven. He has also scored in seven of eight GNAC contests on the year.
	GOALKEEPER OF THE WEEK *Jackson Burhans, Lasell* (Sr., G - Berlin, N.Y.) Burhans recorded a 0.67 goals against average and a .900 save percentage with nine saves in a pair of 2-1 GNAC victories for the Lasers. He made eight saves on nine shots to earn the win in Wednesday's victory at Regis, and made one save in a scoreless first half in Saturday's overtime win over Anna Maria.
	ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Sunjoon Tenorio, Suffolk (Fr., F - Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands) Tenorio had two goals for four points in a 1-1 week, registering one goal in each game – a 1-0 win over Mitchell and a 2-1 setback against USJ – to capture his third consecutive GNAC Rookie of the Week honor.

WEEK 8 HONOR ROLL

Salah Oumorou, Albertus Magnus (Jr., F - West Haven, Conn.) - Oumorou erupted for a five-point week to help the Falcons to a 1-1 week. The junior forward was unable to find the back of the net in the 2-1 loss to Emmanuel despite six shot attempts, but Oumorou managed to bounce back tying his season-high five points in the 5-2 win over Colb-Sawyer behind two goals and an assist.

Alec Erskine, Emmanuel (Mass.) (So, M - Coventry, Conn.) - Erskine enjoyed a three-point week by collecting the game-winning goal in an important 2-1 home win over Albertus Magnus College before adding an assist vs. GNAC juggernaut Saint Joseph's College (ME) to end the Monks 871 scoreless minutes streak.

Joulien Martinelli, Johnson & Wales (RI) (Jr., D - Cranston, R.I.) - Martinelli helped Johnson & Wales to a 2-0 week, which included a 1-0 victory over Norwich University on Friday evening. Against the Cadets, Martinelli scored his first career goal off a header from Riley McNicholas in the 36th minutes to give the Wildcats more breathing room in the conference standings. Earlier in the week, he helped Johnson & Wales toa 2-1 win over St. Joseph (Conn.) on Wednesday, October 16.

Simon Nigro, Lasell (Jr., F - Simsbury, Conn.) - Nigro tallied a goal and two assists in a pair of 2-1 GNAC victories for the Lasers. He played a part in both goals in Lasell?s road win over Regis on Wednesday, scoring the first and assisting on the game-winner. He also assisted on Lasell's first goal in Saturday's overtime win over Anna Maria.

GNAC MEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY ARCHIVE (2019)

WEEK	PLAYER	GOALKEEPER	ROOKIE
1	Hezekiah Adeyeye, ANM	Jared Brennan, AMC	Hezekiah Adeyeye, ANM
2	Salah Oumorou, AMC	Jonathan Ferrarini, EMM	Alec Erskine, EMM
3	Andrew Kalombo, NOR	Garfield Robinson, AMC	Garfield Robinson, AMC
4	DeAnte Anderson, USJ	Robert Wagenseller, NOR	Joseph Thongsythavong, NOR
5	Nick Gutekunst, JWU	Steven Lopez, SUF	Alec Erskine, EMM (2)
6	JP Rioux, JWU	Ivan Ramirez, REG	Sunjoon Tenorio, SUF
7	Nick Gutekunst, JWU (2)	Robert Wagenseller, NOR (2)	Sunjoon Tenorio, SUF (2)
8	DeAnte Anderson, USJ (2)	Jackson Burhans, LAS	Sunjoon Tenorio, SUF (3)

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