BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
Matthew Van Horn, Georgetown, Sr., M (North Pole, Alaska)
Van Horn totaled two goals and an assist for five points as Georgetown earned a pair of road victories. The senior registered an assist in the Hoyas’ 6-1 victory at nationally ranked Pitt before scoring both goals in a 2-0 BIG EAST win at Villanova. Van Horn finished the week with six shots as Georgetown outscored its opponents 8-1.
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
Eric Howard, Georgetown, Sr., D (Redmond, Wash.)
Howard helped anchor a Georgetown defense that allowed just one goal across a pair of road victories. After helping the Hoyas to a 6-1 win at nationally ranked Pitt, the senior assisted on both goals and helped Georgetown post a shutout in a 2-0 BIG EAST victory at Villanova. The Hoyas finished the week 2-0 while allowing just one goal across 180 minutes.
BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week
Kyle Durham, UConn, R-Jr., GK (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Durham recorded his second consecutive clean sheet, making six saves in UConn’s 2-0 victory over Providence. The redshirt junior stopped all six shots on goal he faced across 90 minutes as the Huskies secured three BIG EAST points. Durham has now recorded six saves in three consecutive conference matches.
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Tim Valentine, Seton Hall, Fr., F (Rockaway, N.J.)
Valentine totaled two goals and two assists for a league-high six points as Seton Hall posted a pair of victories. The freshman scored in the Pirates’ 2-0 win over Liberty before recording a goal and two assists in a 3-0 BIG EAST victory over St. John’s, factoring into all three goals. Valentine finished the week with six points on just two shots.
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Farrel Ngongang, Akron, So., F (Montreal, Quebec)
Ngongang totaled two goals and an assist for five points during Akron’s 2-0 week. He scored twice, including the game-winner in the 83rd minute, in a 3-2 victory at Cleveland State before assisting on Matthew Paiva’s 88th-minute game-winner against No. 14 Xavier.
Alfonso Arredondo, UConn, Jr., F (Madrid, Spain)
Arredondo scored both goals in UConn’s 2-0 victory over Providence. The junior struck twice in a four-minute span for the first multi-goal match of his career and his first two goals of the season.
Carter Derksen, Creighton, Fr., M (Lee’s Summit, Mo.)
Derksen recorded three assists in Creighton’s 5-1 BIG EAST victory over Butler. The freshman assisted on three of the Bluejays’ first four goals, establishing a single-game season high for Creighton and increasing his team-leading total to seven assists.
Mads Konrad Horgøien, Marquette, So., F
Konrad Horgøien recorded two goals and an assist for five points in Marquette’s 4-0 road victory at DePaul. He scored the eventual game-winner in the 19th minute, assisted on the Golden Eagles’ second goal and added another tally less than a minute into the second half.
Charlie Herley, Seton Hall, Gr., D (Maplewood, N.J.)
Herley totaled a goal and two assists while helping Seton Hall post a pair of shutout victories. He recorded an assist in the Pirates’ 2-0 win over Liberty before adding a goal and an assist in a 3-0 BIG EAST victory over St. John’s. Seton Hall did not allow a goal across 180 minutes during the week.
PAST WINNERS
Offensive Player of the Week
8.24 – Carter Tavares, Creighton
8.31 – Tomiwa Adewumi, Marquette
9.8 – Alvaro Maneiro, Providence
9.14 – Tomiwa Adewumi, Marquette
9.21 – Allan Juarez, Creighton
9.28 – Matthew Van Horn, Georgetown
10.5 – Remi Agunbiade, Akron
10.12 – Mads Konrad Horgøien, Marquette
10.19 – Finn Moran, Butler
10.26 – Matthew Van Horn, Georgetown
Defensive Player of the Week
8.24 – Ivar Nå Aga, St. John’s
8.31 – Tate Lampman, Georgetown
9.8 – Matthew Reed, Creighton
9.14 – Tate Lampman, Georgetown
9.21 – Eric Howard, Georgetown
9.28 – Nolan Brice, Xavier
10.5 – Ekene Okeke, Xavier
10.12 – Matthew Paiva, Akron
10.19 – Eric Howard, Georgetown
10.26 – Eric Howard, Georgetown
Goalkeeper of the Week
8.24 – Alex Yagudayev, Villanova
8.31 – Brooks Boersma, Butler
9.8 – Alex Yagudayev, Villanova
9.14 – Brett Kaminski, Akron
9.21 – Brooks Boersma, Butler
9.28 – Devin Armstrong, Seton Hall
10.5 – Jonny Mennell, Xavier
10.12 – Jonny Mennell, Xavier
10.19 – Kyle Durham, UConn
10.26 – Kyle Durham, UConn
Freshman of the Week
8.24 – Carter Tavares, Creighton
8.31 – Tomiwa Adewumi, Marquette
9.8 – Carter Tavares, Creighton
9.14 – Tomiwa Adewumi, Marquette
9.21 – Noah Strellnauer, Georgetown
9.28 – Beckham Williams, Xavier
10.5 – Terrance Reynolds, Georgetown
10.12 – Terrance Reynolds, Georgetown
10.19 – Finn Moran, Butler
10.26 – Tim Valentine, Seton Hall