Willmott, Van Riper, and Marshall Pick Up Weekly Awards
MAAC Sports
Offensive
Player of the Week
Callum
Willmott, Niagara University
So.,
F, 6-6, Iver, England/Bumham Grammar School
Willmott netted his first
career hat-trick against cross-town rival Canisius to push the Niagara men's
soccer team to a 3-2 victory. Willmott
found the back of the net on three separate occasions for a six-point weekend,
scoring a pair in the opening half and adding the game-winning tally in the
83rd minute of play to help the Purple Eagles (8-0-4; 2-0-1 MAAC) extend their
unbeaten streak to 12 games, tying the program record. The Iver, Eng.
native is currently tops on Niagara in goals (8) and points (17).
Defensive
Player of the Week
Thurman
Van Riper, Loyola University Maryland
Jr.,
GK, 6-4, 195, Groton, Mass./Groton-Dunstable
Playing
all 185 minutes, Van Riper earned 10 saves, stopping 90.9-percent of shots
faced, while allowing just one goal in a 2-0 week for the Greyhounds. In an
overtime win versus Marist on Friday night, Van Riper played all 95 minutes,
stopping four shots. He followed that up against Siena on Sunday by shutting
out the Saints to give them their first MAAC loss of the year. The clean sheet
was his fifth of the season and second in conference play. He also assisted his
second goal of the year as he booted a ball down the field to sophomore Connor
Thompson, who scored as time expired.
Rookie
of the Week
Dominic
Marshall, Loyola University Maryland
Fr.,
M, 5-9, 160, Hartlepool, England/Conyers Schools
Marshall had a point in each of Loyola's wins this
weekend, including setting up the Greyhounds game-winning goal in overtime
against Marist on Friday. He played a cross from the corner onto the head of
senior Gary Weisbaum for the 96th minute winner. Marshall sent another cross
into the box on Sunday to assist an insurance goal for Loyola as it knocked off
Siena, 3-0, which was previously unbeaten in MAAC play.