UB Women's And Men's Soccer Programs Earn Weekly ECC Recognitions

West Babylon, N.Y.-It was a good week for the University of Bridgeport women's and men's soccer programs as three Purple Knights were recognized for their outstanding play in matches that took place from October 8 through 14, 2018 with East Coast Conference Player of the Week honors.

Junior Maegen Doyle (Harwich, England) earned ECC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors, and from the UB men's soccer team freshman Jonas Schmelcher (Berlin, Germany) was named conference Defensive Player of the Week and classmate Kamrock Tovar (Stratford, Conn.) was selected as the East Coast Conference Rookie of the Week.

What a week it was for Doyle as she scored eight goals (16 points) in three matches to give her 15 goals so far in 2018. Two of those goals were match winners for the Purple Knights. In wins over Wilmington (Del.) and Jefferson, Doyle recorded back-to-back hat tricks, and she wrapped up the week by scoring two goals including the game-winner off a free kick in a key 3-2 ECC triumph at NYIT on Saturday.

Schmelcher, as he has done all season, helped anchor the UB defense, aiding his team to a key 2-1 road win over NYIT in the Purple Knights' lone match last week. Jonas made perhaps the play of the season on defense when he cleared what would have been a game-tying goal off the line with a spectacular bicycle kick with just under nine minutes to play.

Tovar was all over the field both on offense and defense on Saturday, as his fine play helped lift Bridgeport to a key 2-1 ECC road win over NYIT in Bridge­port's only match last week. Kamrock assisted on both of the Purple Knights' goals in the victory giving him a team-high four helpers so far in 2018.

This week marked the third consecutive seven-day stretch that three University of Bridgeport student-athletes have received East Coast Conference recognition in their various sports.

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